This is the information page about the shipwreck William d burnham (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 46.117 N,1 14.813 W (49.768616666667, -1.2468833333333)

 

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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.

 

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4. Bonne sainte rita
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6. Chantereyne
7. Chanzi
8. Chatburn (possibly)
9. Corsaire
10. Eden
11. Empire javelin
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13. Goublin
14. Hermod
15. Hms towhee
16. John kennedy
17. L'aventurier
18. L'independant
19. La bajole
20. La fidele
21. Lct 232
22. Lct 2331 (probably)
23. Lct 244
24. Lct 967
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27. Marie anne de bretagne
28. Marie henriette
29. Norfalk
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31. Perles des flots
32. Promethee
33. Raumboat no.41
34. Saint-antoine
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36. Sainte marine
37. Sgb 7
38. Soleil levant
39. Suffolk coast (possibly)
40. Tayo
41. Tommy
42. Turquoise (probably)
43. Uss corry
44. Uss glennon
45. Uss rich
46. Victor-maurice
47. William d burnham (possibly)

 

Name: WILLIAM D BURNHAM (POSSIBLY)

Length 128.9 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 11.9, tonnage 7176 ton
Load: vehicles,general and mixed goods

Cause: torpedoed by u 978. (axis submarine successes). torpedoed or mined while on passage st helen's roads for cherbourg. (dods).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SUNK IN 494600N, 011500W. (TRADE DIV LIST AMENDMENT NO.35, FEB '45). H5181/75 23.1.76 WK 47MTRS, IN 494610N, 011449W [EUR]. (BREST NM 75 48 12). BR STD. 8.3.84 UNKNOWN WK, LOCATED BY DCS3 AND E/S, IN 494610N, 011444W [EUR]. LEAST E/S DEPTH IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14591123). NC 1106. HH100/351/02 2.3.90 THERE IS SOME DOUBT WHETHER THIS IS WRECK OF 'WILLIAM D. BURNHAM' AS IT WAS REPORTED IN 'THE LIBERTY SHIPS' TO HAVE BEEN BEACHED AND LATER TOWED AWAY AND SOLD FOR SCRAP. (P ENAULT, 3.2.90). 14.6.90 UNKNOWN IN 494610.4N, 011443.9W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 47.4 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14591123). WK 47MTRS SHOWN IN 494610.5N, 011444W ON FR 6864 [1984 EDN], & IN 494611N, 011444W ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. NC 2613. 20.2.02 NOW IN 4946.172N, 0114.731W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2002). BR STD. 5.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 4946.117N, 0114.813W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 46.117 N,1 14.813 W

 

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