Doris
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | Doris | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | coastal submarine | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | France | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | French Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Conflict | World War II | Wikidata P607 conflict |
| Sea / ocean | North Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Netherlands | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 58 km from land |
| Position | 52.7893, 3.8193 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
Doris was a Circé-class coastal submarine of the French Navy, in service from 1928 until May 1940, when she was sunk off the Dutch coast by the German coastal submarine U-9. The wreck was rediscovered by Dutch divers in 2003.
Diving & visiting
In 2003, Dutch divers Hans van Leeuwen and Ton van der Sluijs put to sea to investigate an obstruction on the seabed in the North Sea. After anchoring their sloop to it, they began their dive and quickly identified the obstruction as the wreck of a submarine at a depth of 36 metres (118 ft). They measured its length at 65 metres (213 ft), only slightly longer than Doris′s actual length. Over the course of a number of dives, they surveyed the wreck, finding Doris′s hull missing from a point 7 metres (23 ft) aft of her conning tower. Her deck gun lay on the seabed 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) forward of her conning tower and to port of her hull.
Location
- Recorded position: 52.7893, 3.8193 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: North Sea
- Nearest coast: Netherlands
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article French submarine Doris (Q135) (revision 1342808633), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Discovery of wreck”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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