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 58.156 N,5 31.399 W (49.969267, -5.523317)

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: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 86 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: 27.1.45 1945 SONAR CONTACT IN 495806N, 053118W. (AUBD 301/34, ESCORT GROUP 30, 27.1.45). 20.1.45 1945 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495742N, 053130W. LENGTH 30FT. (HMS WILDGOOSE 20.1.45, 15.2.45, AUBD 301/36). H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 CONTACT IN 495818N, 053118W. GAVE OFF OIL. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H2137/54 21.4.60 H2137/54 21.4.60 LOCATED BY SV 'HELP' IN 495812N, 053124W USING DECCA OR 083DEGS, 11.1 MILES FROM WOLF ROCK. DEPTH OVER WK 35FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 22FT. NOT EXAMINED. (RISDON BEAZLEY LTD., 23.5.54). CHART AS NDW. NC 777. H2979/74 31.12.74 H2979/74 31.12.74 LOCATED IN POSN USING DECCA. (E GILES). NCA. 6.6.75 6.6.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC 40MTRS. NE 777. H2590/76 27.2.76 H2590/76 27.2.76 LOCATED IN 495807.99N, 053119.76W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. DEFINITE WRECK GIVING GOOD SONAR AND ECHO. CLOSELY SOUNDED OVER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). AMEND TO WK 55MTRS. BR STD. H2979/74 9.9.77 H2979/74 9.9.77 WK REPORTED IN 495818N, 053120W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. H1310/82/7 8.3.82 H1310/82/7 8.3.82 WK LOCATED IN 495826N, 053123W [OGB] USING DECCA. (A M JONES, 12.2.82). NCA. H5982/82 14.4.83 H5982/82 14.4.83 WKS SHOWN IN 495840N, 053119W, 495835N, 053151W AND 495813N, 053112W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)6, 1982. POSNS BY DECCA. NCA. HH091/059/01 7.4.05 HH091/059/01 7.4.05 EXAM'D 25.9.04 IN 4958.156N, 0531.399W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 54.4 IN GEN DEPTH 60.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 5.7MTRS. LIES 086/266 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 266 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED BOW SECTION. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 54MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED BOW SECTION, BOWS W

Position: 49 58.156 N,5 31.399 W

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