Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Komet, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 49 45.313 N,1 55.981 W (49.686983333333, -1.6523333333333)
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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: KOMET
Lengte 109.4 meter, breedte: 15.3 meter, diepgang: 6.1, tonnage 3287 ton
Oorzaak: 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).
Jaar registratie: 1996
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 54 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 100 cm
Bekend sinds: 1996, laatst gedetecteerd: 2017
Details metingen/cartografie: 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.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Positie: 49 45.313 N,1 55.981 W