This is the information page about the shipwreck Colbert (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.04 N,1 45.59 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. Acer
2. Acer
3. Admiral gardner
4. Advent
5. Agen
6. Alhama
7. Andaman
8. Ashley
9. Blanc nez
10. Bravore
11. British liberty (possibly)
12. Ca 4
13. Camisard
14. Cap de la hague
15. Carmen
16. Cathay (part of)
17. Colbert
18. Colbert (possibly)
19. Constanzia
20. Correct
21. Costas michalos (fwd part)
22. D'artagnan
23. Dartmore
24. Dixie
25. Dotterel
26. Dyck ltv
27. E goodwin ltv
28. Eleonora
29. Elizabeth and unknown
30. En avant
31. Filleigh
32. Flandres
33. Francesco ciampa
34. Frons olivae (probably)
35. G 85 (possibly)
36. G-42 (possibly)
37. Gad 23
38. Genimar
39. Gladys
40. Gloire a sainte therese
41. Harcalo
42. Henry b plant
43. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
44. Hms alert ?
45. Hms artic trapper
46. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
47. Hms flirt
48. Hms hermes
49. Hms lord grey
50. Hms northumberland (probably)
51. Hms restoration (possibly)
52. Hms stirling castle (probably)
53. Hms thuringia (possibly)
54. Hms tranquil
55. Hms weigelia
56. Hms wessex
57. Hmsm b2
58. Hoegh aigrette
59. Hundvaag
60. Iltis (possibly)
61. Ira (possibly)
62. Jean pierre et phillipe
63. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
64. Kabinda
65. Koenigshaven
66. L'armandeche
67. La fleche
68. Le pelerin de la mer
69. Lord hamilton (possibly)
70. Lst 364 (probably)
71. Luray victory
72. M 3630 (possibly)
73. Mahratta
74. Mahratta ii
75. Malta (probably)
76. Marie-ange loic
77. Mariner moon
78. Mercator
79. Merel (part of)(possibly)
80. Mersey
81. Moise
82. Munificent
83. Nagro (possibly)
84. Nancy moran
85. Neerlandais
86. Netty (possibly)
87. Nicolaw
88. Niendorf (possibly)
89. Noroit
90. North eastern victory
91. Notre dame des trois epis
92. Ocean hound
93. Okeania
94. Pallieter
95. Pavon
96. Phoenix
97. Portrieux
98. Quentovic
99. Rio parana
100. Rochester castle (possibly)
101. Rydal force
102. Rynanna
103. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
104. Sabac
105. Saint antoine de padoue
106. Saint michael veillez sur nous
107. Saint ronan (possibly)
108. Sambut
109. Santagata
110. Santagata (?part of)
111. Smarapaan
112. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
113. Tbd 317
114. The queen
115. Tina primo
116. Toornvliet (probably)
117. Tusnastabb (possibly)
118. U 11 (possibly)
119. U 16 (possibly)
120. U 37
121. U 48
122. Uc 26
123. Uc 46
124. Uc 46 (possibly)
125. Uc 78 or uc 79
126. Virginie
127. Western farmer (bow section)
128. Xanthence

 

Name: COLBERT (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H7275/55 2.10.59 SANK IN TWO PARTS IN 505730N, 013027E. (LL, 26.11.55). 22.4.69 WK IN 510100N, 013430E USING DECCA. (MANIERES, P.89). H4667/70 30.12.70 WK IN 510407N, 014536E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.5MTRS [77FT] IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS [95FT]. SCOUR DEPTH 30.2MTRS [99FT]. UNDULATING SEABED. FOUND BY SONAR SWEEPING, GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR CONTACT. NO TIME TO SWEEP. (HMS BULLDOG, H525 NO 8/70 15.9.70). [ORIGINALLY REPORTED IN HMS BEAGLE'S SIG DTD 28.9.70. NAVEAMS 9661 & 9662 ISSUED]. CHART AS WK 12FMS 5FT. R/S. 7.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS WK 23.5MTRS IN 510402N, 014537E [OGB]. NC 1892. H4453/72 15.4.75 AMENDED TO WK 22.1MTRS [12FMS] IN 510358.5N, 014541.2E [OGB]. [EUR] POSN: 510403.5N, 014540.2E.

- NM 807/75. H2744/75 12.6.75 LOCATED IN 510403.5N, 014540.2E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. [OGB] POSN: 510358.5N, 014541.2E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. (HMS FOX, HI 40/75(D)) H4984/74 31.7.75 WK 21MTRS IN 510405N, 014540E. (BREST NM 75 23 10). NCA. 1.11.76 OBSTN SHOWN IN 510419N, 014523E [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART KE 151-2 [JULY 1968 EDN]. POSN BY DECCA. NCA. H1271/80 9.12.80 AMEND TO WK 21MTRS ON NES 323, 1892, 2451, & 1610. H3159/86 23.9.86 SHOWN AS WK 22.8MTRS IN 510406N, 014536E [EUR] ON FR SURVEY [K9845/8], 1985. NCA. 28.6.88 SHOWN AS WK 22.5MTRS ON FR 6651 [1988 EDN]. 29.6.88 'HERMES' [POSSIBLY] IN 510405.5N, 014539.8E [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS, FIXED BY TRIDENT III. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. INVESTIGATED BY SONAR, MAGNETOMETER & E/S. LARGE WK SPLIT IN TWO PARTS, LYING 080/260DEGS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.21611015). CHART AS WK 22.5MTRS IN 510402N, 014538E [OGB]. NC 323. HH100/351/02 6.4.90 THIS IS WK OF LARGE TRAWLER, LYING IN TWO PARTS, & NOT THE 'HERMES'. LOCAL DIVERS STATE IT IS WK OF FRENCH FV 'COLBART', OR 'COLBERT', WHICH SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION IN FOG WITH A CROSS-CHANNEL FERRY IN 1953, OR 1963. (J COULON, 14.3.90). [SEE ALSO WK [21129] IN 505720N, 013033E REGARDING 'COLBERT']. HH100/351/02 11.6.90 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF LARGE TRAWLER. LYING UPRIGHT IN 28MTRS. (CDT EGGERMONT, 17.5.90). SEP 2008/000008644 6.3.08 WK 22MTRS SHOWN IN 5104.04N, 0145.59E [WGD] ON FRENCH 6651 [7TH EDN 07]. AMEND WK 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3912/20

Position: 51 4.04 N,1 45.59 E

 

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