This is the information page about the shipwreck War captain, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 43.652 N,4 3.646 W (47.727533333333, -4.0607666666667)

 

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4. Arthemis
5. Bayvoe
6. Belgier
7. Bernadette
8. Birchgrove
9. Cap noir
10. Cardiff (possibly)
11. City of tampico
12. Cote de grace (possibly)
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14. Dany gerard
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22. L'entente
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24. Les enfants de la cote
25. Ma colombe
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27. Mascaret
28. Melrose abbey
29. Myrdal
30. Nomade
31. Notre dame
32. Padre mazareno
33. Pampero
34. Papillon des mers
35. Pourquoi pas
36. Salamis
37. Theodore botrel
38. Vp 720
39. War captain

 

Name: WAR CAPTAIN

Length 80.5 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2385 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built 1917 by states island sb co. owned at the time of loss by the shipping controller [rankin, gilmour & co]. passage the clyde for blaye via brest. wrecked on the iles de glenan. (dods).

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter

Known since: 1979, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H2474/19 SHOWN AS WK IN 474330N, 042730W ON FRENCH WK CHART 10103. H3979/19 21.5.19 WK IN 474342N, 040318. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 474342N, 040318W. BR STD. H445/31 13.2.31 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 5368 [1930 EDN]. DELETE. BR STD. 8.10.79 SHOWN AS WK 9.7MTRS [5.25FMS] IN 474342.6N, 040333W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6648. INS IN 474340N, 040403W. NE 2352. 6.9.82 INS AS WK 9.7MTRS IN 474342.6N, 040333W. NC 3640. 6.7.83 SS 'WAR CAPTAIN' IN 474342.6N, 040333W [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 9.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983). NC 2352. 9.2.89 SHOWN AS WK PA 9.7MTRS ON FRENCH 7146 [1988 EDN]. POSN ACCURACY 500MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14574041). NCA. 26.10.00 SHOWN AS WK PD 9.7MTRS IN 4743.724N, 0403.678W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7146 [1993 EDN, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2820. WK PROBABLY MOVED DUE TO ROCK CLOSE E. SHOWN AS WK 9.7MTRS IN 4743.710N, 0403.550W [EUR] ON BA 3640 [1988 EDN, 1:30000]. 29.10.09 SHOWN IN 4743.652N, 0403.646W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6647 [2ND EDN 2009, 1:20,000, LARGEST SCALE]. NE 2820.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 43.652 N,4 3.646 W

 

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