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      Name                                                     Length                        Weight                   Depth

1) SS "RHÔNE I"                       43 m (141 ft)    100–150 t     300 m (984 ft)
2) SS "HIRONDELLE"                52 m (171 ft)    150 t              50 m (164 ft)
3) SS "AIGLE II/SIMPLON"        50 m (164 ft)         ?              308 m (1010 ft)    
4) SY "NEMO"                           21 m (69 ft)          ?              300 m (984 ft)

1) SS "RHÔNE",  sank on 28 November 1883, following a
    collision when it was rammed by the "Cygne"

       - The collision  (drawings)                                                                    1 plan + 3 drawings (. bytes)

       - Survey  (drawings)                                                                             4 reconstruction drawings + 2 drawings on the bottom (. bytes)

       - Views from the seabed (1-5)                                                              5 photos by the robot (. bytes)     

       - Views from the seabed (6-10)                                                            5 photos by the robot (. bytes)     

       - Views from the seabed (11-12)                                                            2 photos by the robot (. bytes)     

       - Views from the seabed (13-17) 2009                                                   5 photos by the robot (. bytes)     

       -Views from the seabed (18-24) 2011                                                    5 photos faites par le robot                                 10.05.11

       - with the submarine :                                                                            video

2) SS "HIRONDELLE",  grounded on rocks in front of "La Becque" on June 10, 1862.
   sank one month after attempts to refloat it, dislodged by another storm,
    July 18.
     (discovered by A. Piguet, D. D'Arman and Cl. Lang in 1967)                                                      

      - The grounding (drawings, photo)                                                        2 drawings from the time + 1 photo (. bytes)
      - Views from the seabed, with D.Mazza,  CH 1470 Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland            Photos by D. Mazza (. bytes)  poicol.jpg (19528 bytes)

      -with the submarine (1-9):                                                                     photos

      -with the submarine (10-17):                                                                 photos

3) SS "AIGLE II/SIMPLON" 

       - The hull on its own, 1935                                                                    1 drawing + 3 photos (. bytes)     

       - The mystery ? ? ? ? ...                                                                        3 drawings (. bytes)     

4) The SY "Nemo": steam-powered yacht  wreck of sunken steamer
     (discovered by Sub-rec in 2001)
       was transported from England to Switzerland, probably in 1874. Sank in 1875.

       - Steam-powered yacht, 1875, sketches                                               3 sketches (. bytes) 

        - Pictures from the seabed                                                                   photos (. bytes) 

The captain of the Nemo was Dr William Marcet.

HELLO, if you are English and reading this :
We are offering a reward of up to 500 euros (five hundred) if you can help us find the shipbuilder who built this Nemo!