This is the information page about the shipwreck La combattante (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.253 N,1 1.577 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Algarve
3. Ambrose fleming
4. Andarina
5. Antiope
6. Aquarius (possibly)
7. Baron ailsa
8. Blackburn
9. Burgos
10. Carrier
11. Chatwood (possibly)
12. Chelsea (possibly)
13. Chevychase
14. Clan morrison
15. Cormarsh
16. Czestochowa
17. Empire newcomen
18. Euterpe (probably)
19. Fermain (possibly)
20. Fireglow
21. Fittonia (possibly)
22. Flashlight (probably)
23. Giorgio ohlsen
24. Harden
25. Hms arley
26. Hms cap d'antifer
27. Hms cape spartel (probably)
28. Hms cobra
29. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
30. Hms kylemore
31. Hms pintail
32. Hms queenworth
33. Hms solomon
34. Hms st donats
35. Hmsm umpire
36. La combattante (stern section)
37. Laurium (possibly)
38. London
39. Mirabel
40. Nieuwland
41. Nimrod (probably)
42. Norfolk (possibly)
43. Ogono
44. Ottar jarl
45. P.l.m. 25
46. Pacific
47. Petroswift
48. Rimac
49. Robert w pomeroy
50. Royal scott
51. Schieland
52. Scotia (possibly)
53. Scotia (possibly)
54. Shepherd lad
55. Sioux (probably)
56. Siri maria
57. Sitona
58. Sverre (possibly)
59. Trajan
60. Traviata (possibly)
61. Trignac (possibly)
62. Victoria
63. Virgin de lourdres
64. Welsh prince
65. Westland
66. William balls (probably)
67. Zor

 

Name: LA COMBATTANTE (STERN SECTION)

Length 85.3 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 1050 ton

Cause: Built in 1942 by fairfield sb co ltd as the 'hunt' class destroyer hms haldon. transferred to the free french forces in 12.1942. 3-drum boilers, turbine engines for 27.5kts. four 4 inch guns in two twin mounts, quadruple 2 pounder mounting aft of funnel and single mounting in the bow, six 20mm aa oerlikons in three twin mounts. twin 21 inch torpedo tubes. four depth charge throwers & two depth charge ramps. mined and broke in two. 60 men lost. (sibi, warship losses of ww1 & j zang).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 321 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H0587/45 24.4.45 SUNK IN 532204N, 010127E. PROBABLY MINED. BROKE IN TWO. MAST DRIES 6FT. (C IN C NORE).

- NM 1170/45. H0587/45 13.8.47 MAST NO LONGER VISIBLE. (ML 585, HN). BR STD. H0587/45 4.10.49 OROPESA SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL CLEAR AT 36FT IN GEN DEPTHS 24-37FT. SCOUR DEPTH 52FT. POSN 532212N, 010147E USING DECCA. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, REPORT OF SWEEPING, 8.9.49).

- NM 1970/49. H332/62 4.1.63 LOCATED USING SONAR IN CHARTED POSN. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). NFA. 4.7.72 SHOWN ON DANISH FISHERY CHART 5300 [1965 EDN]. 23.6.75 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 107. HH090/579/01 9.2.93 NOT FOUND. (SEATEAM, HI 579). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. HH090/593/01 22.12.93 NOT FOUND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). NCA. HH100/351/18 6.6.02 DIVED IN 5322.190N, 0101.870E [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 2-3MTRS ABOVE BOTTOM IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. THIS AREA IS THE STERN. CONSISTS OF BROKEN WRECKAGE WHICH INCLUDES TWO TURBINES, PROPSHAFTS AND WINCHES. THERE IS A DEBRIS FIELD TO THE NORTH FOR APPROX 100MTRS. SEABED SAND. (K SMITH). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/19 6.1.03 DIVED IN 5322.272N, 0101.597E [WGD] USING GPS. THIS IS THE POSN OF ONE TURBINE. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH BY E/S AND DEPTH GAUGE. TURBINE IS 3MTRS BY 2MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. SEABED WHITE SAND. DEBRIS EXTENDS 100MTRS N AND 20MTRS OF THIS POSN OR FROM 5322.06N TO 5322.600N AND FROM 0101.680E TO 0101.660E [WGD]. (K SMITH). AMEND TO WK 8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2019/000300377 17.12.19 EXAM'D 18.7.19 IN 5322.253N 0101.577E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.81 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11 MTRS, HT 0.8 MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5 MTRS, LENGTH 6.5 MTRS, WIDTH 5 MTRS, ORIENTATION 321 DEGS. TWO OBJECTS 4 MTRS APART, THIRD OBJECT 167 MTRS AWAY. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1596). AMEND DW 10.8 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE, THIS IS THE POSN ON ONE TURBINE

Position: 53 22.253 N,1 1.577 E

 

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