This is the information page about the shipwreck Timac, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 40.085 N,2 5.402 W (48.516666666667, -14.833333333333)

 

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Name: TIMAC

Length 60.4 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 791 ton
Load: gas,oil,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: 11.12.92 sank immediately after collision with ro-ro ferry 'duchesse anne' which was entering st malo in the dark, in clear and calm weather. (ll, 10, 11.12.92).

Year of registration: 1992

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1992, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: HH351/550/01 23.12.92 SANK IN 484008N, 020521.5W [EUR] MARKED BY E CARD BUOY, VQ(3)5S 'LE SOU', WHICH HAS BEEN MOVED TO 50MTRS NE OF WK. (DIFRAP 5104/92). NCA YET. HH351/550/01 19.1.93 CONSIDERED NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION AS CHANNEL REMAINS CLEAR. WK WILL BE REMOVED EITHER TO BE SCUTTLED IN ANOTHER POSN OR FOR SCRAPPING. (LL, 23.12.92). NCA. HH351/550/01 25.5.93 WK WILL NOW BE LEFT WHERE IT LIES. (LL, 1.5.93). HH351/550/01 25.5.93 WK, LEAST DEPTH LESS THAN 20MTRS, IN 484009N, 020515W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 93 19 31). CHART AS DW.

- NM 2035/93. HH351/550/01 13.7.93 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 4.6MTRS. (FRENCH NM 93 25 35). BR STD. HH351/550/01 17.3.94 SHOWN AS WK 4.6MTRS MARKED BY E CARD PILLAR LT BUOY, VQ(3)5S 'LE SOU', CLOSE NE ON FRENCH 7155 [1993 EDN, CORR TO FRENCH NM 531/94].

- NM BLOCK 1588/94. 10.2.97 SHOWN AS WK 5.5MTRS IN 484008.5N, 020519W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1997, NO.14582070). BR STD. 23.12.97 SHOWN AS WK 5.5MTRS, DIVING PROHIBITED WITHIN 100MTR RADIUS, ON FRENCH 7130 [1997 EDN]. NC 2700. 11.2.98 VESSEL IS THREE-QUARTERS CAPSIZED, ORIENTATED 345DEGS. HIGHEST POINT IS THE STARBOARD BILGE KEEL. THE DERRICK IS LYING ON THE BOTTOM. THE WK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. SEABED SAND & MUD. LEAST DEPTH 5.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. DIVERS REPORT, 26.6.96. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1998, NO.14582070). NCA. 12.2.99 POSN NOW 4840.139N, 0205.318W [EUR] USING DGPS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). BR STD. 24.9.03 SHOWN IN 4841.085N, 0205.402W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7130 [INT 1754] [3RD EDN 2002, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2700.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: 3/4 CAPSIZED. INTACT. IN GOOD CONDITION.

Position: 48 40.085 N,2 5.402 W

 

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