This is the information page about the shipwreck Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 58.962 N,4 49.209 W (49.993283333333, -4.6426333333333)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Afric
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Atlantis (possibly)
8. Atlantis (possibly)
9. Bamse (probably)
10. Bay of panama
11. Beatrice (possibly)
12. Ben asdale
13. Ben rein
14. Benito
15. Bjornvik (possibly)
16. Bosphorous (possibly)
17. Bretonne (probably)
18. Cape finisterre (probably)
19. Carmarthen
20. Carolus
21. Caroni river
22. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
23. Centurion (possibly)
24. Cieszyn
25. Clan apline
26. Cyrenian
27. Dionne marie
28. Dispatch (possibly)
29. Eastfield
30. Elisabeth (possibly)
31. Epsilon
32. Erato
33. Eric calvert (possibly)
34. Eskdale
35. Forde
36. Foylemore (possibly)
37. Ganymede
38. Gap
39. Godolphin
40. Gunvor
41. Happy returns (possibly)
42. Hera
43. Hmcs trentonian
44. Hmml 380
45. Hms almond (after part)
46. Hms almond (bow part)
47. Hms comet
48. Hms javelin (stern section)
49. Hms kurd
50. Hms lady of the isles
51. Hms narwhal
52. Hms primrose
53. Hms rinovia
54. Hms torrent
55. Hmy sappho (possibly)
56. Hnlms brielle
57. Jersey queen (possibly)
58. John
59. Jolie mouette
60. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
61. Juno
62. Kerris reed
63. King harry (probably)
64. Kremsertor
65. Krosfond
66. Kwester
67. La suippe
68. Lady dalhousie
69. Lauwerzee
70. Leander
71. Leon martin (part of)
72. Lord snowden (probably)
73. Lucent (possibly)
74. Lydie
75. Mina cantiquin
76. Mitera marigo
77. Mohegan
78. Mountby
79. Mourne (probably)
80. N g petersen
81. Nyassa
82. Ocklinge
83. Omer denise
84. Orchis
85. Penelope jane (possibly)
86. Pindos
87. Plantaganet
88. Ponus
89. Port chalmers
90. Queen (possibly)
91. Rigmor (possibly)
92. Rock island bridge
93. Rosehill
94. Shoal fisher
95. Silver laurel
96. Spital
97. Spyridion vagliano
98. St andre (possibly)
99. Stanwood
100. Sunik (probably)
101. Tregenna (possibly)
102. Tuborg
103. Twilight water
104. Ub 106 (possibly)
105. Ub 112 (possibly)
106. Ub 113
107. Ub 128 (possibly)
108. Ub 86 (possibly)
109. Ub 97 (possibly)
110. Ula
111. Veritas
112. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
113. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
114. Violet
115. Volnay
116. War tune
117. Western coast (possibly)
118. Wilhelmina maria

 

Name: VILLE DE THANN (BOW SECTION)(POSSIBLY)

Length 74.7 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1416 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1880 by r duncan & co. owned at time of loss by groupement industriel de charbons & de transports. struck a mine and sank. (ww1sl & dods).

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 75 meter, Height above seabed: 16 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN APPROX 500000N, 045300W. (AP REPORT). H3823/78 10.5.82 H3823/78 10.5.82 DEFINITE WK REPD IN 495905N, 044912W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 27.4.82). NCA. 5.7.85 5.7.85 WK, STANDING 5FMS ABOVE SEABED, LOCATED IN 495905N, 044912W USING DECCA. (C WILLIAMS, RECORDED TAPE). INS AS WK 65MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/17 3.9.01 HH100/351/17 3.9.01 DIVED IN 7.01. LIES IN TWO SECTIONS, TORPEDOED IN THE ENGINE ROOM AND BROKEN IN HALF. BOW IS INVERTED AND LIES IN 4958.967N, 0449.209W [WGD]. POSN BY DGPS. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY E/S (G POUND, REPORT REC'D 3.9.01). RETAIN AS WK 65MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEE ALSO [59815] FOR STERN SECTION. HH091/059/01 5.4.05 HH091/059/01 5.4.05 EXAM'D 17.8.04 N 4958.967N, 0449.209W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 67.8 IN GEN DEPTH 74.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 28MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 7.0MTRS. LIES 016/196 DEGS WITH BOWS SSW. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO SECTIONS, SMALLER STERN SECTION IS [59815]. NFS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 67MTRS. BR STD. HH091/059/01 21.11.05 HH091/059/01 21.11.05 EXAM'D IN 4958.962N, 0449.209W [WGD]. THIS IS THE BOW SECTION. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW SECTION ONLY, INVERTED

Position: 49 58.962 N,4 49.209 W

 

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