Steam Ship Wreck Us 23681

Surveying Details

H4298/48 23.6.48 ST IN 492635N, 010843W. (PARIS NM 22/1990/48). NOTE. H2418/54 27.7.54 ST SHOWN IN 492636N, 010845W ON FRENCH 847. LC 2073. H4984/74 25.10.79 TO BE DELETED. (BREST NM 79 17 34 & FRENCH 847). R/P. H1310/84/13 18.4.84 DIVED ON IN 1983. STERN HALF OF WHAT WAS APPARENTLY AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL SHIP, RISING FIRMLY OUT OF THE SEABED. COMPASS REPEATER, MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, OF AMERICAN ORIGIN & 40MM BOFOR SHELLS FOUND. FOREPART MISSING - PERHAPS REMOVED BY ITALIAN SCRAP DIVERS IN 1955. (J COULON, 24.3.84). INFORM FRENCH AUTHORITIES. H1310/88 9.3.88 WRECKAGE OF LARGE AMERICAN VESSEL, WITH AN INTACT LANDING BARGE ALONGSIDE FIXED BY TORAN. MOSTLY STANDS ABOUT 1MTR ABOVE SEABED, BUT ONE BULKHEAD RISES TO ABOUT 4MTRS. (J COULON, 20.12.87). PLOTS IN 492628N, 010842W. NCA. H2340/87 14.7.88 WK, LEAST DEPTH LESS THAN 20MTRS, IN 492636N, 010827W. (FR NM 88 24 22). CHART AS DW. - NM 2424/88. 4.5.90 WK, LEAST DEPTH LESS THAN 20MTRS, IN 492636N, 010826.5W [EUR] POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. FIXED BY TORAN. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14591074 [CORR TO JAN 1990]). NC 2613. [WGD] POSN: 4926.544N, 0108.520W.