This is the information page about the shipwreck Komet, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 45.313 N,1 55.981 W (49.686983333333, -1.6523333333333)

 

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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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31. Gairsoppa
32. Gaspard de la nuit
33. Guilding star
34. Hms capel
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36. Hms rhyl
37. Hms truant
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39. James b richardson
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69. Roger mado (possibly)
70. Rombo
71. Saint antoine
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77. Stade (possibly)
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Name: KOMET

Length 109.4 meter, width: 15.3 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 3287 ton

Cause: built in 1937 by a g weser. originally owned by north german lloyd. oil engines for 19 knots. six 5.9 inch, 7 smaller guns. 4 torpedo tubes, 1 aircraft. convered to commerce raider at the start of ww2. while escorted by four mtbs and some minesweepers ran into hunting group of five destroyers and several torpedo boats. after a short action was ovewhelmed by gunfire, blew up and sank. two torpedo boats and a minesweeper were also sunk. (dods).

Year of registration: 1996

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1996, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: 1.2.96 WK 41MTRS IN 494522N, 015553.5W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1996, WK NO 14591324). BR STD. HH351/530/02 2.2.96 WK 41MTRS, IN 494522N, 015553.5W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 96 03 16). BR STD. 11.3.98 LIES 100/280 DEGS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS. POSN 494522.1N, 015553.3W [EUR]. NOTED AS 'LIMITED DIFFUSION'. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1998). AMENDED TO CINC. HH351/530/03 16.8.02 WK 41MTRS SHOWN IN 4945.36N, 0155.88W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7120.

- NM 3470/02. 4.1.08 LIES IN TWO PARTS. MAIN SECTION DIVED 22.7.07 IN 4945.314N, 0155.925W TO 0155.975W [WGD]. APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 90MTRS LONG AND IS INVERTED. STANDS 15MTRS HIGH BY E/S AND DIVER. COMPLETE FROM THE STERN TO JUST FWD OF THE BRIDGE AND AFT OF THE FWD GUNS. CLEAR EVIDENCE OF REMOVABLE GUN COVERS AND SOME OF THE GUNS ARE VISIBLE. NAZI ITEMS SUCH AS PLATES WERE REPORTED WITH THE SWASTICA AND KREIGSMARINE EMBLEMS CLEARLY MARKED UPON THEM. BOW SECTION DIVED 24.7.07 IN 4945.241N, 0155.640 W TO 0155.652W [WGD]. A LITTLE LESS THAN 25MTRS LONG, BADLY DAMAGED AND APPEARS TO BE STANDING WITH THE BOW POINTING UPWARDS AND TOWARDS THE EAST. STANDS 14MTRS HIGH. THE DISTANCE FROM THE MAIN SECTION AND THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE SUPPORTS THE REPORT OF AN EXPLOSION PRIOR TO SINKING. NO EVIDENCE OF THE FWD HOLD OR FWD GUN FOUND. ODD PIECES OF DEBRIS LOCATED BY E/S BETWEEN THE MAIN PARTS, BUT NONE OF SIGNIFICANCE. NO EVIDENCE FOUND OF TWO TORPEDO BOATS AND MINESWEEPER SUNK IN THIS ACTION. CINC REQUESTED FOR WHOLE REPORT. (M ROWLEY, EMAIL DTD 3.1.08). NCA. SEP 2008/000084195 5.12.08 WK 42MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 7120 [2ND EDN' 08, 1:150,000]. AMEND IN EXISTING POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 45.313 N,1 55.981 W

 

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