This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms almond (bow part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.68 N,4 54.87 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 ALMOND (BOW PART)
Length 50 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 505 ton
Cause: tree class trawler, built 1940, sank after striking a mine. (foic falmouth).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 158 cm
Known since: 2013, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H0577/41 2.2.41 POSN 500330N, 045500W. (FOIC FALMOUTH, 2.2.41). H01004/40 13.2.41 SUNK IN 500330N, 045500W APPROX. (FOIC FALMOUTH, 7.2.41). 5.12.13 DIVED 12.2013 IN 5003.682N, 0454.757W [WGD]. THIS IS THE BOW SECTION AND STANDS APPROX 3MTRS HIGH. (G POUND, TELECON 5.12.13). INS AS NDW. SEP 2014/000153151 19.9.14 NOT LOCATED 2014 USING M/B & MAGNETOMETER. (MMT, HI 1455). SEP 2014/000153151_1 5.11.14 OBJECT LOCATED IN 5003.68N, 0457.87W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 61.39 IN GEN DEPTH 66.5MTRS. LENGTH 12MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. LIES 158/338 DEGS. POSSIBLY BOW SECTION OF [17418]. (BDC, HI 1455 EXAMINATION). AMEND WK 61MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW SECTION, APPROX 1/3 OF HULL, HT BY DIVER
Position: 50 3.68 N,4 54.87 W