This is the information page about the shipwreck Hm lct 427 (fwd part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.847 N,1 3.718 W (50.802333333333, -1.0303)

 

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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.

 

1. Ala
2. Albatros
3. Algerian
4. Angry fish
5. Armenier
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Asborg
8. Bettann (bow section)
9. Bettann (stern section)
10. Braat ii
11. Camberwell
12. Cambrian
13. Cambrian (part of)
14. Cambrian princess (probably)
15. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
16. Camswan
17. Capable
18. Cuba
19. Cuba
20. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
21. Donegal (possibly)
22. Duddon (probably)
23. Elford
24. Empress queen
25. Excelsior
26. Faith
27. Fallodon
28. Flag theofano
29. Fpt iv
30. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
31. G-cbpt
32. Gerarda
33. Germa geisha
34. Glen (possibly)
35. Grace dieu
36. Grip fast
37. Harry sharman
38. Hauler
39. Highland brigade
40. Hm lct 427 (after part)
41. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
42. Hms apley (possibly)
43. Hms boxer
44. Hms crestflower
45. Hms hazard
46. Hms hazardous
47. Hms insolent
48. Hms invincible
49. Hms listrac (probably)
50. Hms p12 (stern section).
51. Hms prince leopold
52. Hms undine
53. Hms velox
54. Hmsm a1
55. Hmsm swordfish
56. Irishman
57. Isleworth
58. Kurland
59. Lct 1068
60. Leon
61. Lowmount
62. Luciston
63. Luis
64. Mary rose
65. Mendi
66. Minerva (possibly)
67. Montecrana (possibly)
68. Moonraker (probably)
69. Neath (possibly)
70. Oriflamme
71. Orion
72. Pearl (probably)
73. Ps ryde
74. Redesmere
75. Roway
76. Rtc no.9
77. Simla
78. Sinah
79. Sines (possibly)
80. Stokes bay pier (remains)
81. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
82. Tweed
83. U 1195
84. U 90
85. Ub 21
86. Ub 81
87. Vadne
88. Vanessa (probably)
89. Venus
90. Volkerak
91. Wapello
92. Weston maid (possibly)
93. Withern

 

Name: HM LCT 427 (FWD 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: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H4461/68 1.5.68 H4461/68 1.5.68 WK LOCATED IN 504348N, 010338W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 85, FOUL AT 86FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 85 IN GEN DEPTH 97FT. SCOUR 2FT DEEP. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 4/67). CHART AS SW 14FMS (26MTRS).

- NM 1017/68. H2435/72 4.5.72 H2435/72 4.5.72 POSN CONFIRMED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.6MTRS [11FMS]. (SCES, 7.2.72). NCA. H4824/75 7.2.78 H4824/75 7.2.78 LOCATED BY SMB IN 1976 IN 504346N, 010336W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.4MTRS. GREATER DEPTH MAY BE DUE TO THIS WK BREAKING UP. (SCES, HI 72/77). AMEND TO WK 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4824/75 20.8.80 H4824/75 20.8.80 EXAM'D 4.7.79 IN 504349N, 010337W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP] & HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. LARGE WK APPROX 50MTRS LONG, LIES APPROX 090/270DEGS. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 80B/79). AMEND TO WK 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/01 10.7.89 HH100/351/01 10.7.89 DIVED ON RECENTLY IN GOOD VISIBILITY & IDENTIFIED AS WK OF LARGE LANDING CRAFT ABOUT 100FT LONG & 40FT WIDE. LIES WITH BOW TO NW WITH OPEN BOW DOORS. BRIDGE SECTION IS MISSING. (H BATES). NCA. H3847/86 3.1.90 H3847/86 3.1.90 EXAM'D 25.10.89 IN 504349N, 010337W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.4 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 3MTRS, LENGTH 36MTRS. LIES 110/290DEGS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 366). NCA. 9.1.13 9.1.13 [WGD] POSN: 5043.851N, 0103.704W. 9.1.13 SEP 2013/000004405 9.1.13 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.27MTRS. (APB SOUTHAMPTON, SOLENT SURVEY DTD 5.2012). NCA. 4.4.13 4.4.13 THIS IS LCT 427 BOW SECTION. LIES IN 5043.817N, 0103.617W. GENERALLY INTACT. BOW DOOR LIES OPEN ON THE SEABED WITH A LADDER TO PORT. WAS APPARENTLY STRUCK ON PORT SIDE BY RODNEY. TANK DECK IS PARTLY PEELED BACK IN A LARGE CURL OF METAL. LENGTH 36.3MTRS. (ENGLISH HERITAGE). NCA. 16.10.13 16.10.13 EXAM'D 1.7.13 IN 5043.847N, 0103.718W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.6 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 34.8MTRS, WIDTH 10.2MTRS, HT 3.4MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT PART OF CRAFT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1437). UPRIGHT, BOWS W. AMEND WK 26.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FWD PART, UPRIGHT, BOWS W

Position: 50 43.847 N,1 3.718 W

 

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