This is the information page about the shipwreck St chamond, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 14.84 N,5 29.922 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: ST CHAMOND
Length 95.7 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2866 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials,general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1913 by w gray & co, west hartlepool. owned a time of loss by by soc anon des chargeurs de l'ouest. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 250 nhp, single shaft. machinery by central marien engineering works ltd, west hartlepool. passage glasgow for st naziare. torpedoed by u-60st en-route from glasgow to st nazaire. (ww1sl, dods & shipwreck index of the british isles).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H2475/18 2.5.18 H2475/18 2.5.18 SANK IN 501418N, 052925W. (BOT). SANK 3-4M N 0.5 W (MAGNETIC) OF ST IVES HEAD. (LL WW1). H4367/18 H4367/18 WK IN 501442N, 052940W. LEAST DEPTH 9FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 953/18. HH6391/19 HH6391/19 NOW CHARTED IN 501418N, 052925W ON BA CHARTS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2537/28 28.8.28 H2537/28 & H4337/28 28.8.28 SHOW AS WK 9FMS ON BA 1987. DELETED ON OTHER SCALES. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1361/30 28.3.30 H1361/30 28.3.30 NOT FOUND. (HMS BEAUFORT, 1930).
- NM ACTION. H3193/70 27.9.72 H3193/70 27.9.72 FOUND IN 501450N, 052954W USING DECCA. IDENTIFIED AS THE ST CHAMOND. (MR RODGERS, LYONESSE SALVAGE, ST IVES, TELECOM). AMEND TO WK 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. [NM 953/1918 GIVES 9FMS IN THIS POSN]. H2959/73 11.7.73 H2959/73 11.7.73 CONFIRMED IN 501445N, 052950W USING DECCA. CARGO OF LOCOMOTIVES AND STEEL CONFIRM IDENTITY AS THE ST CHAMOND. STANDS ABOUT 10FT HIGH AT BOILERS. BEING WORKED BY A SALVAGE GROUP. STRUCTURE FLATTENED AND SPREAD OUT. (E GILES, 21.6.73). NCA. H2326/75 30.9.76 H2326/75 30.9.76 LOCATION REPD 1973 CONFIRMED IN 501449N, 052951W USING DECCA. FOUND USING MAGNETOMETER. (E GILES, 18.5.76). NCA. HH100/351/04 15.3.91 HH100/351/04 15.3.91 FREQUENTLY DIVED IN 501446.5N, 052954W USING DECCA. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS [LW NEAPS] WITH A MAX. HEIGHT OF 6MTRS. A NUMBER OF LOCOMOTIVES ARE ON THIS WK. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. HH100/351/14 13.11.98 HH100/351/14 13.11.98 DIVED IN 501452N, 052954W [OGB] USING GPS. FREQUENTLY DIVED BY LOCAL DIVE GROUPS. BUOYED. WELL SCATTERED WITH MUCH PLATING ETC COVERING A WIDE AREA. HIGHEST POINT IS ONE OF THE BOILERS. THREE, VIRTUALLY INTACT, STEAM ENGINES LIE ON THE SAND. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). BR STD. 26.7.06 26.7.06 [EUT] POSN: 5014.901N, 0529.960W. BA 1168 [3RD EDN, JULY '02]. 15.12.11 15.12.11 LOCATED 8.10.09 IN 5014.840N, 0529.922W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.36 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. HT 3.7MTRS. SEVERAL OBJECTS LOCATED BETWEEN 80 & 120MTRS S OF PREVIOUS POSN, IN PARTICULAR 18MTRS W AND 41MTRS NW. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 20.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS
Position: 50 14.84 N,5 29.922 W