This is the information page about the shipwreck Z-24, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 32.904 N,1 2.468 W (45.5484, -1.0411333333333)
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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: Z-24
Length 117.3 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 2400 ton
Cause: built in 1941. attacked by rocket firing aircraft of coastal command at the mouth of the gironde. hit & badly damaged & was compelled to run ashore, becoming a total wreck. (dods).
Year of registration: 1949
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1949, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: 17.3.49 DW IN 453253N, 010224W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2910. H7203/51 13.12.51 SHOWN AS 2 DWP IN 453253N, 010224W ON FRENCH 5490. BR STD. H7203/51 19.11.52 SHOWN AS 2 DWP LYING NW/SE ON FRENCH 5508. NC 2916. 25.5.59 SHOWN AS DW ON FRENCH 6141. NE 2910. 30.3.73 SHOWN IN 453256N, 010222W ON FRENCH 6141 [1972 EDN]. NE 2910. 1.2.84 SHOWN AS DW IN 453257.5N, 010223.3W ON FRENCH 6141 [1983 EDN]. NC 2910. 2.2.84 WK OF VESSEL 'Z-24' IN 453257.9N, 010223.3W [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983, NO.14551153). NC 2910. 27.2.06 SHOWN IN 4532.904N, 0102.468W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7425 [INT 1849] [2ND EDN 2005, 1:25,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3058.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 45 32.904 N,1 2.468 W