This is the information page about the shipwreck Wilco, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 54.919 N,5 40.075 W (48.915316666667, -5.6679166666667)

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: WILCO

Length 31.7 meter

Cause: 3.6.76 presumed sunk, about 30m n of ile vierge, after leak in engine room. mayday posn 485500n, 054000w. (ll 1, 2 & 3.6.76).

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 105 meter

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 4.6.76 MAYDAY POSN 485500N, 054000W. VESSEL MAKING WATER. AREA SEARCHED NOTHING FOUND. OIL PATCH OBSERVED IN 485630N, 052700W. WHITE FISHING BUOY LATER LOCATED IN 485800N, 051600W, 6FT X 4FT PANELLING FOUND IN 480100N, 051530W. (LL, 1.6.76). 4.6.76 'WILCO' PRESUMED LOST NORTH OF BREST, APPROX 30M N OF ILE VIERGE, AFTER LEAK IN ENGINE ROOM. CREW RESCUED 15M N OF SEPT ISLES. (LL, 2.6.76). H4903/75 18.11.77 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708]. NOT LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976. 7.7.93 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 485500N, 054000W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6989 [1992 EDN]. BR STD. 26.2.09 SHOWN IN 4854.940N, 0540.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647. SEP 2016/000098317 23.6.16 SHOWN AS NDW(PA) IN 4854.942N, 0540.087W [WGD] ON FR273110. (EDN 1.0, DTD 5.4.16). AMEND NDW(PA) IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 54.919 N,5 40.075 W

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