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 (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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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6. Bamse (probably)
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8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Clan stuart (probably)
17. Cornelia
18. Einar jarl
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Glocliffe
22. Gorizia
23. Grane
24. Greenville
25. Greleen
26. Greta c
27. Gudrun
28. Hms amazon
29. Hms bittern
30. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
31. Hms boadicea
32. Hms buccaneer
33. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
34. Hms formidable
35. Hms harstad
36. Hms hickory
37. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
38. Hms lord hailsham
39. Hms manor
40. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
41. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
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44. Karen marie (probably)
45. Kongshaug (probably)
46. L h carl
47. La blanca (possibly)
48. La portaise (probably)
49. Lct 381
50. Lofoten (probably)
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53. Lst 507 (stern section)
54. Lst 531
55. Lucinda (possibly)
56. Majorca
57. Marie des isles
58. Marjolene
59. Memnon
60. Minerva (probably)
61. Modavia
62. Moel tryvan
63. Moidart
64. Motano (probably)
65. Murree
66. Nyasaland
67. Ocean vagabond
68. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
69. Pergo
70. Pomella
71. Pomeranian
72. Reggestroom (probably)
73. Renilde
74. Romsdalen (probably)
75. Rosten (possibly)
76. Rotorua
77. Salsette ii
78. Siren
79. Sparkling foam (possibly)
80. Tandil (probably)
81. Trito
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83. Ub 19 (probably)
84. Ull (probably)
85. Ursa (probably)
86. W h dwyer
87. Westergate (probably)

 

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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