This is the information page about the shipwreck Sunik (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 58.244 N,4 35.384 W (49.791683333333, -4.3761)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

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27. Rigmor (possibly)
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29. Rosehill
30. Shoal fisher
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32. St andre (possibly)
33. Sunik (probably)
34. Tregenna (possibly)
35. Tuborg
36. Ub 113
37. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
38. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
39. Western coast (possibly)
40. Wilhelmina maria
41. Woodburn

 

Name: SUNIK (PROBABLY)

Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 5009 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: built in 1915 by armstrong whitworth & co. owned at the time of loss by soc anon les petroles d'outre-mer. passage constanza and stockholm for liverpool. sank approx 25m s of fowey following a collision with swedish ss 'grangesberg' and subsequent fire. 10 lives lost including the captain. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 75 meter, Height above seabed: 69 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H5677/39 8.8.39 H5677/39 8.8.39 COLLISION IN 494830N, 050048W. (MASTER, SS DARTFORD). WK LOCATED IN POSN GRIBBEN HEAD BN 352DEGS (T), 22.6 MILES - BOWS SHOWING 20-25FT OUT OF WATER. HAD SUNK FOLLOWING DAY. POSN SWEPT - CLEAR TO 35FMS. (TH). NCA. H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 PROBABLE UNKNOWN WRECK IN 495648N, 043300W. CLASSIFIED AS POOR. LENGTH 160FT, HEIGHT 45FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45) H3110/72 9.1.73 H3110/72 9.1.73 LOCATED IN 495813.8N, 043516.7W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 76MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES 090/270DEGS IN FLAT BOTTOM AREA. SEABED SAND, BROKEN SHELL, SMALL GRAVEL. (HMS HECATE). INS AS WK 34FMS. BR STD. H3110/72 8.5.74 H3110/72 8.5.74 INS BY NM.

- NM 1002/74. H1280/76/31 31.3.76 H1280/76/31 31.3.76 FF IN 495821N, 043520W USING DECCA. (LTR DTD 29.1.76). 7.1.82 7.1.82 AMEND TO WK 63MTRS. NC 2655. HH100/351/16 25.1.01 HH100/351/16 25.1.01 INTACT & INVERTED. THOUGHT TO BE A TANKER OF WW2 OR EVEN LATER. REASONABLY LARGE AND RISES 12MTRS FROM THE FLAT SEABED. LIES 090/270 DEGS. PROBABLY 'SUNIK'. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 5.4.05 HH091/059/01 5.4.05 EXAM'D 12.8.04 IN 4958.245N, 0435.378W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 63.0 IN GEN DEPTH 75.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 12.3MTRS. LIES 069/249 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 249 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT & UPRIGHT. NFS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). POSSIBLY BROKEN AT MIDSHIPS. RETAIN WK 63MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 21.11.05 HH091/059/01 21.11.05 EXAM'D IN 4958.244N, 0435.384W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH M/B DEPTH 62.8MTRS. HT 12.5MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 62MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, ?BROKEN IN TWO, BOWS WSW

Position: 49 58.244 N,4 35.384 W

 

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