This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmms 8, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 24.324 N,0 21.015 W (49.49575, -0.2880167)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

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. Abbe garos
2. Agios spyridon (possibly)
3. Agnus dei
4. Aloa
5. Alpheraz
6. Alynbank
7. Amsterdam
8. Barsac
9. Barsac
10. Chant 6
11. Chant 6
12. Chrisimas
13. Courbet
14. Creto (probably)
15. Derrycunihy
16. Dinard (possibly)
17. Dundee
18. Elswick park
19. Empire bittern
20. Empire rosebery
21. F 614
22. Fdt 216 (possibly)
23. Felix
24. Fest noz
25. Flowergate (possibly)
26. Fort norfolk
27. Francois-xavier
28. Georgios
29. Greif
30. Gros loulou
31. Harpagas (fore part)
32. Hm mgb 17
33. Hmms 8
34. Hms britomart
35. Hms cato
36. Hms computator (probably)
37. Hms durban (possibly)
38. Hms fratton
39. Hms glen avon
40. Hms hussar
41. Hms lawford (probably)
42. Hms lord austin (possibly)
43. Hms magic
44. Hms princess olga
45. Hms pylades
46. Ingman (possibly)
47. Innerton (possibly)
48. Jean lae patt
49. Jolie pluie de rose
50. Kong oscar 2
51. La caravelle
52. La kaline
53. Lcg 1062
54. Lcg 1062 (possibly)
55. Le nohic
56. Le rhapsody
57. Le tout petit (?le toupeti)
58. Lionel
59. Lynghaug (possibly)
60. M 39 (possibly)
61. Machu
62. Magicien
63. Modlin
64. Mulberry harbour b (remains of)
65. Njejos (possibly)
66. Northgate
67. Parkhaven
68. Parklaan (possibly)
69. Perceval
70. Phoenix 'a 46'
71. Phoenix unit
72. Pointe du hoc
73. Prairial
74. Providencia
75. Ragna (possibly)
76. Reine mathilde
77. Reve des iles
78. Risque tout
79. Rolling stones
80. Saint freddy
81. Saltersgate
82. Samlong (or charles w eliot)
83. Scarface
84. Sebastel 2
85. Sirehei (possibly)
86. Svenner
87. Vas y molo
88. Vinlake (possibly)
89. Winha
90. Zeeland

 

Name: HMMS 8

Length 36.3 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 255 ton

Cause: Mined off normandy. (ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H02723/44 24.7.44 SUNK IN 492424N, 002100W, APPROX. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS NDWPA.

- NM 1532/44. H7795/50 12.3.51 TO BE EXPUNGED. (FR NM 40/028/50). DELETED.

- NM 507/51. HH351/352/01 8.7.91 DW PD IN 492423N, 002056W [EUR]. (BREST NM 91 24 29).

- NM 2072/91. 11.2.92 LOCATED BY AMATEUR DIVER. ONLY THE ENGINE AND SCATTERED WRECKAGE REMAINS. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14590145). 18.4.97 SHOWN AS DW ON FRENCH 6857 [1996 EDN]. BR STD. 15.5.07 LIES IN 4924.379N, 0020.933W [EUR]. ACCURACY 100-500MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). AMEND DWPD IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 28.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4924.324N, 0021.015W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 24.324 N,0 21.015 W

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway