Wreck: Tunge (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Tunge, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 28.349 N,0 4.186 W (49.472483333333, -0.069766666666667)
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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: TUNGE
Length 37.5 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 265 ton
Load: coal
Cause: sprang a leak and sank.
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 11 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H980/19 29.1.19 WK IN 492830N, 000418W. (NO AUTHORITY STATED). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. -FNM 1/19. H6358/19 1.9.19 WK, LEAST DEPTH 9MTRS [5FMS], IN 492824N, 000418W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE'S 1821,2146 & 2765B. H2962/22 18.5.22 WK 9MTRS [4.75FMS] IN 492825N, 000416W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SQ.DATE. H4325/22 12.7.22 NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (PARIS NM 26/851/22). NCA. H2537/28 20.8.28 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. NCA. H659/60 2.9.60 SHOWN ON FR 4937. CHARTED AS WK 4FMS 5FT IN 492825N, 000416W ON NC 2146. 1.10.74 SHOWN AS WK 9MTRS IN 492825N, 000412W ON FR 6603. NC 2146. H4984/74 18.10.78 WK 8.6MTRS IN 492825N, 000412W. (FR NM 78 39 25). R/P. 2.9.80 SHOWN AS WK 9MTRS IN 492825N, 000407W ON FR 6603 [AUG 1979 EDN]. NE 2146. H2340/87 25.4.88 FOUL IN 492825N, 000406W. (FR NM 88 12 34).
- NM 1435/88. 13.12.89 FOUL SHOWN IN 492825N, 000406W ON FR 6736 [1989 EDN]. NORWEGIAN SS 'TUNGE' IN 492825N, 000413.2W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. LEAST DEPTH SWEPT AT 9 IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590099). ACCEPT FR CHARTED SYMBOL & POSN. 15.5.07 LIES IN 4928.404N, 0004.106W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 18.6.13 [WGD] POSN: 4928.349N, 0004.186W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 28.349 N,0 4.186 W
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