This is the information page about the shipwreck Ville de bordeaux, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 41.716 N,0 33.727 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)

 

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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. Achille adam
2. Actuality
3. Alan dean
4. Alaunia
5. Albuera
6. Alice (possibly)
7. Amsterdam
8. Argonaut
9. Ash
10. Barn hill
11. Bernicia
12. Branksome chine (possibly)
13. Broderick (probably)
14. Caleb sprague
15. Carlisle castle
16. Carrie dingle
17. Caterham
18. Ceta (stern section)
19. Charles m
20. Clara
21. Corinia (possibly)
22. D144 (possibly).
23. Dona isabel (probably)
24. Duchess (possibly)
25. Eagle (possibly)
26. Ella sayer
27. Emerald (possibly)
28. Emma
29. Enero (probably)
30. Euphorbia
31. Evg(no rx152)?
32. F d lambert (possibly)
33. Frockner
34. Glenartney (possibly)
35. Gold coin
36. Harold
37. Heathpool
38. Heathpool
39. Hms anne
40. Hms ariadne
41. Hms balfour
42. Hms caulonia
43. Hms gambri (possibly)
44. Hms resolution (possibly)
45. Hms taipo
46. Hoheweg
47. Holland v
48. Irisbrook
49. James groves
50. Jan brons
51. Kingfisher (probably)
52. Lady alice
53. Lalen mendi
54. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
55. Lisbon
56. Lullington
57. Ma monette
58. Maxwell
59. Mohlenpris (possibly)
60. Mount stuart
61. Mv adur valley?
62. My astor
63. Newent
64. Noordster
65. Oceana
66. Pontos
67. Robin hood
68. Roecliff
69. Rushing water
70. Rydal hall (possibly)
71. Rytoner
72. Saint emilion (probably)
73. Samwake
74. Seaford
75. Seven seas (possibly)
76. Sir robert wigham
77. Skerryvore
78. Sparta (possibly)
79. St rogatien (possibly)
80. Startled fawn (possibly)
81. Storaa
82. Swale (probably)
83. U 671
84. Umba (probably)
85. Veerman
86. Ville de bordeaux
87. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
88. War monarch
89. Waterland (possibly)
90. Wittering

 

Name: VILLE DE BORDEAUX

Length 82.3 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1393 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Ex-antilles. built in 1881 by napier shanks & bell, glasgow. owned at time of loss by cie de bateaux a vapeur nord. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 151 nhp, single shaft. passage brest for dunkirk. sank following collision with ss irisbrook of glasgow, which was also lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1964

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1964, last detected: 20150607

Details measurements/cartography: H658/64 21.1.64 STRONG SONAR CONTACT IN 504154N, 003348E. CLASSIFIED AS POSSIBLE WK. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19 IN GEN DEPTH 20FMS. ORIENTATED 250/070DEGS. CONTACT HELD OUT TO MAX. RANGE 2,100FT. (HMS LYNX, 25.7.63). H4959/73 5.5.75 EXAM'D 24.10.74 IN 504142N, 003348E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.2 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. LENGTH 230-250FT. FAINT E/S RETURNS. (HMS BEAGLE, 1.1.75). INS AS WK 14FMS 5FT. BR STD. 12.9.73 SANK 10M ESE OF ROYAL SOVEREIGN LTV. (TELECOM 12.9.73, WKS/LLOYDS INTELLIGENCE). H4121/76 28.7.76 WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.7MTRS. (SOISS, SIGNAL DTD 14.6.76). H4121/76 4.8.76 EXAM'D IN LISTED POSN. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.7, FOUL AT 23.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.2MTRS. DIVERS REPORT WK TO BE A 2-3000 TONS FREIGHTER WITH STERN BLOWN OFF. UPRIGHT WITH TOP OF MAST ABOUT 14MTRS ABOVE SEABED. PROBABLY A WW1 SINKING. (HMS ECHO, HI 41/76). AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS.

- NM 1547/76. 27.6.77 AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS. NC 2451. HH100/351/08 29.1.94 TWO WRECKS LOCATED AT 504144N, 003345.4E WITH A SCOUR BETWEEN THEM. ONE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE 'VILLE DE DUNKIRK' - BELL RECOVERED. THE OTHER IS THOUGHT PROBABLY TO BE THE 'IRISBROOK' [SEE WK 20428]. (S HOWLAND/E CHALLANS, 22.1.94). INS LEGEND 'WKS'. 9.6.09 THIS IS THE VILLE DE BORDEAUX, THE BOW STILL BEING IN THE STERN OF IRISBROOK. UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY RECORD OF 'VILLE DE DUNKERQUE' FOR THAT ERA. CONSIDER THAT THE BELL MAY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE EXTRA PART OF THE NAME TO BE ENGRAVED, OR THAT THE NAME WAS ERODED. (D RONNAN, EMAIL DTD 9.6.09). NCA. SEP 2015/000083464 10.2.16 EXAM'D 7.6.15; IN 5041.716N, 0033.727E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.24MTRS, GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 165/345. SCOUR 230MTRS TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 6MTRS. WK INTACT, UPRIGHT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND NDW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 20428

Position: 50 41.716 N,0 33.727 E

 

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