Talk:French ship Vendémiaire

Discovery of the wreck

The following additional, and in my opinion interesting, information appears in the French version of this article, which I have reproduced and translated below (I am a professional English translator) - the comments in square brackets [ ] are mine. You may wish to include the translation in the English version, with an appropriate heading such as "Discovery of the wreck":

"La localisation exacte de l'épave est restée inconnue pendant cent-quatre ans. Une expédition est organisée en 2015 avec pour objectif de la retrouver. Le 9 août 2016, l’épave est finalement découverte au moyen d'un sondeur Navicom, par une autre équipe de quatre plongeurs d'Omonville-la-Rogue4, à 2 kilomètres des localisations présumées, et à 9 kilomètres du Cap Goury. Elle gît par 70 mètres de fond en plein milieu du Raz Blanchard. Posée sur sa quille et légèrement inclinée sur tribord, l'épave se trouve en un seul morceau et dans un très bon état de conservation4. La brèche causée par la collision avec le cuirassé Saint-Louis est nettement visible sur le devant du kiosque. Cela permet aisément d'observer l’intérieur. Considéré comme un tombeau, un sous-marin coulé est aussi un cimetière militaire et, en tant que tel, protégé par les lois internationales interdisant toute exploration interne."

"The precise location of the wreck remained unknown for a hundred and four years. In 2015 an expedition was organised in order to find it. On 9 August 2016 the wreck was finally discovered, using a Navicom sounder, by [the French text reads 'une autre', 'another', which seems meaningless here, as no other team has been mentioned - I've drawn attention to this on the French 'Talk' page] a team of four divers from Omonville-la-Rogue, [footnote omitted] 2 kilometres from the presumed locations, and 9 kilometres from Cap Goury. It is lying at a depth of 70 metres in the very middle of the Alderney Race [the English name for 'Raz Blanchard', a strait with strong tidal currents near Alderney in the Channel Islands]. Settled on its keel and tilted slightly to starboard, the wreck is in one piece and is very well preserved. [footnote omitted] The gash in the hull caused by the collision with the battleship Saint-Louis is clearly visible at the front of the conning tower, allowing the interior to be easily seen. Deemed a grave, a sunk submarine is also a military cemetery and, as such, is protected by international laws that prohibit any internal exploration."178.197.231.227 (talk) 11:13, 20 July 2018 (UTC)