Wreck: Syrie (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Syrie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 30.978 N,0 0.63 W (49.5163, -0.0105)
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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: SYRIE
Length 88.1 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2460 ton
Cause: Sunk by mine at le havre. (ll ww2). vessel, built in 1909 by ateliers & chantiers de france and owned at the time of loss by compagnie navale afrique du nord, sruck a mine and sunk off le havre. (dods). sunk by luftwaffe. (fr wk records no.14590067).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H2255/52 9.4.52 SHOWN AS WK 11MTRS [6FMS] IN 493058N, 000033W ON FR 4937 [1948 EDN]. NE 2146 & NE 2613. H659/60 1.9.60 SHOWN ON FR 4937. H2606/66 23.9.69 WK 11MTRS [6FMS] IN 493058N, 000033W, MARKED BY RW CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)R.12S, 1C E ALSO MARKS E LIMIT OF FA CENTRED IN 493100N, 000100W. (FR NM 69 31 17).
- NM 1558/69. 1.10.74 SHOWN AS WK 11MTRS IN 493100N, 000030W ON FR 6603. NC 2146. 1.1.76 IDENTIFIED AS THE SS 'SYRIE' IN FR WK RECORDS. 22.2.79 SHOWN AS WK 10.8MTRS ON FR 6683. NE 2146. H3606/87 17.8.87 WK 8.6MTRS [4FMS 4FT] IN 493102N, 000033W. (FR NM 87 24 23).
- NM 2717/87. 29.11.89 WK 8.6MTRS SHOWN IN 493102N, 000033W, MARKED BY E CARD LT BUOY, VQ(3)5S, 'GRANDE RADE SUD', 2.5C NE, ALSO MARKS CORNER OF N CHANNEL ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]; POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, ORIENTATION 165/345DEGS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590067). NE 2146.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 30.978 N,0 0.63 W
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