This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms amazon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 15.447 N,2 58.85 W (50.257450, -2.980833)

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 AMAZON

Length 57 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 2.8, tonnage 1081 ton

Cause: built in 1865 of teak on an iron frame in pembroke dockyard. designed by edward j reed, chief constructor. owned by the admiralty. four boilers of 30-32 psi, horizontal single expansion engine of 300 nhp for 12.3 knots, single shaft. armed with two 6 inch guns, slide mounted, and two 64 pounders. passage spithead for halifax, nova scotia. an incorrect helm order caused collision with s collier osprey. the collier was cut in two and sank immediately. amazon recovered survivors and was then found to be leaking. sank some 2.5 hours later.

Year of registration: 1998

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 6 cm

Known since: 1998, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/14 26.1.99 LOCATED IN 5015.429N, 258.769W [OGB] USING DGPS. HEIGHT 2MTRS. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.1.99). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/17 10.4.01 DIVED IN 5015.429N, 0258.769W [OGB]. WK LIES UPRIGHT AND INTACT. IN GEN DEPTHS OF 62MTRS BY DIVE COMPUTER. THE TEAK HULL HAS DETERIORATED RESULTING IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE IRON FRAMEWORK. COPPER SHEATHING COVERS MUCH OF THE REMAINING TEAK. THREE MAST STUBS ARE VISIBLE, THE HIGHEST BEING SOME 5MTRS OFF THE SEABED. THE TWO BLADE PROPELLOR IS STILL IN SITU. IDENTIFIED BY UNIQUE FEATURES. THIS WAS THE LAST WOODEN SLOOP CONSTRUCTED. CINC REQUESTED. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH090/961/01 11.12.03 EXAM'D 27.5.03 IN 5015.447N, 0258.850W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.1 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 47MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS. LIES 006/186 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. COLLAPSED. ONE PIECE 3MTRS X 1 X 1.5MTRS LIES 5MTRS W. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 54MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT

Position: 50 15.447 N,2 58.85 W

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