This is the information page about the shipwreck Swansea vale, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 18.19 N,4 38.631 W (48.303167, -4.643850)

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.

Name: SWANSEA VALE

Length 71.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1310 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: vessel, built 1909 by clyde sb & e co, sank after hitting a submerged wk, outside entrance to brest, while on passage from bayonne to dunkirk. owned at the time of loss by south metropolitan gas co. (dods).

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H1691/19 11.7.19 SHOWN AS WK IN 481818N, 043854W MARKED BY G BUOY ON FRENCH 10103. BR STD H2964/22 18.5.22 NOW CHARTED AS WK 1.75FMS (1918) IN 481813N, 043843W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H8242/23 3.12.23 TO BE EXPUNGED. (PARIS NM 2204/23).

- NM 1980/23. H7044/24 22.10.24 WK 13MTRS IN 481812N, 043836W. (FRENCH NM 41 1947 24).

- NM 1649/24. H6107/33 28.9.33 LEAST DEPTH NOW 10MTRS. (PARIS NM 38 1721 33).

- NM 1557/33. H2666/39 25.4.39 BUOY LAID TO MARK WK. (PARIS NM 14 1039 39).

- NM 906/39. H2666/39 5.12.39 BUOY REMOVED. (PARIS NM 40 2675 39).

- NM 2738/39. H5091/50 7.9.50 LEAST DEPTH NOW 14MTRS. (PARIS NM 25 026 50). BR STD. H5091/50 17.5.56 G BUOY LAID CLOSE N OF WK. (PARIS NM 56 14 09).

- NM 1236/56. H5091/50 16.8.62 NOW MARKED BY BR SPHERICAL LT BUOY, FL.4S, WHIS CLOSE W. (PARIS NM'S 62 22 15 & 66 25 12).

- NM 1685/62. 13.7.77 WK 14MTRS IN 481818N, 043833W, GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976). 29.3.90 SS 'SWANSEA VALE' IN 481816N, 043833W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. EXAM'D BY SONAR & DIVERS. LEAST DEPTH 14MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS BY E/S. LENGTH 80MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS, DRAUGHT 5MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14584144). 25.11.93 SHOWN AS WK PA 14MTRS IN 481816N, 043833W, MARKED BY 'SWANSEA VALE' ISOLATED DANGER LT BUOY, FL(2)6S WHIS, CLOSE W ON FRENCH CHART. NE 3421. 16.4.96 SHOWN AS WK PA 14.3MTRS IN 481815N, 043833W, MARKED BY ISOL DANGER PILLAR LT BUOY, FL(2)6S WHIS, 320MTRS NW ON FRENCH 7401 [1995 EDN]. BR STD. HH100/351/12 25.4.97 LIES NE/SW, BOWS SW. STERN COMPLETE WITH RUDDER & IRON PROP IN PLACE. WK LISTS SLIGHTLY TO PORT & ENGINE ROOM IS OPEN. (M ROWLEY, MV MAUREEN CHARTERS, FAX DTD 24.4.97).. 7.1.00 SHOWN AS WK 14.3MTRS IN 4818.26N, 0438.52W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7121 [1998 EDN]. NC 2350. 21.6.01 SHOWN AS WK 14.3MTRS IN 4818.245N, 0438.545W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7121 [1998 EDN] & FRENCH 7401 [1995 EDN]. SHOWN ON BA 3427 [1996 EDN] & BA 2350 [2000 EDN]. 26.11.08 SHOWN IN 4818.190N, 0438.631W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7401 [INT 1832] [2ND EDN 2008, 1:22,500, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3427.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 18.19 N,4 38.631 W

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