Anchor Wreck 17111

Field Value
Obstruction Category foul ground
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		49 28.343 N,0 5.783 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 49.472383
  • Longitude: -0.096383
Water Depth 12 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type Anchor
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Dec 29, 1997
Original Detection Year 1999
Last Detection Year 2018
Original Source national HO/authority wreck information
Last Amended Date May 7, 2018

Simplified Wreck Survey

Underwater Wreck at Latitude 49 28.343 N Longitude 0 5.783 W off the French Coast English Channel Details include historical survey records noting a foul seabed obstruction with a positional accuracy of 500 meters initially reported in 1999 and later updated on official French nautical charts in 2007 as a dangerous obstruction

Surveying Details

15.4.99 LOST IN 4928.400N, 0005.700W [EUR]. ACCURACY 500MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). INS AS FOUL PA. BR STD. 15.9.99 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 7418 [1997 EDN - REPROMAT]. NCA, SUPERSEDED BY 1999 FRENCH WK RECORDS ABOVE. RETAIN ON NC 2146. 31.8.07 SHOWN AS OB PD IN 4928.350N, 0005.780W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7419 [INT 1752] [2ND EDN 2007, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2879.

Circumstances of loss

LOST BY IRANIAN VESSEL 'SABR'.

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