This is the information page about the shipwreck Wilfred, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 41.94 N,5 6.09 W (48.399083333333, -5.3334666666667)
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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: WILFRED
Length 70.4 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 1121 ton
Load: coal
Cause: sunk by german submarine 18m n 0.5 w off ushant, whilst on passage newport for gibraltar. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 100 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H1690/19 16.7.19 NDW IN 484200N, 050600W. (PARIS NM). INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BR STD. H1291/28 [NO DATE] SYMBOL AMENDED TO NDW (1917). BR STD. H1128/63 12.3.63 SHOWN AS NDW ON NC 2644. 21.6.76 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 484200N, 050600W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6031 [1975 EDN]. 24.1.78 SHOWN AS NDW ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708]. 9.3.79 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON NE 2644. 13.11.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 80MTRS ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. 25.2.88 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 80MTRS ON FRENCH 7067 [1987 EDN]. ALSO LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14585020. NC 2644. 2.3.09 SHOWN IN 4841.940N, 0506.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708] [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 41.94 N,5 6.09 W