This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmhs rewa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 54.805 N,4 57.822 W (50.66845, -5.0353833333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: HMHS REWA

Length 139 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 7308 ton

Cause: built in 1906 by w denny & bros of dumbarton. owned at time of loss by the british india steam navigation co. was employed on government service as hospital ship no 5. six boilers, three turbine engines of 850 rhp for 17 knots. machinery by w denny & bros. passage salonica for avonmouth. was torpedoed and sunk by u 55 whilst fully illuminated and correctly marked with the red cross. carried 279 sick and wounded personnel from greece, malta and gibraltar, 80 medical staff and a crew of 207. discipline was excellent and 14 boats launched without mishap. all recovered except for three lascar crew members

Year of registration: 1999

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1999, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/799/01 7.12.99 HH090/799/01 7.12.99 EXAM'D 19.9.99 IN 5054.805N, 0457.822W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 110.2MTRS, WIDTH 26.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS WITH BOWS 015 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND AND GRAVEL WITH ROCK OUTCROPS. APPEARS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (NP 1008, HI 799). PROBABLY COLLAPSED. BR STD. HH100/351/21 8.10.03 HH100/351/21 8.10.03 DIVED 25.9.03 IN LISTED POSN. UPRIGHT AND FAIRLY INTACT. BOWS DISAPPEARING INTO THE SEABED. SIX BOILERS. IDENTIFIED AS REWA BY SHIP'S LOGO ON SAUCER RECOVERED. CINC REQUESTED. (C R POOLE) NCA. HH100/351/21 25.5.04 HH100/351/21 25.5.04 DIVED IN 5054.804N, 0457.822W [WGD] ON 22.5.04. 16 INCH BELL MARKED 'REWA' RECOVERED. (G POUND, TELECON 25.5.04) 11.6.04 11.6.04 TORPEDO APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK STERN, WHICH IS BADLY MANGLED. 6 PLATES WITH BRITISH INDIA LINE CREST, A LARGE SILVER SERVING DISH AND A 1918 VINTAGE BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE RECOVERED. PHOTO OF VESSEL. (DIVER MAGAZINE JUN'04) HH100/351/22 22.2.06 HH100/351/22 22.2.06 CONFIRMED THAT WRECK IN THIS POSN IS REWA. (DAN STEVENS VISIT TO UKHO, 21.2.06) 7.6.11 7.6.11 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, PROBABLY COLLAPSED

Position: 50 54.805 N,4 57.822 W

 

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