This is the information page about the shipwreck Turquoise (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 37.578 N,1 2.814 W (49.626300, -1.046900)

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.

Name: TURQUOISE (PROBABLY)

Length 50 meter, width: 10.7 meter, tonnage 278 ton

Cause: torpedoed by british s gun boat 7. was sailing under german command as part of a convoy. (j coulon & nhb).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H5493/69 7.7.71 WK, LEAST DEPTH 21MTRS, IN 493738N, 010248W. (PARIS NM 71 24 10).

- NM 1078/71. H1271/77 9.5.78 POSN GIVEN AS 493737N, 010254W. (FR WK RECORDS 1976). BR STD. H1310/88 20.12.87 LARGE BRITISH CARGO VESSEL, ABOUT 80MTRS LONG, FIXED USING TORAN. STANDS ABOUT 6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (J COULON). NFA. 8.3.88 COASTER, 50MTRS LONG, THE MAST OF WHICH STANDS 14MTRS HIGH, IN 493739N, 010244W [EUR]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LYING 040/220DEGS. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14591052). H1311/88/56 15.12.88 FITTINGS FOUND ON WK INDICATE IT AS BRITISH BUILT, BUT GERMAN LEATHER CARTRIDGE BOX WITH MAKER'S MARKINGS AND DATE 1939 SHOW SHE WAS UNDER GERMAN CONTROL WHEN SUNK. (J COULON, 14.11.88). H1311/88 15.3.89 NAVAL HISTORICAL BRANCH RECORDS INDICATE THIS IS THE BELGIAN MV 'TURQUOISE'. (J COULON, 28.01.89). 8.6.90 WK 21MTRS SHOWN IN 493739N, 010242W ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. UNKNOWN COASTER IN 493739.5N, 010244W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY SONAR, E/S & DIVER. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14591052). NC 2613. HH100/351/04 21.6.91 LOCALS BELIEVE THIS WK TO BE GERMAN MTB. DIVED 22.5.91. INTACT AND UPRIGHT WITH BRIDGE SECTION HIGHEST POINT. MIN DEPTH 32 IN MAX DEPTH 40MTRS. GERMAN WW2 NAVAL UNIFORM BUTTONS FOUND IN WK. (M R ROWLEY, 8.6.91). NCA. HH100/351/13 26.2.98 WK IS INTACT AND LEANING SLIGHTLY TO STBD. BRIDGE AT AFTER END IS COLLAPSING BUT IS THE HIGHEST PART. BOWS ARE BLOWN OFF. GERMAN NAVAL ITEMS FOUND ON BOARD. (P F BALL, 23.2.98). HH100/351/21 26.7.04 DIVED IN 4937.557N, 0102.726W [WGD] USING GPS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. HT 8MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. LIES NW/SE. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP AT BOWS. SEABED BROKEN SHELLS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT TOWARDS THE STERN. COVERED IN MONOFILAMENT LONGLINE AND HOOKS. (G LOCKETT). NCA. 5.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 4937.578N, 0102.814W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT TOWARDS STERN, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER

Position: 49 37.578 N,1 2.814 W

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