This is the information page about the shipwreck Trignac (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.561 N,0 44.398 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)
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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: TRIGNAC (POSSIBLY)
Length 86.3 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2375 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built in 1903 by chantiers nantais de constructions maritimes, nantes. owned at time of loss by soc anon des chargeurs de l'oeust. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 228hp, single shaft. machinery by schneider & co, creusot. passage nantes for newcastle-upon-tyne. in ballast. struck mine laid by uc-6.
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 82 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161206
Details measurements/cartography: H4774/14 25.9.14 SUNK IN 532500N, 004900E, APPROX. MAST SHOWS 20 TO 30FT. (AN 1577/14). INS AS WK PA.
- NM 1577/14. 10.4.24 AMEND TO DW. H5067/30 29.7.30 NOT FOUND. POSN CLEARED WITH CHAIN SWEEP SET AT 8FMS (14.6MTRS). (TH). DELETE.
- NM 1236/30. HH100/351/02 1.12.89 WK LOCATED IN USING SYLEDIS. STANDS 5 TO 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. MARKED ASSOCIATED SCOUR DETECTED ON DCS3 TRACE. LENGTH 50MTRS. ORIENTATED 090/270 DEGS. (HYDROSEARCH ASSOC. LTD, 13.11.89). INS AS WK 10MTRS.
- NM 27/90. HH090/593/01 11.1.94 EXAM'D 21.7.93 IN 532333N, 004430.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH OVER MAIN PART 17.3 IN GEN DEPTHS 18.5 TO 24.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.9MTRS, BREADTH 30MTRS. BROKEN IN TWO. LYING 085/265 DEG. THE SMALLER SECTION, LYING 140MTRS E OF MAIN PART HAS LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.0MTRS. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). AMEND TO WK 17MTRS.
- NM 640/94. HH100/351/18 4.7.02 DIVED IN 5323.570N, 0044.398E [WGD]. THE HIGH PART IS A LARGE ENGINE AND GEARBOX. THERE IS A STEEL PROP NEARBY AND AN ANCHOR AND CHAIN. NOT MUCH PLATE TO BE SEEN. (G KELLY). NCA. SEP 2016/000091757 8.5.17 EXAM'D 6.12.16 IN 5323.561N, 0044.398E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.24MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 9.4MTRS, HEIGHT 7.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 082/262 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN IN TWO PARTS. (GARDLINE, HI 1492). AMEND DW 17.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 23.561 N,0 44.398 E