Wreck: Hmhs anglia (Hospital ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmhs anglia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.373 N,1 19.112 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)


 

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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: HMHS ANGLIA

Length 100.3 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1862 ton

Cause: Built in 1900 by w denny & bros. was being used as an auxiliary hospital ship, bringing wounded from boulogne to dover. was mined and sank about 1m e of folkestone gate with large loss of life. minefield had been laid by german submarine uc 5.

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20160909

Details measurements/cartography: H3849/18 3.8.18 WK IN 510255N, 011912E. NOT VISIBLE. (VA DOVER). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. - FNM 393/18. H0793/40 6.9.40 WK IN 510321N, 011913E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9FMS. (HMS LYNX, 15.8.40).

- NM 2214/40 & FNM 2215/40. H5824/60 2.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 62FT. (HMS SCOTT, 22.3.60). NCA YET. H0793/40 8.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 52FT, FOUL AT 55FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55 IN GEN DEPTH 76FT. SCOUR DEPTH 81FT. (HMS SCOTT, 25.4.61). NCA YET. H2698/62 25.3.63 NOW CHARTED AS SW 8FMS 4FT. NC 1892. H4199/78 16.8.78 LARGE WK LOCATED 24.10.77 IN 510321N, 011914E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.6 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 25.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.7MTRS, LENGTH 158MTRS. LYING 160/340DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). BR STD. H4199/78 12.1.79 LOCATED DURING HYDROSEARCH TRIAL 10/11.10.78 IN 510321.2N, 011912.6E [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.2 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. HYDROSEARCH HT 7.43MTRS, LENGTH 103MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS APPROX. LYING 167/347DEGS, BOW N. (HMS BULLDOG, 6.12.78). NFA. H1310/83/20 23.8.83 BELIEVED TO BE THE 'ANGLIA'. DINNER PLATES WITH INSCRIPTION 'LONDON & NORTH WEST RAILWAY COMPANY' FOUND IN WK. LNWR WERE THE OWNERS BEFORE CONVERSION TO A HOSPITAL SHIP. MUCH OF WK IS BROKEN UP AND LEVEL WITH SEABED, BUT SOME PARTS STAND UP TO 6MTRS HIGH. (P G WEATHERLEY, 9.8.83).HH090/711/01 27.1.97 EXAM'D 11.8.96 IN 510322N, 011906E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.2, FOUL AT 17.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 50MTRS. LIES 160/340DEGS. BROKEN AND PARITIALLY BURIED WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 711). NOT FULLY SWEPT. RETAIN AS WK 16.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/921/01 28.11.00 EXAM'D 15.10.00 IN 5103.372N, 0119.120E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.9, FOUL 19.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.1 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL DEFINED AND PARTIALLY BURIED WK. NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 921). AMEND TO SW 18.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 239/01. SEP 2016/000091760 19.01.17 EXAM'D 09.09.16; IN 5103.373N, 0119.112E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.09MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 105MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HEIGHT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 165/345 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN IN 2 PARTS. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND DW 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 15.3.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 3.373 N,1 19.112 E

 

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