Wreck: Ex-hmsm h 11 (Submarine)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Ex-hmsm h 11, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 50.106 N,1 48.598 W (55.835100, -1.809967)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: EX-HMSM H 11

Length 45.8 meter, width: 4.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 434 ton

Cause: built in 1915 by fore river yard, usa. sunk while under tow for scrapping.

Year of registration: 2001

Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 2001, last detected: 20220326

Details measurements/cartography: 18.6.01 WK LOCATED IN 5550.108N, 0148.601W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60.1 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. HT 6.4MTRS. (GARDLINE, HN DTD 16.6.01). BR STD. HH090/915/01 11.1.02 EXAM'D 21.4.01 IN 5550.107N, 0148.601W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60.1 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.4MTRS. LIES 154/334 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. GOOD SHADOW. PROBABLE SUBMARINE. (GARDLINE, HI 915). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/20 8.9.03 CONSIDERED TO BE AN 'A' CLASS BOAT LOST ON THE WAY TO THE SCRAP YARD WHEN SHE SANK. THE HOLE IN THE TOP MAY BE THE RESULT OF A BATTERY EXPLOSION, BUT THIS IS JUST SPECULATION. BOAT IS NOT GERMAN AND MOST PROBABLY BRITISH, HOWEVER NO SUBS WERE LOST IN THIS AREA THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. SIZE AND SHAPE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE 'A' CLASS AS THEY HAD BRASS CONNING TOWERS AND A DEADLIGHT NEXT TO THE CT HATCH. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 27.8.03). NCA. H11 21.5.07 DIVED APR '07 AND IDENTIFIED AS H11 IN 5550.11N, 0148.55W [WGD]. CINC REQUESTED. (I MCCARTNEY, E-MAIL DTD 18.5.07) NCA. RSDRA2022000214078 3.10.22 EXAM'D 26.03.2022; IN 5550.106N, 0148.598W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. LENGTH 46.30MTRS, WIDTH 6.72MTRS, HEIGHT 6.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 150/330 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1711 - H525-59471). AMEND NDW 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 55 50.106 N,1 48.598 W

 

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