Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Carentan, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 34.606 N,1 56.32 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: CARENTAN
Lengte 36.9 meter, breedte: 5.5 meter, diepgang: 1.8, tonnage 114 ton
Oorzaak: 8.7.40 built in 1940 by f de c de la mediterranee. a french submarine chaser. two oil engines of 1100 bhp total for 16 knots. commissioned as hm ship 8.7.40, but in december 1942 taken over by the free french. capsized one year later after being broached by a following sea in a sw force 9.
Jaar registratie: 1943
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 35 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 0 cm
Bekend sinds: 1943, laatst gedetecteerd: 2009
Details metingen/cartografie: 6.11.68 REPD LOST 099DEGS, 2M FROM ANVIL PT, OR 503509N, 015427W. (N/CP/56247/68 MAT/1 (N) DTD 24.10.68). 3.11.68 MAINLY ONLY PARTS OF ENGINE & HULL REMAIN. (E BENNETT, 3.10.68) 17.9.70 MR BENNETT PURCHASED WK FROM THE CONSUL GENERAL OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. (E BENNETT, TELECON). H1968/77 17.8.81 STATED BY MR BENNETT TO LIE 076DEGS, 6.9C FROM DURLESTON HD & TO LIE ON TRANSIT:- PEVERIL CGFS & HOUSE 308DEGS(G). THIS IS APPROX 503550N, 015540W. NOT FOUND. MAY BE BETWEEN HIGH RIDGES IN THIS AREA. POSSIBLE E/S CONTACT IN 503546N, 015523W USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. (SCESU, HI 81/80). INS AS NDW PA IN 503550N, 015540W. BR STD. 16.12.81 CONFIRM THAT WK HAD BEEN LIFTED AND MOVED TO CHARTED POSN WITH VIEW TO COMPLETE SALVAGE IN NEAR FUTURE. GUNS ONBOARD OF RARE TYPE AND TO BE DONATED TO IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM. REQUEST THAT NEW POSN TO REMAIN IN CONFIDENCE. (E BENNETT, TELECON 16.12.81). 21.8.84 MORE THAN 20 DEPTH CHARGES HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THIS WRECK, AS WELL AS SMOKE CANISTERS AND 75MM & 40MM AMMUNITION IN BOXES IN READY-USE LOCKERS. HMS VERNON CD TEAM HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO ASSIST BY REMOVING THESE HAZARDS AS WK IS USED FOR TRAINING DIVES. (E BENNETT, TELECON). 21.11.84 STATED TO LIE IN 503452N, 015550W. (A J REED, 23.10.84, IN NR/E31B/2559, DTD 7.11.84). NCA YET. 9.8.89 REPORTED THAT A LARGE GUN FROM THIS WK HAS BEEN LANDED AT SWANAGE PIER AND THAT MR BENNETT IS CONSIDERING TAKING OUT AN INJUNCTION TO PREVENT FURTHER LOOTING. (RECEIVER OF WRECK, POOLE, TELECON). 16.10.90 REPORTED THAT EXPLOSIVE IS EXUDING FROM MORTARS LOCATED IN STERN, & DEPTH CHARGES ON SEABED AT STERN OF WK ARE BADLY CORRODED. SEABED IS ROCKY SLATE. WK IS FAIRLY WELL BROKEN UP WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE STANDING APPROX 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. 2 OERLIKON CANNONS REMAIN, ONE ON & ONE JUST OFF WK. PROPS MISSING. (M MOONEY, 8.10.90). HH090/553/01 17.12.92 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR SEARCH IN CHARTED POSN. LOCAL DIVERS CONFIRM WK LIES IN 503452N, 015550W [BEYOND SURVEY LIMITS]. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 553A). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/08 9.11.93 LOCATED AND DIVED IN 503433N, 015609.5W USING DECCA. PHOSPHORUS SHELLS [?TRACER] HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THE WRECK. (J K WELCH, 13.10.93). CHART AS NDW IN 503433N, 015609.5W. BR STD. 6.10.99 LIES ON PORT SIDE ON ROCK AND SLATE SEABED. HULL HAS A TWIST IN THE MIDDLE. PARTS OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE REMAIN, AS DOES MUCH AMMUNITION. (DIVER MAGAZINE, OCT 1999). NCA. HH091/154/01 & SEP 2009/000108988 22.7.09 LOCATED 28.1.09 IN 5034.606N, 0156.320W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.81 IN GEN DEPTH 35.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 41.2MTRS, WIDTH 30.2MTRS, HT 1.35MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). AMEND WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, ON PORT SIDE
Positie: 50 34.606 N,1 56.32 W