This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms akranes, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 5.761 N,0 7.631 W (54.0960167, -0.1271833)

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.

Name: HMS AKRANES

Length 42.8 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 358 ton

Cause: Built in 1929 by cochranes & sons ltd, selby. owned at time of loss by consolidated fisheries ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 103 nhp, single shaft. hired by the admiralty as a minesweeper from 8.1939. sunk by cannon fire from german aircraft while at anchor. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 66 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H02444/41 30.8.41 LIES IN 540545N, 000725W. MASTS & FUNNEL SHOWING AT LW. (ADMIRALTY). INS AS DW.

- NM 2027/47. H02444/41 5.11.47 SWEPT TO LEAST DEPTH 1FM IN 540544N, 000730W. (HMS SCOTT).

- NM 2893/47. H02444/41 19.12.55 DEMOLITION WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT BY STEEPHOLME. (C-IN-C NORE). 22.7.71 AMEND TO SW 1.8MTRS. NC 1882. 21.6.72 AMEND TO SW 1.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 129. H2529/65 8.1.74 EXAM'D IN 540545N, 000733W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.0 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5.4MTRS. SCOUR 6.4 MTRS. AREA OF WRECKAGE LYING ON W SIDE OF SMALL SCOUR ABOUT 1.5MTR DEEP. (HMS EGERIA).

- NM BLOCK 385/74. SEP 2011/000131153 2.8.11 LOCATED IN 5405.761N, 0007.631W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.07MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN DTD 12.7.11 FOR HI 1358). RETAIN WK 5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 12.10.11 LENGTH 8.5MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 0.8MTR. LIES 066/246 DEGS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1358). DEBRIS. SMALL ITEM LIES CLOSE W. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WRECKAGE ON SIDE OF SMALL SCOUR

Position: 54 5.761 N,0 7.631 W

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