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. Dorothy j (possibly)
22. Durango
23. Efford
24. Electra
25. Ella sayer
26. Empire lough (probably)
27. Empress of fort william (probably)
28. Enero (probably)
29. Euphorbia
30. Evg(no rx152)?
31. Excellence pleske
32. Express
33. Falcon (probably)
34. Flachsee
35. G-asad
36. Grit (probably)
37. Grosser kurfurst
38. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
39. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
40. Halcyon
41. Henry moon
42. Heron
43. Hmhs anglia
44. Hms blackwater
45. Hms brazen
46. Hms carlton
47. Hms caulonia
48. Hms city of dundee
49. Hms cleon
50. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
51. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
52. Hms ghurka
53. Hms myrmidon
54. Hms torbay ii (probably)
55. Hms war sepoy
56. Hms waterfly
57. Hmt gullfoss
58. Holland
59. Hydaspes (possibly)
60. Jokai
61. Josephine willis
62. Kadru
63. Katharina kolkmann
64. Kielce
65. La somme (probably)
66. Lacer
67. Lady stella
68. Latona
69. Leicester
70. Leila najia
71. Leo
72. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
73. Lighter 83
74. Lizzonia
75. Lusitania
76. Maloja 1
77. Maxwell
78. Milbanke (probably)
79. Monarch
80. Morgenster
81. Mrav
82. My astor
83. Naranco
84. Negrier
85. Newcastle
86. Niki
87. Norman
88. Northfleet
89. Nunima
90. Ousel (probably)
91. Polgrange
92. Portslade (possibly)
93. Preussen
94. Pulborough
95. River levan
96. Robin hood
97. Roode zee (possibly)
98. Roseburn
99. Rydal hall (possibly)
100. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
101. Saint emilion (probably)
102. Salbya (possibly)
103. Samida
104. Sea serpent
105. Seine
106. Shenandoah
107. Sierra bravia
108. Sir russell
109. Spanish prince
110. Sparta (possibly)
111. St cecilia
112. Strathclyde
113. Swale (probably)
114. T s webb
115. Teeswood
116. Texaco caribbean (after section)
117. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
118. Tokufuku maru
119. Traquair (probably)
120. Trooper
121. U 8
122. Ub 108 (possibly)
123. Ub 109
124. Ub 31 ?
125. Ub 55 (probably)
126. Ub 58 (possibly)
127. Ub 78
128. Ub-33 (probably)
129. Uc 63
130. Uc 77 (possibly)
131. Unity
132. Veerman
133. Vittoria claudia
134. Waterland (possibly)
135. 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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