Other Wreck 70053

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		49 18.536 N,0 17.382 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 49.308933
  • Longitude: -0.289700
Wreck Depth 0.6 m
Water Depth 4 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Length 130 m
Width 20 m
Orientation 45
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Original Detection Year 1955
Last Detection Year 2021
Original Source national HO/authority charts
Last Amended Date Apr 13, 2022

Surveying Details

SHOWN AS DW IN 491840N, 001711W ON BA 1821, NO PREVIOUS WK RECORD FOUND. H2415/54 13.4.55 SHOWN AS ST IN 491840N, 001711W ON FR 891. LC 1821. H1131/55 22.11.56 AMEND TO DW IN 491840N, 001711W. (FRENCH NM 56 37 02). - NM 2856/56. H449/63 15.7.66 MARKED BY G CON BUOY, E TOPMARK, CLOSE E. (PARIS NM 66 22 05). BR STD. H3898/82 1.10.84 BUOY NOW IN 491839N, 001658W. (BREST NM 84 34 22). NCA. 22.6.90 SHOWN AS DWP IN 491839.5N, 001713W MARKED BY E CARD SPAR BUOY IN 491838N, 001657W ON FRENCH 6927 [1985 EDN]. UNKNOWN IN 491839.9N, 001712.2W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. LEAST DEPTH UNKNOWN IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS. ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS: LENGTH 130MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. ORIENTATION 045/225DEGS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14590519). SHOWN AS WK IN 491839.9N, 001712.2W MARKED BY E CARD SPAR BUOY CLOSE E ON NC 2613. HH351/352/01 16.8.90 WK 0.6MTRS IN 491835.5N, 001718W. (BREST NM 90 23 21). 29.11.93 WK 0.6MTRS IN 491835.5N, 001718W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14590519). 5.5.94 SHOWN AS WK 0.6MTRS IN 491835.5N, 001718W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6927 [1994 EDN]. NC 2136. 5.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 4918.536N, 0017.382W.

Circumstances of loss

PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK, OR SCUTTLED, DURING OPERATION OVERLORD IN 1944. SCUTTLED TO MAKE PART OF ARTIFICAL BREAKWATER. (FRENCH WK RECORDS).

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