This is the information page about the shipwreck Teiresias, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 4.957 N,2 27.273 W (47.012866666667, -2.2137833333333)

 

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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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Name: TEIRESIAS

Length 179.8 meter, width: 29.9 meter, tonnage 7405 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: bombed by aircraft while on passage from avonmouth to st nazaire. abandoned approx 1m nw of wk buoy off entrance to st nazaire channel. broke in two. (ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H03488/41 2.2.42 DW IN 470435N, 022724W. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 262/42. H8180/48 20.12.48 G CON LT BUOY [QKFL.G] LAID CLOSE W OF WK. (PARIS NM 44 3631 48).

- NM 2748/48. H8180/48 12.1.52 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 13MTRS [7FMS], BUOY REMOVED. (PARIS NM 51 49 23). AMEND TO WK 13MTRS [7FMS] IN 470445N, 022710W & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 85/52. 24.7.75 SHOWN IN 470435N, 022722W ON FRENCH 5439. SHOWN IN 470450N, 022710W ON FRENCH 5164. NCA. 17.2.77 SHOWN IN 470458N, 022708W ON FRENCH 4902 [1976 EDN]. 5.6.80 SHOWN IN 470458N, 022708W ON NE 3216. 16.1.81 NOW MARKED BY S CARD PILLAR LT BUOY IN 470453N, 022716W. (DIFRAP 0303/81). H2770/69 20.1.81 NOW WK, LEAST DEPTH 13.1MTRS [7FMS 1FT], IN 470459N, 022717W. (BREST NM 80 52 40). R/P. H2770/69 2.6.81 WK LIES 174.5DEGS, 5.65M FROM LA BANCHE LT, BUOY MOVED S OF WK. (BREST NM 80 52 40). GIVES POSN 470501N, 022711.6W. PREVIOUS POSN INCORRECT. AMEND POSN TO 470501N, 022711.6W & INSERT S CARD LT BUOY CLOSE S OF WK.

- NM 1278/81. H4264/80 22.1.83 N CARD PILLAR BUOY 'THERESIA N' LAID IN 470506N, 022713W & S CARD PILLAR LT BUOY [VQ(6)+LFL.10S] 'THERESIA S' CLOSE S. (BREST NM 82 48 27).

- NM 251/83. 8.3.89 POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. GEN DEPTH 22MTRS BY E/S. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14572075). 22.3.90 WK LOCATED IN 470501N, 022711.5W [EUR] USING TRIDENT. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY MAGNETOMETER & SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 13.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS BY E/S. BROKEN IN TWO. LENGTH 180MTRS, BEAM 15-17MTRS. FORE SECTION LYING 045/225DEGS, STERN SECTION LYING 010/190DEGS. SEABED SAND & MUD. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990, NO.14572075). HH353/510/01 2.6.90 AMEND S CARD LT BUOY TO PORT HAND PILLAR LT BUOY 'THERESIA' [FL.R.2.5S] IN 470454N, 022712W & DELETE N CARD LT BUOY. (FRENCH NM 90 16 35).

- NM 1528/90. 26.3.96 SHOWN AS WK 12.8MTRS ASSOCIATED BUOYAGE ON FRENCH 7395 [1995 EDN]. NC 2981 & NC 2986.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 4.957 N,2 27.273 W

 

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