This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms sesame (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 27.504 N,0 54.828 W (49.35425, -0.60851666666667)

 

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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. A 12
2. A1-38
3. A1-7
4. A2-61
5. A2-66
6. Abbe garos
7. Agnus dei
8. Aloa
9. Alynbank
10. B1-72
11. B1-89
12. B1-90
13. B1-98
14. Bonne sainte rita
15. Capitaine cook
16. Chameau
17. Charles morgan
18. Chrisimas
19. Cornucopia (possibly)
20. Credo du marin
21. Cubana
22. Dohe
23. Elsa
24. Empire bittern
25. Empire broadsword
26. Empire rosebery
27. F 614
28. Flowergate (possibly)
29. Francois-xavier
30. Frederic
31. Georgios
32. Grand copaise
33. Gros loulou
34. Harpagas (fore part)
35. Hms computator (probably)
36. Hms minster
37. Hms sesame (probably)
38. Innerton (possibly)
39. Jean lae patt
40. Jolie pluie de rose
41. Julie
42. L'otarie
43. La bajole
44. La caravelle
45. La kaline
46. Laura c anderson (possibly)
47. Lct 232
48. Lct 244
49. Lct 524
50. Lct 777
51. Lct 967
52. Le flibustier
53. Le nohic
54. Le tout petit (?le toupeti)
55. Lst (possibly)
56. Lst 314
57. Lst 496
58. Lst 523
59. Magicien
60. Mere theresa
61. Modlin
62. Mulberry harbour b (remains of)
63. Njejos (possibly)
64. Norfalk
65. Parklaan (possibly)
66. Partridge
67. Phoenix unit
68. Plaston
69. Pointe du hoc
70. Poussoir
71. Providencia
72. Raumboat no.41
73. Reine mathilde
74. Risque tout
75. Rolling stones
76. Saint freddy
77. Saltersgate
78. Sebastel 2
79. Sgb 7
80. Soleil levant
81. Suffolk coast (possibly)
82. Turquoise (probably)
83. Uss corry
84. Uss glennon
85. Uss meredith
86. Uss rich
87. Uss susan b anthony
88. Uss tide
89. Vas y molo
90. Vinlake (possibly)

 

Name: HMS SESAME (PROBABLY)

Length 43.3 meter, width: 10.1 meter, tonnage 700 ton

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german e boat off normandy. (ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H389/54 23.1.56 WK 11.9MTRS [6FMS 3FT] IN 492731N, 005440W. (PARIS NM 37/10/55).

- NM 3174/55. H1271/80 4.1.80 SHOWN AS WK 11.9MTRS ON FR 6614D [1979 EDN]. NCA. H3898/82 6.5.83 WK 14.4MTRS [7FMS 5FT] IN 492734N, 005445W [EUR]. (BREST 14/12/83). BR STD. 1.2.88 WK CONSISTS OF TWO TUGS IN 492733.7N, 005444.7W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY E/S & SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 14.4 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. HT 5.6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14590106). NCA. H1310/88/10 11.2.88 LARGE TUG, ALMOST CERTAINLY BRITISH. LIES ON EVEN KEEL. POSSIBLY HMS SESAME, BUT NO SIGNS OF TORPEDO DAMAGE. (J COULON, 20.12.87). NCA. 27.7.90 SHOWN AS WK 14.4MTRS IN 492734N, 005445W ON FR 7056 [1986 EDN]. NCA. HH100/351/04 22.8.91 DIVED ON 9.7.91 IN 492725N, 005427.5W. POSN BY DECCA. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. IRON PROPELLER STILL IN PLACE. (M ROWLEY, 7.8.91). NCA. HH100/351/07 10.9.93 DIVED AGAIN AUG 1993 IN 492729N, 005444.5W USING GPS. CLEARLY THE WK OF A STEAM TUG. NO OBVIOUS WHEELHOUSE. ENGINE AND BOILER SEEN. SMALL HOLE ON STBD SIDE JUST FOR'D OF MIDSHIPS, MAY BE TORPEDO ENTRY POINT. (M ROWLEY, 7.9.93). NCA. 13.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4927.504N, 0054.828W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 27.504 N,0 54.828 W

 

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