Bugaled Breizh 2004
Marker: recorded wreck position (Modern).
Key facts
| Name | Bugaled Breizh | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 2004 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Modern | derived from year |
| Ship type | fishing trawler | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | France | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Sea / ocean | English Channel | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | England | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 36 km from land |
| Position | 49.7000, -5.1667 | Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0) |
About the wreck
MFV Bugaled Breizh was a French trawler from Loctudy, Finistère, whose sinking with all hands in 90 metres of water in the English Channel on 15 January 2004 remains unresolved. While it appeared possible that the ship was pulled under by a submarine, a specific submarine could not be identified from among the number of submarines of several nations operating in the general vicinity of the accident site. Moreover, the condition of the ship's recovered trawling equipment was reported by a technical inquiry to not be consistent with a submarine entanglement.
The motorized fishing vessel (MFV) was built in 1986 by the Bretagne Sud shipyard in Belz. Its name means "Children of Brittany" in the Breton language.
Location
- Recorded position: 49.7000, -5.1667 (Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: English Channel
- Nearest coast: England
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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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