This is the information page about the shipwreck Venus des iles, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 3.632 N,6 0.527 E (43.060533333333, 6.0087833333333)

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: VENUS DES ILES

Length 27.4 meter

Cause: vessel, owned by societe variose de tourisme. on passage from toulon to nearby holiday island of porquerolles. sank after an explosion due to a short-circuit fire in the port engine. french transport minister has ordered marine investigators to raise ferry. believed to have had more than legal limit of 300 passengers, alleged to have had 365 people on board at time of loss. 11 dead. (lloyds vol.221).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 80 meter

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H4693/71 26.9.75 NDW IN 430310N, 060122E. (BREST NM 75/34/11). R/S. 6.2.81 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FRENCH 5325 [1980 EDN]. AMEND TO NDW PA. NE 2608. 24.3.82 SHOWN AS DW ON US 53001 [1981 EDN]. NCA. 6.1.86 EUR POSN: 430314N, 060124E APPROX, IN GEN DEPTH 80MTRS. (FRENCH WK NO.18036050 [1984]). CHART AS NDW PA. NC 2165. H4878/84 17.12.86 LEAST DEPTH NOW 78MTRS IN 430341N, 060036E. (BREST NM 86/41/38). AMEND TO WK 78MTRS [42FMS]. G/S. HH350/350/01 15.1.91 NOW SHOWN AS WK 72MTRS IN 430341.5N, 060035.5E ON FRENCH 7091 [1990]. AMEND TO WK 72MTRS. G/S. HH350/350/01 26.2.92 LATEST DEPICTION CONFIRMED. (BREST NM 92/05/34). NFA. 4.2.93 SHOWN ON FRENCH 7091 [1992 EDN]. 3.11.93 SHOWN ON FRENCH 5325 [1993 EDN]. 19.7.01 WK 72MTRS SHOWN IN 4303.693N, 0600.589E [EUR] DANGER LINE EXTENDED TO COVER WK 77MTRS PA CLOSE NE ON FRENCH 7093 [INT 3198] [2000 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2170. 15.6.11 [WGD] POSN: 4303.631N, 0600.526E. SEP 2015/000220748 23.10.15 SHOWN AS WK 72MTRS 4303.631N, 0600.526E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7407. [ED2 COR 18.08.15]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 43 3.632 N,6 0.527 E

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