Wreck: Chasseur 6 (Submarine/hunter chaser)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Chasseur 6, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25.45 N,2 4.883 W (50.424167, -2.081383)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: CHASSEUR 6
Length 36.9 meter, width: 5.5 meter, draught: 1.8, tonnage 114 ton
Cause: built 1939 by at, & ch. de france (dunkerque). sunk by gunfire by german warships, thought to be e-boats. (navies of the 2nd ww, the french navy vol.2; j k welch). 8 men lost.
Year of registration: 1993
Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm
Known since: 1993, last detected: 1994
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/08 9.11.93 WK OF WW2 SUB CHASER NO 6 - IDENTICAL TO THE CARENTAN (QV) DIVED ON IN 502523.5N, 020442.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. BADLY BROKEN UP WHEELHOUSE, FULL OF BULLET HOLES, LIES OFF TO PORT. MAIN DECK COLLAPSED EXPOSING ENGINES. HIGHEST POINT IS MAIN GUN FOR'D AND BOFORS, OR SIMILAR, AFT. CORRODED DEPTH CHARGES AND MISCELLANEOUS ORDNANCE LIE SCATTERED AROUND STERN. HAS BEEN WELL DIVED AND MANY PARTS ARE MISSING. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (J K WELCH, 13.10.93). INS AS USC PA 33MTRS. BR STD. HH090/533/01 13.5.94 EXAM'D 28.2.94 IN 502527N, 020453W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.7MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. INTACT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). AMEND TO WK 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: STEEL HULL, INTACT, UPRIGHT, COLLAPSING
Position: 50 25.45 N,2 4.883 W
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