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 46.901 N,4 1.537 W (49.605833333333, -4.0114166666667)

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: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 74 meter, Height above seabed: 52 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: H3110/72 9.1.73 H3110/72 9.1.73 WK IN 494652N, 040129W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. NO SONAR CONTACT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69 IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. NO SCOUR. GOOD FIRM TRACE ON FLAT BOTTOM. (HMS HECATE, 1972). CHART AS WK 69.0MTRS. BR STD. 11.7.78 11.7.78 WK IN POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES, 1978). H1310/87/26 27.7.87 H1310/87/26 27.7.87 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND AND DIVED BETWEEN EDDYSTONE AND BIGBURY BAY. KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'THE CORVETTE'. (D R BAXTER). HH100/351/03 16.11.90 HH100/351/03 16.11.90 MEDIUM SMALL TO SMALL WK IN 494657N, 040125W USING DECCA. (B R HOSKINS). NCA. HH100/351/16 25.1.01 HH100/351/16 25.1.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK APPEARS TO BE VERY OLD. LENGTH APPROX 30-40MTRS, SOME 200-300 GROSS TONS. OIL BOX RECOVERED ENGRAVED IN FRENCH. UPRIGHT AND INTACT THOUGH VERY WELL COLLAPSED LEAVING MAINLY THE SKELETON. FISHERMAN'S ANCHOR LIES ACROSS THE BOWS. LARGE WINCH IN FRONT OF A SINGLE, EMPTY HOLD. ONE DOUBLE ENDED SCOTCH BOILER. BRIDGE HELM STILL ATTACHED. SINGLE TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINE, MACHINERY AFT. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 22.11.05 HH091/059/01 22.11.05 EXAM'D 29.9.04 IN 4946.901N, 0401.537W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 70.8 IN GEN DEPTH 74.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 17MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS. LIES 052/232 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL, DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). APPEARS TO BE SOME 45MTRS IN LENGTH FROM GRAPHICS. AMEND WK 70MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, WELL COLLAPSED, LENGTH BY DIVER

Position: 49 46.901 N,4 1.537 W

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