This is the information page about the shipwreck Vp 720, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 52.666 N,4 22.027 W (47.79905, -4.4180666666667)

 

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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. Ajax
2. Berwind
3. Cardiff (possibly)
4. Castelmeur
5. Chateau lafite
6. Cilurnum
7. City of tampico
8. Cote de grace (possibly)
9. Dagny
10. Drade
11. Falk
12. Fleur de lisieux
13. Gerfaut
14. Harry luckenbach
15. Henri le cour
16. Joh. cornelis
17. Kanaris
18. Kong inge
19. La marie simone (possibly)
20. La meuse
21. La perle
22. Lake portage
23. Lapous moor
24. Les enfants de la cote
25. Ma colombe
26. Mai deut
27. Mascaret
28. Melrose abbey
29. Myrdal
30. Noble art
31. Notre dame
32. P.l.m 9
33. Pampero
34. Papillon des mers
35. Pourquoi pas
36. Saint guenael
37. Sea breeze
38. Vp 720
39. War captain
40. War patrol

 

Name: VP 720

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter

Known since: 1984, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: 23.5.84 DW PA IN 475232N, 042203W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). NC 2351. 6.2.89 AUXILIARY PATROL VESSEL 'VP 720'. POSN ACCURACY 1M. GEN DEPTH 4MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14574019). NC 2646. 7.2.89 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH 7147 [1988 EDN]. NCA. 18.5.00 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FRENCH 7146 [1993 EDN] & FRENCH 7147 [1988 EDN]. NC 2819. HH353/405/05 8.3.06 NOW DW IN 4752.71N, 0421.94W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 8/29/06). BR STD. SEP 2007/000004861 1.3.07 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 7066 [3RD EDN 2006]. AMENDED TO DEAD. BR STD. SEP 2007/000016206 5.3.07 RECORD REVIEWED. FRENCH NM 29/8/06 IS SUBSEQUENT TO FRENCH 7066 [3RD EDN 2006]. AMEND TO LIVE. INS DW. BR STD. SEP 2009/000006389 3.2.09 DW SHOWN IN 4752.666N, 0422.027W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7147 [2ND EDN 2008, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 52.666 N,4 22.027 W

 

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