This is the information page about the shipwreck T 29, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 53.236 N,3 18.702 W (48.8007, -3.0934833333333)
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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: T 29
Length 102.1 meter, width: 10 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 1294 ton
Cause: built in 1942 at elbing, with turbine engines of 28,000shp, capable of 33knots, schulz boilers. was engaged by a british force consisting of cruiser 'black prince' and canadian destroyers, athabaskan, haida, huron & ashanti. was sunk by gunfire from hmcs athabaskan. (dods).
Year of registration: 1978
Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm
Known since: 1978, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H4984/74 10.5.78 WK, LEAST DEPTH 39MTRS [21FMS], IN 485323N, 031833W. (BREST NM 78 14 29). BR STD. 22.8.84 WK OF TORPEDO BOAT 'T 29' IN 485324N, 031827W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14583010). 8.12.86 SHOWN AS WK PA 39MTRS IN 485324N, 031827W ON FRENCH 6930 [1985 EDN]. NC 3670. HH351/610/03 26.1.95 DELETED. (FRENCH NM 02 15 95). NOW WK 38MTRS IN 485317N, 031837E. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1994, NO.14583010). NCA YET, CONFLICTING INFO. HH351/610/03 20.3.95 WK 37MTRS IN 485317N, 031834W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 95 05 20). BR STD. 17.8.95 SHOWN IN 485317N, 031837W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7125 [1995 EDN]. BR STD. 14.5.07 [EUR] POSN: 4853.281N, 0318.618W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). BR STD. SEP 2008/000072618 2.9.08 INS WK 38MTRS IN 4853.28N, 0318.62W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 33/22/08). AMEND WK 38MTRS. BR STD. 10.2.09 FRENCH NM REFERRED ONLY TO FRENCH 6930 [1:150,000]. SHOWN AS WK 37MTRS IN 4853.228N, 0318.697W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7154 [2ND EDN 2008 CORRECT TO 7.11.08, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION 1:50,000]. AMEND TO WK 37MTRS. NC 2027.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER
Position: 48 53.236 N,3 18.702 W