Wreck: Union neptune (Bulk carrier)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Union neptune, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 52.73 N,1 40.917 W (46.047766666667, -1.5823166666667)
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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: UNION NEPTUNE
Length 87 meter, width: 12 meter, tonnage 2376 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined
Cause: 22.7.11 passage bordeaux for rotterdam. took a heavy list and send distress signals. was taken in tow by m tug abeille languedoc for rochelle but list increased. crew recovered. had been partially buoyant with bow above water since 22.7.11. french navy divers sank the vessel using scuttling charges on 12.8.11. (www.odin.tc & www.vessetracker.com).
Year of registration: 2011
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter
Known since: 2011, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: 11.8.11 SANK 11.5 MILES SW OF ISLE D'OLERON. (LLOYDS CASUALTY WEEK 5.8.11). SEP 2011/000149335 16.8.11 DW IN 4553.17N, 0138.59W [WGD]. W CARD LT BUOY, Q(9) 15 SEC, IN 4553.14N, 0138.91W; E CARD LT BUOY, VQ(3) 5 SEC, IN 4553.14N, 0138.43W. (FRENCH NM 32/27/11). INS AS DW (BUOYED).
- NM 4139/11. SEP 2011/000151321 18.8.11 NOW USC 15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. BOW SECTION IN 4552.687N, 0140.911W [WGD], CENTRE SECTION IN 4552.702N, 0140.924W, STERN SECTION IN 4552.729N, 0140.934W. (AVURNAV CHERBOURG 310/11). 31.6.11 DEPTH ABOVE WK IS MORE THAN 30MTRS. (CASUALTY WEEK DTD 26.8.11). NCA. SEP 2011/000180123 5.10.11 NOW WK USC 25MTRS IN 4552.73N, 0140.93W [WGD]. BUOYS DELETED. (FRENCH NM 39/5/11).
- NM 4870/11. SEP 2012/000211631 22.10.12 NOW WK 34MTRS. (FRENCH NM 42/34/12).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 45 52.73 N,1 40.917 W
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