This is the information page about the shipwreck Hm lct 427 (after part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.658 N,1 3.165 W (50.727633, -1.052750)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

Name: HM LCT 427 (AFTER PART)

Length 58.5 meter, tonnage 640 ton

Cause: passage normandy (gold beach) for portsmouth. two 460 bhp paxman diesel or sterling petrol engines. sank following collision with hms rodney (34,000 tons) having broken in two. one man recovered who later died.

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1963, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H3359/59 22.10.63 H3359/59 22.10.63 WK LOCATED IN 504337N, 010304W USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 70 IN GEN DEPTH 92FT. SCOUR 2FT DEEP. EXAM'D BY HMS DINGLEY. DIVER REPORTS IT AS ON OLD WK, 100-150FT LONG - SIMILAR TO AN RFA VICTUALLING CRAFT. LIES 310/130DEGS, UPRIGHT WITH BOW SE. (SCES, 1.8.63/HMS DINGLEY). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H4661/68 6.5.68 H4661/68 6.5.68 SWEPT CLEAR AT 71, FOUL AT 72FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72 IN GEN DEPTH 93FT. SCOUR 2FT DEEP. (FSL WATERWITCH, 15.6.67). AMEND TO SW 12FMS [21.5MTRS].

- NM 1077/68. H2435/72 4.5.72 H2435/72 4.5.72 POSN CONFIRMED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.0MTRS [75.5FT]. (SCES, 7.2.72). NCA. H4824/75 7.2.78 H4824/75 7.2.78 LOCATED BY SMB IN 1976 IN 504337.8N, 010305.5W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23MTRS. (SCES, HI 72/77). BR STD. H4824/75 21.8.80 H4824/75 21.8.80 EXAM'D 4.7.79 IN 504337.5N, 010304W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP] & HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.9 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. LIES 140/320DEGS. APPROX 45MTRS LONG. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 80B/79). AMEND TO WK 21.5MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/01 10.7.89 HH100/351/01 10.7.89 THIS IS THE WK OF A COMPLETE LANDING CRAFT. (H BATES). NCA.H3847/86 5.1.90 EXAM'D 13.6.89 IN 504336.3N, 010303.8W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.0 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR 0.3MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 50MTRS. UPRIGHT, LYING 135/315DEGS. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 366). NCA. 11.1.13 11.1.13 [WGD] POSN: 5043.668N, 0103.179W. 11.1.13 SEP 2013/000004405 11.1.13 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.15MTRS. SCOUR APPROX 0.5MTR DEEP SURROUNDS WK. (APB SOUTHAMPTON, SOLENT SURVEY DTD 5.2012). NCA. 4.4.13 4.4.13 THIS IS LCT 427 STERN SECTION. LIES IN 5043.663N, 0103.092W. LISTS TO PORT AND IS PART BURIED SUCH THAT RUDDER AND PROPS ARE BURIED. BRIDGE, STERN DECK AND TANK DECK AREA REPORTEDLY COMPLETE. LARGE CAPSTAN AT THE STERN. MOUNTS FOR TWO OERLIKONS AND ONE GUN BARREL RECORDED. READY USE AMMUNITION LOCKER CONTAINING AA GUN MAGAZINES, .303 RIFLE AND PISTOL BULLETS. APPROX 10.67MTRS IN LENGTH. (ENGLISH HERITAGE). 16.10.13 16.10.13 EXAM'D 1.7.13 IN 5043.658N, 0103.165W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.6 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 24.4MTRS, WIDTH 9.4MTRS, HT 6.4MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1437). UPRIGHT, AFTER PART WITH STERN TOWARDS NNW. MINOR SCOUR AT WK. AMEND WK 21.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, STERN NNW, MINOR SCOUR AT WK

Position: 50 43.658 N,1 3.165 W

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