This is the information page about the shipwreck Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 58.934 N,4 49.257 W (49.982233, -4.820950)

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: VILLE DE THANN (STERN 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: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN APPROX 500000N, 045300W. (AP REPORT). 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. STERN IS UPRIGHT AND LIES IN 4958.944N, 0449.267W [WGD]. POSN BY DGPS. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY E/S (G POUND, REPORT REC'D 3.9.01). INS AS WK 65MTRS. BR STD. SEE ALSO [22920] FOR BOW SECTION. HH091/059/01 5.4.05 HH091/059/01 5.4.05 EXAM'D 17.8.04 IN 4958.934N, 0449.256W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.0 IN GEN DEPTH 73.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 7.1MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 30MTRS TO THE NORTH. NFS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 66MTRS. BR STD. HH091/059/01 21.11.05 HH091/059/01 21.11.05 EXAM'D IN 4958.934N, 0449.257W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 65.9MTRS. HT 7.2MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 65MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN SECTION ONLY, UPRIGHT

Position: 49 58.934 N,4 49.257 W

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