Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Bonhomme richard, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 54 11.502 N,0 13.481 W (54.1917, -0.2246833)

De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

Naam: BONHOMME RICHARD

Lengte 44.2 meter, tonnage 900 ton

Oorzaak: Ex-duc de duras. built in france. six 18 pounder, twenty eight 12 pounder and eight 9 pounder carriage guns. passage lorient for patrol and return. an american privateer commanded by commodore john paul jones. sank 36hrs after sustaining severe damage in single ship action with hms seraphis (4th rate, 886 tons bm, 44 guns) during the war of independence. before bonhomme richard sank hms seraphis was boarded & taken over.

Jaar registratie: 1976

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 20 meter

Bekend sinds: 1976, laatst gedetecteerd: 20160205

Details metingen/cartografie: H4791/76 4.11.76 LOCATED 9.1976 IN 541036N, 000200W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. POOR SIDESCAN RESULT & NO E/S RECORD. ESTIMATED LENGTH OF WK 150FT. THOUGHT TO POSSIBLY BE THE BONHOMME RICHARD. (DECCA SURVEYS LTD, K7588/1&2). 7.7.78 FURTHER INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE IN AUGUST 1978. (DECCA SURVEY NEWS RELEASE). NCA. HH100/351/09 6.10.94 WK LOCATED IN 541127N, 001345W [OGB], BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF BONHOMME RICHARD. EXAM'D BY DIVER 9.1994. VISIBLE SIGNS OF EXPOSED TIMBERS WITH SOME ANCHORS FOUND IN PROXIMITY. TO BE CONSIDERED AS POSSIBLE HISTORIC WRECK SITE. (RECEIVER OF WRECK, NO 155/94). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH090/730/01 19.11.97 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. (GARDLINE, HI 730). AMENDED TO DEAD. BR STD. HH100/351/14 16.9.99 WRECKAGE EXISTS IN 5411.502N, 0013.481W [WGD]. POSN BY DGPS. FURTHER PORTION EXISTS CLOSE NE (SEE [57731]). (FOR AUTHORITY SEE FILE). AMENDED LIVE. INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH242/610/11 24.7.02 DESIGNATED AS AN HISTORIC WK. RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5411.502N, 0013.481W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1858/02).

- NM 3791/02. HH100/351/19 19.9.02 MANY WOODEN SHIPS WERE DESTROYED IN THIS AREA. A PIECE OF WOOD WAS PREVIOUSLY EXAMINED AND FOUND TO CONTAIN METAL PINS, BONHOMME HAD WOODEN PINS. (S OLD, EMAIL DTD 18.9.02). NCA. HH100/351/22 19.10.05 DOUBT CAST THAT THIS IS THE BONHOMME RICHARD, MAY BE THE REMAINS OF AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH COASTAL VESSEL. (P REAVELEY, EMAIL DTD 09.10.05 & TELECOM CALL DTD 18.10.05). MAINTAIN AS BONHOMME RICHARD FOR THE TIME BEING. NCA. SEP 2007/000034421 17.5.07 LOCATED IN 5411.4942N, 0013.4806W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.53 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS USING PREDICTED TIDES. LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 5.6MTRS, HT 0.5MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. UNABLE TO CONFIRM AS A DEFINITE WRECK AS SMALL RIDGE RUNS APPROXIMATELY NW/SE THROUGH THE AREA, WK MAY HAVE BEEN BURIED BY SEDIMENT DEPOSITION. FURTHER DIVE EXAMINATION REQUIRED. RETAIN AS FOUL. (HMSML GLEANER, HN DTD 27.3.07). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 14.7.16 EXAM'D 5.2.16 IN 5411.502N, 0013.481W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 20MTRS. LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 6.6MTRS, HT 0.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 032/213. SCOUR LENGTH 26MTRS, 1.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 217 DEGS. WELL BROKEN UP AND MAINLY BURIED. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND DW 19.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Positie: 54 11.502 N,0 13.481 W

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