Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack August conseil (possibly), die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 5.6 N,4 6.084 W (50.1442, -4.17415)
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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.
Name: AUGUST CONSEIL (POSSIBLY)
Länge93 meter, Breite: 13.1 meter, Tiefgang: 7.7, Tonnage 2952 ton
Last: coal
Ursache: built in 1912 by atel & ch de france, dunkirk. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 279nhp, single shaft. passage cardiff for le havre. stopped by u-29 and crew forced to abandon. was sunk by explosive scuttling charges placed below decks. (sibi).
Jahr der Registrierung: 1945
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 68 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 6 cm
Bekannt seit: 1945, zuletzt detektiert: 2006
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H0113/45 4.4.60 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500530N, 040612W. GAVE OFF SOME OIL. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). 4.4.60 CONTACT IN 500530N, 040612W APPROX. (HMS WILDGOOSE, 20.1.45 & 15.2.45, AUBD 302/80). 4.4.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 500500N, 040600W APPROX. HEAVY OIL. (AUBD 302/82, ESCORT GROUP, 22.12.44). H05027/45 4.4.60 POSN 500530N, 040612W CONFIRMED BY HMS HEDINGHAM CASTLE IN AUG 1945 IN COURSE OF TRIALS OF EXPERIMENTAL GEAR. THREE ISLAND SHIP ON EVEN KEEL, LENGTH 300FT, HT 30FT. DIRECTION 190/330DEG. (CAPT A/S E ESTAB FAIRLIE, 22.9.45). H3950/70 23.9.70 NOW CHARTED AS WK 59MTRS IN 500530N, 040612W. (HMS HEDINGHAM CASTLE, AUG 1945). NC 1613. H3110/72 4.1.73 WK IN 500532.4N, 040603.5W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR CONTACT. FLAT BOTTOM AREA. GOOD E/S TRACE 56.0MTRS IN 68.0MTRS, SEABED OF FINE SAND & BROKEN SHELL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). BR STD. H1280/76/31 26.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500540N, 040601W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. H4514/76 21.9.76 WK IN 500539.54N, 040601.28W [OGB] USING DECCA. RUN OVER WITH E/S, TRACE SUPPLIED, ON 23.5.76, DRIFTING S TO N OVER WK. HEIGHT OF WK 30FT APPROX IN GEN DEPTH 38FMS. (T ALLEN, 9.9.76). NCA. HH091/059/01 9.5.05 EXAM'D 25.7.04 IN 5005.600N, 0406.084W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.4 IN GEN DEPTH 68.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 78.4MTRS, WIDTH 26.2MTRS, HT 8.3MTRS. LIES 006/186 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 006 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 60MTRS. BR STD. 12.7.06 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS THE WK OF A LARGE CARGO VESSEL. BOTH THE FWD AND AFT AREAS ARE A JUMBLE OF TWISTED FRAMES AND PLATES. MIDSHIPS IS MORE INTACT WITH FRAMES IN SITU MAKING A BEAM MEASUREMENT POSSIBLE. ONE BOILER HAS TIPPED UP AT THE SIDE OF THE WK WHILST ANOTHER IS COVERED OVER. A FRENCH MANUFACTURED SOUNDING MACHINE HAS BEEN RECOVERED, MADE BY HENRY LAPOUTE - PARIS, SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS A FRENCH VESSEL. 'AUGUST CONSEIL' WAS LOST VERY CLOSE TO THIS POSITION. (N R CHIPCHASE & A BOXALL). NCA.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: '3 ISLAND' VESSEL, UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS N, FWD & AFT BROKEN
Position: 50 5.6 N,4 6.084 W