Wreck: Svenner (Destroyer)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Svenner, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 27.693 N,0 15.098 W (49.46155, -0.2516333)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: SVENNER
Length 103.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 1710 ton
Cause: Ex-hms shark. torpedoed by german e-boats 'mowe', 'jaguar', and 't.28' during operation neptune. (dods, srn & warship losses of ww2).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H02470/44 7.7.44 H02470/44 7.7.44 DW IN 492800N, 001400W MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, FL.G.10S. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 1452/44. H02470/44 7.2.45 H02470/44 7.2.45 DELETE BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 372/45. H02470/44 13.1.51 H02470/44 13.1.51 DELETE. (PARIS NM 44 026 50).
- NM 44/51 H6873/50 1.2.51 H6873/50 1.2.51 WK, LEAST DEPTH 24MTRS [13FMS], IN 492744N, 001508W. (FR NM 35/020/50).
- NM 181/51. 1.10.74 1.10.74 SHOWN IN 492744N, 001504W ON FR 6603. NC 2146. 11.11.80 11.11.80 SHOWN AS WK 23.5MTRS IN 492744N, 001508W ON FR 890 [1980 EDN]. NE 2146. HH351/351/01 13.12.89 HH351/351/01 13.12.89 WK 23.9MTRS IN 492745N, 001501W [+/- 20MTRS]. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. HT ABOVE SEABED 4.8MTRS. WRECK OF 'SVENOR' OR 'SVENNER', SANK 6.6.1944. UPRIGHT, WITH BRIDGE HIGHEST POINT. ORIENTATION NW/SE. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14590105). NE 2146. HH100/351/04 28.3.91 HH100/351/04 28.3.91 WK HAS BEEN VERY MUCH BROKEN UP BY A LOCAL SHIPBREAKER WHO DISPLAYS ARTIFACTS RECOVERED FROM HER IN A MUSEUM AT PORT EN BESSIN. (J COULON, 18.3.91). NCA. 27.12.12 27.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4927.693N, 0015.098W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 27.693 N,0 15.098 W
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