Maritime record TR 47 SW 20 - Emile Deschamps

Summary

FRENCH MERCHANTMAN USED AS AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER, 1940

Location

Grid reference TR 42635 73255 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR47SW
District THANET, KENT

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Full Description

Vertical Datum: LAT Quality of Depth: ES EMILE DESCHAMPS was mined in 1940. 10-JUN-1959 Drift sweeping Asdic sonar sweeping and echosounder after dispersal - clear 35ft, foul 36ft. A bank, varying from 34-35ft, exists to the south and within 50ft of wreck position 51 24 19.0N, 001 29 14.0E. 04-APR-1979 Examined in 51 24 20.4N, 001 29 21.0E. Least echosounder depth 10.4 in general depth 13m, with shoal of 11.9m close S. Scour 0.5m. Side scan sonar height 1.7m. Lying roughly E/W. Not a good sonar contact. 24-OCT-1986 Examined in 51 24 21.0N, 001 29 21.0E. Least echosounder depth 10.7 in general depth 11 to 13m. Scour depth 13m. Lying 300/120 degrees, approximately.


<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Oct 4 1993 12:00AM