This is the information page about the shipwreck Charente, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 58.542 N,1 3.488 E (50.8163, 0.959)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Afghanistan (probably)
2. Albuera
3. Alcantara
4. Alice
5. Amplegarth
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Argonaut
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Australier (probably)
10. Avoca
11. Bobby
12. Brandenburg
13. Cabo espartel
14. Ceta (stern section)
15. Charente
16. Christianssund
17. City of dresden (possibly)
18. Corhaven
19. Corinia (possibly)
20. De fontaine
21. Durango
22. Efford
23. Electra
24. Ella sayer
25. Empire lough (probably)
26. Empress of fort william (probably)
27. Enero (probably)
28. Euphorbia
29. Evg(no rx152)?
30. Excellence pleske
31. Express
32. Falcon (probably)
33. Flachsee
34. G-asad
35. Grit (probably)
36. Grosser kurfurst
37. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
38. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
39. Halcyon
40. Henry moon
41. Heron
42. Hmhs anglia
43. Hms blackwater
44. Hms brazen
45. Hms carlton
46. Hms caulonia
47. Hms city of dundee
48. Hms cleon
49. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
50. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
51. Hms ghurka
52. Hms myrmidon
53. Hms torbay ii (probably)
54. Hms war sepoy
55. Hms waterfly
56. Hmt gullfoss
57. Holland
58. Hydaspes (possibly)
59. Jokai
60. Josephine willis
61. Kadru
62. Katharina kolkmann
63. Kielce
64. La somme (probably)
65. Lacer
66. Lady stella
67. Latona
68. Leicester
69. Leila najia
70. Leo
71. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
72. Lizzonia
73. Lusitania
74. Maloja 1
75. Maxwell
76. Milbanke (probably)
77. Monarch
78. Morgenster
79. Mrav
80. My astor
81. Naranco
82. Negrier
83. Newcastle
84. Niki
85. Norman
86. Northfleet
87. Nunima
88. Ousel (probably)
89. Polgrange
90. Portslade (possibly)
91. Preussen
92. Pulborough
93. River levan
94. Robin hood
95. Roode zee (possibly)
96. Roseburn
97. Rydal hall (possibly)
98. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
99. Saint emilion (probably)
100. Salbya (possibly)
101. Samida
102. Sea serpent
103. Seine
104. Shenandoah
105. Sierra bravia
106. Sir russell
107. Sparta (possibly)
108. St cecilia
109. Strathclyde
110. Swale (probably)
111. T s webb
112. Teeswood
113. Texaco caribbean (after section)
114. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
115. Tokufuku maru
116. Traquair (probably)
117. Trooper
118. U 8
119. Ub 108 (possibly)
120. Ub 109
121. Ub 31 ?
122. Ub 55 (probably)
123. Ub 58 (possibly)
124. Ub 78
125. Ub-33 (probably)
126. Uc 63
127. Uc 77 (possibly)
128. Unity
129. Veerman
130. Vittoria claudia
131. Waterland (possibly)
132. Welsh belle

 

Name: CHARENTE

Length 74 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1327 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1925. owned at the time of loss by dampskibs interessent skabet. sank whilst on passage bordeaux for oslo.

Year of registration: 1932

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 2 cm

Known since: 1932, last detected: 20160913

Details measurements/cartography: H7102/32 11.10.32 SANK IN 505827N, 010335E. (SANDGATE CG). NCA. H7102/32 15.10.32 PROPOSED THAT HMS KELLETT SHOULD SEARCH. TNM ISSUED 1647/32. H7102/32 18.10.32 WK LOCATED IN POSN DUNGENESS HIGH LT HO 222DEGS, 4.95M. (THNM 50/1932). NCA. H7102/32 23.12.32 WK DISPERSED TO 48FT. (TH). INS AS WK 8FMS.

- NM 2051/32.H7102/32 1.10.59 DISPERSED TO 48FT (TH 20.12.32).H5824/60 3.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 53FT. (HMS SCOTT, 23.3.60).H7102/32 16.11.61 SWEPT CLEAR AT 48FT, FOUL AT 50FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53FT IN GEN DEPTH 75-78FT. (HMS SCOTT, 25.7.61). AMEND TO SW 8FMS. BR STD. H4418/70 29.10.71 AMENDED TO SW 14.6MTRS. NC 1892.H4199/78 4.10.78 EXAM'D 28.9.77 IN 505831N, 010335E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22-23.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.4MTRS APPROX. LENGTH 85MTRS. LYING 175/355DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. HH090/711/01 30.1.97 EXAM'D 14.8.96 IN 505831N, 010329E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.5 IN GEN DEPTH 23.6MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.6MTR. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. COVERS 75MTRS BY 25MTRS. ORIENTATION 165/345DEGS. BROKEN WRECKAGE AND SCATTERED DEBRIS. SURROUNDED BY FLOATS AND UNABLE TO SWEEP. (NP 1016, HI 711). RETAIN AS SW 14.6MTRS IN 505828.9N, 010335.04E [OGB]. BR STD. HH090/921/01 21.9.01 EXAM'D 2.7.01 IN 5058.528N, 0103.474E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 16.3, FOUL 16.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.7 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 75MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 270 DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 921). BR STD. SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 13.9.16 IN 5058.542N, 0103.488E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.83MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 75.6MTRS, WIDTH 35.5MTRS, HEIGHT 6.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 002/182 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 550MTRS, 3.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 030 DEGS. WK WELL BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND TO DW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN & PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 50 58.542 N,1 3.488 E

 

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