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 (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Aeneas (probably)
4. Aeolian sky
5. Alex van opstal
6. Alexandrovna
7. Aparima
8. Arctic dawn
9. Arfon
10. Balmoralwood
11. Barryman
12. Betelgeuse (bow section)
13. Betsy anna
14. Binnendijk
15. Black hawk (fwd section)
16. Bobbyb
17. Bretagne
18. British inventor (bow section)
19. Carentan
20. Castlereagh
21. Cathrine
22. Chasseur 6
23. Chasseur 7
24. Cheyenne
25. Clan macvey
26. Dagmar
27. Dallas city (possibly)
28. Derna (probably)
29. Deucalion
30. El kahira
31. Elena r
32. Elmcrest
33. Emile miguet
34. Ethel (probably)
35. Everleigh
36. Evertsen
37. Finn
38. Fleur de lys
39. Fluent
40. Frigga
41. Gallia
42. General jackson
43. Georgios kyriakides
44. Girnigoe
45. Goathland
46. Halsewell
47. Hartburn (probably)
48. Hartley (possibly)
49. Heronspool
50. Hms arfon
51. Hms blackwood
52. Hms courageous
53. Hms dark gladiator
54. Hms delight
55. Hms fame
56. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
57. Hms warrior ii
58. Hms waterlily
59. Hmsm a3
60. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
61. Ice prince
62. Ioannis fafalios
63. Iolanthe
64. Iona
65. Janna
66. Kafiristan
67. Kolga
68. Kyarra
69. Lady of avenel
70. Lcvp 120
71. Leny (possibly)
72. Leticia
73. License to kill (possibly)
74. Lil boat
75. Lochavon
76. Louisiane
77. Mallard (possibly)
78. Mayflower
79. Meknes
80. Messina
81. Michelle
82. Miefield
83. Milo
84. Nailsea lass
85. Navasota
86. Neree (possibly)
87. Neree (probably)
88. Nestlea
89. Normandy
90. Orne (possibly)
91. Pescalanza
92. Piedras
93. Pitchipoy (possibly)
94. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
95. Rapana
96. Rowella
97. San fernando
98. Saratoga
99. Seahawk
100. Security (possibly)
101. Sheer grace
102. Snowdrop
103. Southampton
104. Spiral (possibly)
105. Start
106. Surdelo
107. Theodoros t
108. Tiiu
109. Togimo
110. Vera (probably)
111. Vikholmen
112. Waitara
113. Xania

 

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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