This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms acheron (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.407 N,1 30.321 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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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39. Hms acheron (stern section)
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104. Witte zee
105. Woodham
106. Y48

 

Name: HMS ACHERON (STERN SECTION)

Length 98.5 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1350 ton

Cause: built in 1930 by thornycroft & co. three boilers, turbine engines for 34,000hp, twin shaft. passage from portsmouth for trials and return. 4 x 4.7 inch, 2 x 2pdr guns. 8 tt. mined and broke in two. bow section sank at once. 151 crew and dockyard trials team lost. mined and sank off the isle of wight. 151 lives lost.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 358 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H067/41 17.12.40 SANK IN APPROX POSN 165DEGS, 8.5M FROM THE NEEDLES. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 17.12.40). HH090/962/01 17.12.02 EXAM'D 11.8.02 IN 5031.385N, 0130.192W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.6 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. CONFIRMED BY M WOODWARD AS THE STERN SECTION OF HMS ACHERON. (GARDLINE, HI 962). RECORDED AS CINC. INS AS WK 38MTRS. BR STD. 15.3.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC". SEP 2020/000123102 15.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5031.4073N, 0130.321W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.63MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. LENGTH 60.6MTRS, WIDTH 14.1MTRS, HT 10MTRS. ORIENTATION 358/178 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 130MTRS, 1.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 60 DEGS. MOSTLY BURIED, BUT SOME TURRETS AND PLATFORMS VISIBLE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN PART OF WK. MOSTLY BURIED BUT SOME TURRETS AND PLATFORMS VISIBLE

Position: 50 31.407 N,1 30.321 W

 

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