This is the information page about the shipwreck Ussa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 41.219 N,1 39.14 W (49.686983333333, -1.6523333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. A dieu vat (probably)
2. Alabama
3. Angelique
4. Boulgaria
5. Breakaway of yare
6. Campeador
7. Chaloupe 112
8. Chantereyne
9. Chanzi
10. Corsaire
11. Duchess of cornwall
12. Etoile des ondes
13. Fils du vent
14. Fleuret
15. G-bagh
16. Gabrielle annick
17. Gaspard de la nuit
18. General du temple
19. Goublin
20. Hms capel
21. Hms truant
22. Imprenable
23. James b richardson
24. John kennedy
25. Komet
26. L'aventurier
27. La fidele
28. Le merle
29. Leopoldville
30. Louie bell
31. Marie anne de bretagne
32. May girl
33. Morning admiral
34. Normandy
35. Pax vobis
36. Perles des flots
37. Promethee
38. Roger mado (possibly)
39. Roger mado (possibly)
40. Rombo
41. Saint brandan
42. Saint hubert
43. Saint-antoine
44. Saint-pierre des marins
45. Sainte marine
46. Sebastian laurent
47. Slemish
48. Spolanda
49. Strathalbyn
50. Tayo
51. Tipasa
52. Tracy's michelle
53. Tracys dawn
54. Ussa

 

Name: USSA

Length 93 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2066 ton
Load: vehicles,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: mined 2.5m nw of w fort, cherbourg b'water. passage manchester for cherbourg. (ww1sl & ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H2819/17 DW (MASTS) LIES 2.5M NW FROM W ENTRANCE CHERBOURG, MARKED BY G BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). GIVES POSN 494118N, 013912W. - FNM 374/17. H4246/23 19.6.23 WK 12MTRS IN 494114N, 013906W. BUOY REMOVED. (PARIS NM 23 22 1105).

- NM 998/23. H6248/24 16.9.24 WK 12MTRS IN 494114N, 013906W. (PARIS NM 24 36 1700).

- NM 1479/24. 5.3.73 SHOWN IN 494116N, 013907.5W ON FRENCH 5628 [REC'D OCT 1972]. NC 2602. H1271/78 16.6.80 NOW SHOWN AS WK 13.6MTRS IN 494116N, 013902W [EUR] ON FRENCH 881 [1980 EDN]. BR STD. 20.3.84 WK OF SS 'USSA' LOCATED USING HULL-MOUNTED SONAR AND DIVERS IN 494116.3N, 013902.9W [EUR]. ACCURACY 20MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.6 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). 6.5.88 WK 13.5MTRS IN 494117N, 013905W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS1987). NE 2602. 12.6.90 SHOWN IN 494116N, 013903W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7092 [1988 EDN CORRECT TO BREST NM 90 44 23]. NCA. 4.2.93 SHOWN AS WK 15.4MTRS IN 494117N, 013905W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1993). BR STD. HH100/351/21 26.7.04 DIVED IN 4941.218N, 0139.140W [WGD]. STANDS 6.5MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH >60MTRS. LIES NE/SW WIT BOWS SW. BOILERS TO STERN FAIRLY INTACT. STERN LIES ON PORT SIDE. THREE BLADED STEEL PROP IN PLACE WITH ONE BLADE MISSING. BROKEN AREA FWD OF THE BOILERS IS ALMOST UNRECOGNISABLE. (G LOCKETT). NCA. SEP 2015/000182665 30.9.15 SHOWN AS WK 16.2MTRS IN 4941.219N, 0139.140W [WGD] ON FR 7092 [ED 4, COR TO 11.8.15]. AMEND TO DW 16.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN ON PORT SIDE, FWD AREA UNRECOGNISABLE

Position: 49 41.219 N,1 39.14 W

 

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