Container Wreck 32045

Field Value
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
47 43.455 N,5 11.081 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 47.724250
  • Longitude: -5.184683
Wreck Depth 111 m
Water Depth 121 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type Container
Length 6 m
Width 3 m
Draught 2
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Dec 9, 1988
Bottom Texture Sand
Original Detection Year 1988
Last Detection Year 2019
Original Source national HO/authority notice to mariners
Surveying Details HH353/35101 25.10.89 OBSTN IN 474330N, 051100W APPROX. (BREST NM 89 37 13). PLOTS IN 120MTRS APPROX. INS AS FOUL. BR STD. 9.3.90 SHOWN AS OBSTN. NC 20. 27.3.90 CONTAINER IN 474330N, 051100W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 1M. COVERED BY MORE THAN 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 123MTRS. LENGTH 6MTRS, BEAM 3MTRS, HEIGHT 2MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990, NO.14575063). 26.7.93 SHOWN AS OB PA ON FRENCH 6990 [1992 EDN, 1:355,000]. BR STD. HH353/400/02 8.3.95 AMEND TO OBSTN USC 111MTRS. (FRENCH NM 95 07 12). BR STD. 15.7.03 SHOWN IN 4743.400N, 0511.100W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [2ND EDN 2003, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD. SEP 2007/000004861 2.3.07 OBSTN USC PD 111MTRS SHOWN IN 4743.455N, 0511.081W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [INT 1800] [3RD EDN 2006]. BR STD. SEP 2009/000117388 24.9.09 SHOWN AS OBSTN USC PA 111MTRS ON FRENCH 6990 [3RD EDN 2009, 1:350,000]. NCA.
Last Amended Date Aug 27, 2019

Circumstances of loss

CONTAINER LOST OVERBOARD. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990, NO.14575063).

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