This is the information page about the shipwreck War tune, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 58.687 N,5 4.689 W (49.978117, -5.078150)

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: WAR TUNE

Length 79.6 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2045 ton

Cause: torpedoed & sunk by submarine approx 1.5m sse of black head. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 71 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: 1917 POSN 1.5MILES SSE FROM BLACK HEAD. (DOCKET M016704). GIVES POSN 495900N, 0504030W. 5.5.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 495700N, 050400W. (AUBD 301/70). HH100/351/12 3.4.97 WK OF 'WAR TUNE' LOCATED IN 495853N, 050435W. IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERY OF BELL. (G J POUND). INS AS USC 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000153151 22.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 4958.687N, 0504.689W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.73 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 9.27MTRS. LIES 071/251 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, AFTER SECTION MISSING. (MMT, HI 1455). POSSIBLY WAR TUNE. AMEND WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS WSW, AFTER END COLLAPSED OR ?MISSING

Position: 49 58.687 N,5 4.689 W

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