This is the information page about the shipwreck Hm mgb 76 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 56.425 N,1 36.314 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 MGB 76 (POSSIBLY)
Length 21 meter, width: 6.4 meter, tonnage 33 ton
Cause: Sunk by german e-boat. (ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 20160222
Details measurements/cartography: H03210/45 15.6.45 POSN 515600N, 014000E APPROX. (NORE LIST, 15.6.45). NCA. H4139/76 11.1.77 NOT FOUND IN REPD POSN DURING CLOSE AREA DCS3 SEARCH. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). NCA. H4027/86 4.11.87 AREA OF FIRM SONAR CONTACTS EXAM'D 10.7.87 IN 513624N, 013626E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4.7 IN GEN DEPTH 6 TO 7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 8.8MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LYING 140/320 DEG. MAGNETIC ANOMALY INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF ABOUT 0.5 TONNE. PROBABLY PARTLY BURIED DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 376). INS AS WK 4.7MTRS. BR STD. HH090/667/01 20.12.95 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3 ON 100MTR RANGE AND MAGNETOMETER. (OCEONICS, HI 667). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083463 18.7.16 EXAM'D 22.2.16 IN 5156.425N, 0136.314E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 165/345. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VESSELS HULL THOUGHT TO BE UPTURNED, SMALL FRAGMENTS OF THE FRAME PROTRUDING, REST OF THE WRECK BURIED IN THE SAND. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND DW 5.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Distributed remains of wreck
Position: 51 56.425 N,1 36.314 E