This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 46.854 N,5 28.409 W (49.780900, -5.473483)

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: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 85 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 4.7.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 494730N, 052800W. LENGTH 244FT, HEIGHT 24FT. DIRN 114/294DEGS. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45, ESCORT GROUP 9, 19.12.44 & 25.1.45). CONTACT IN 494700N, 052800W CONSIDERED TO BE ROCK. (ESCORT GROUP 19, 21.3.45). 13.11.70 INS AS NDW PA. NC 777. H2979/74 14.2.75 FF BELIEVED A WK, IN 494710N, 052807W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1975). 6.6.75 AMEND TO USC 70MTRS IN 494710N, 052807W. NE 777. H2590/76 17.3.76 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). DELETED. BR STD. H1270/73 24.11.77 WK LOCATED 20.7.77 IN 494652N, 052824W [OGB] USING DECCA. (T E CAKEBREAD, 13.8.77). E/S TRACE SUPPLIED BUT DEPTHS NOT INDICATED. CHART AS USC 70MTRS. R/P. H2979/74 15.12.77 WK IN POSN BY DECCA CONFIRMED. FF ALSO REPD IN 494718N, 052823W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). H1310/82/7 8.3.82 DEFINITE WK IN 494702, 052816W USING DECCA. (A M JONES, 12.2.82). NCA YET. H6501/87/2 8.3.89 EXAM'D 13.10.88 IN 494649N, 052821W [OGB] USING 3-RANGE TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 80 IN GEN DEPTH 85MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 5.3MTRS, SHADOW HT 6.1MTRS. WELL DEFINED WK LYING 015/195DEGS. LENGTH 62.7MTRS, BEAM 13.1MTRS. HIGH POINT AT BOWS - SSW END. INDICATIONS OF SAND BUILD-UP ON EITHER SIDE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 430). AMEND TO WK 80MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 942/89.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEFINED WK

Position: 49 46.854 N,5 28.409 W

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