Wreck: Uss miantonomoh (Minelayer)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Uss miantonomoh, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 29.56 N,0 4.398 E (49.749167, 0.341783)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: USS MIANTONOMOH

Length 85.3 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 3056 ton

Cause: vessel, built in 1938 by pusey & jones co, struck a mine while operating off le havre and sank. formerly merchant ss named 'quaker'. (dods).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 122 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H03856/44 20.10.44 ST EXISTS IN 492938N, 000428E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2248/44. 13.8.45 SHOWN AS 2 DWP IN 492938N, 000428E, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY CLOSE NE ON FR CHART. NE 2990. 6.3.50 SHOWN AS 2 DWP IN 492938N, 000428E ON FR 5529. LC 2990. HH2255/52 9.4.52 SHOWN ON FR 4937 [1948 EDN]. HH2255/52 18.5.60 AMEND TO DWP IN 2 PARTS. (FR NM 60 16 20). NC 2146 & NC 2613. HH659/60 15.2.67 SHOWN AS WK 1FM, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY 1C NE ON FR CHART. LC 2990. 12.8.69 SHOWN AS DWP 2MTRS MARKED BY G CONL BUOY 1C NE ON FR CHART. LC 2990. 1.10.74 WK 2MTRS SHOWN IN 492938N, 000428E [EUR] ON FR 6603. HH1271/82 5.2.88 SHOWN AS WK 2MTRS IN 492936.5N, 000428.2E ON FR 6683 [1987 EDN]; STANDS 2.4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS BY E/S & MAGNETOMETER. (FR WK RECORD NO.18090053). NE 2990. 22.1.90 SHOWN AS WK 2MTRS IN 492938N, 000430E ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]; STATED AS WK OF AMERICAN 'MIANTONOMOH' IN 492937N, 000428.5E POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. HT ABOVE SEABED 2.4MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS NO.18090053). NE 2146. 12.9.94 SHOWN AS WK 2MTRS IN 492937N, 000428.5E [EUR] WITHIN EXTENDED DANGER LINE OF WK 4MTRS CLOSE NE & WK 2MTRS CLOSE SE, ON FR 6683 [1994 EDN]. BR STD. SEE ALSO WK RECORDS [24938] & [24939]. 18.6.13 [WGD] POSN: 4929.560N, 0004.398E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 29.56 N,0 4.398 E

 

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