Senateur Duhamel Wreck

General Comments

HISTORY LNM19/42(5/13/42)--(1117); WK REPORTED, LAT 34/33/06, LONG 76/34/14W. NM20/42(1455)--BUOYED,POS. 34-33-00N, 76-36-18W, WRECK LIES 200FT 43 DEG ì FROM BUOY. F00036WD/42--RECONN SURVEY; HMS SENATEUR DUHAMEL, SHOWN AS ì HYDROGRAPHIC SIGNAL "MAST(WRECK)" ON SURVEY. POSITION SCALED FROM ì SURVEY IN LAT 34/33/05N, LONG 76/36/08W. A BUOY MARKING THE WRECK, ì LIES 350M SSW, IS SHOWN AS SIGNAL "TRAWL" ON THE SURVEY. (UPDATED ì 7/98 RWD) F00052WD/43-44--NO.364; CLEARED 40FT. CL436/44--USC&GS DRAG REPORT; CHARTED AS CLEARED TO 40FT. H8247/55--CS-377; DANG SUBM WK,(CLEARED TO 40FT) WAS NOT VERIFIED OR ì DISPROVED BY THIS SURVEY IN LAT 34-33.08N, LONG 76-36.00W. RECOMMENDED TO BE ì RETAINED AS CHARTED. (UPDATED 12/85 RWD) H10824/98--OPR-F344-WH; WRECK FOUND BY SIDE SCAN SONAR AND INVESTIGATED BY DIVERS. THIS WRECK IS CURRENTLY A WRECKAGE DEBRIS AREA MEASURING 100 METERS BY 75 METERS. THE LARGEST CONTACT WAS INVESTIGATED BY DIVERS AND WAS FOUND TO BE TWO LARGE ROUNDED OBJECTS HEAVILY COVERED BY MARINE GROWTH AND ASSUMED TO BE THE SHIPS BOILERS. A LEAST DEPTH OF 15.1 METERS (49.5 FEET), MLLW, WAS OBTAINED IN LAT.34/33/03.413N, LONG. 076/36/04.620W. (UPDATED 4/99 BY MBH) DESCRIPTION 24 NO.453; PATROL, 913 GT; SUNK 5/6/42 BY MARINE CASUALTY, LOCATED 1949 WD CLEARED TO 39 FT. 27 NO.364; 739NT.TRAWLER, IDENTIFIED BY 5 ND. WK LIES 200 FT, 43 DEG FROM BUOY. 177 NO.453 LONG. REPORTED AS 76-36-00W(NAD27) 195 LORAN-C RATES: 9960 CHAIN; 27092.4-X AND 39633.5-Y SMALL FISHING TRAWLER CONVERTED TO ASW USE BY THE BRITISH AND ON LOAN TO THE U.S. RAMMED BY THE USS SEMMES ON 5/6/42. THE SCATTERED WRECK LIES IN 65-FT DEPTHS IN A NW-SE DIRECTION WITH THE BOILERS BEING THE HIGHEST PT OFF THE BOTTOM. **** LORAN-C RATES: 9960 CHAIN; 27092.3-X AND 39633.3-Y; STEVEN PFAFF (919-759-9525) PROVIDED THE VERIFIED LORAN NUMBERS. 223 REFERENCE 230 NO.35925 (UPDATED 4/98 RWD)