what is Fourcault looking for?

[trinidad]

Does anybody know what are the Fourcault (Seatec) looking for in the Mediterranean?

[allen_idaho]

No idea. I do know that they are anchored off of Eivissa in the Balaeric Islands, if that helps any.

[shipluvr]

There's some speculation in Spanish media that they are looking for the Spanish submarine C-3, sunk to a depth of 70 meters off the coast Malacitana.

[FISHEYE]

On 12 December 1936, C-3 was running surfaced 4 nm (7½ km) southeast of Málaga. In the conning tower was her commander, Alférez de Navío ( Ensign ) Antonio Arbona Pastor , and a merchant navy pilot attached to the Republican Navy. At 14:19, there was a sudden explosion on her starboard bow, and C-3 disappeared. The explosion was observed by the coastguard vessel Xauen , lying two miles (3.7 km) in shore of C-3 , and the fishing boats Joven Antonio and Joven Amalia , about the same distance away.

Despite their proximity, the only survivors were the pilot, García Viñas, and two of C-3 's sailors, Isidoro de la Orden Ibáñez and Asensio Lidón Jiménez, who had been topside dumping trash and garbage. C-3 had been torpedoed by U-34 , commanded by Kapitänleutnant Harald Grosse , as part of Operatio n Ursula . For this action, Grosse received the "Goldenes Spanienkreuz" (Spanish golden cross). In 1997, Malaga lawyer Antonio Checa discovered the remains of one shipwreck, He sensed it was C-3 . Despite several dives by an ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle) with video camera, it proved impossible to positively identify the wreck, owing to bad visibility. In October 1998, The Spanish Navy, sent the rescue ship Mar Rojo (A-20 ), with a navy dive team.

They identified wreck as "C-3"