This is the information page about the shipwreck W.s.w. one, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.383 N,3 46.271 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: W.S.W. ONE
Length 82 meter, width: 10 meter, draught: 2.5
Cause: ex-amiral bonivet. owned at time of loss by societe tramarco sa. a river barge. lost while under tow of polish tug 'koral'. (ll).
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 91 cm
Known since: 1975, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: 3.1.75 3.1.75 LOST IN APPROX 500803N, 035607W [OGB], IN DEPTH OF 35FMS. (LL 219). H1936/80 1.10.81 H1936/80 1.10.81 LARGE, APPARENTLY INTACT, WK EXAM'D 8.4.81 IN 500821N, 034612W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. ABOUT 75MTRS LONG, LYING E/W. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). BR STD. HH100/351/01 24.8.89 HH100/351/01 24.8.89 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A BARGE WITH SEVERAL HOLDS IN ONE OF WHICH IS A CRANE GRAB. SMALL DECKHOUSE FORWARD & A STEERING POSN WITH NO COVER & REMAINS OF WOODEN WHEEL STEERING TWIN RUDDERS AFT. NOT PERSONALLY DIVED. (A HILLGROVE, 19.7.89). NCA. HH091/059/01 4.5.05 HH091/059/01 4.5.05 EXAM'D 19.7.04 IN 5008.383N, 0346.271W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 54.4 IN GEN DEPTH 64.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 5.9MTRS. LIES 091/271 DEGS WITH BOWS W. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 54MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS W
Position: 50 8.383 N,3 46.271 W