This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms amphion (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 13.08 N,2 35.937 E (52.1134167, 2.8418)

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 AMPHION (PROBABLY)

Length 117.3 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 3440 ton

Cause: Built 1911 at pembroke dockyard, with turbine engines of 18,000ihp capable of 25.4knots, yarrow boilers.struck two mines in quick succession laid the previous day by german ss konigin luise & sank immediately. 151 crew & 18 german prisoners were lost, 139 crew rescued. (dods)

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN 521100N, 023600E APPROX. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS, VOL 10). H8169/68 9.1.69 LOCATED IN 521306N, 023558E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 109FT IN GEN DEPTH 135FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS BULLDOG, 38/68). INS AS WK 18FMS.

- NM 249/69. H8169/68 29.4.69 SWEPT CLEAR AT 91.5FT, FOUL AT 95.5FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 109FT. EITHER TWO WKS OR ONE LARGE SHIP BROKEN IN HALF. (HMS BULLDOG, APR 1969). AMEND TO WK SW 15FMS. BR STD. 23.11.72 SHOWN IN 521308N, 023556E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954 [RECEIVED 7.11.72]. H4856/72 15.12.72 REPEAT OF ABOVE. (NETHERLANDS NM 3442/72). NCA. 28.8.73 AMEND TO WK SW 27MTRS. NC 2182A. H1939/80 5.5.82 EXAMINED 2.7.81 IN 521303N, 023603E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.9 IN GEN DEPTH 39.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7MTRS, SHADOW HT 8.8MTRS. PROBABLY HMS AMPHION, LOOKS LIKE A CRUISER. LYING 100/280DEGS, BOWS E. STERN MISSING, OTHERWISE UPRIGHT AND INTACT. SMALL AREA SEPARATE WRECKAGE 70MTRS W. SONAR LENGTH 97MTRS, BEAM 11MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG HI 8). AMEND TO WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1196/82. HH090/674/01 8.11.95 EXAMINED 16.8.95 IN 521304.6N, 023556.5E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 31.7, FOUL 32.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.7 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. UPRIGHT AND BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES 50MTRS APART. THE E AND LARGEST PORTION CONTAINS THE LEAST DEPTH AT THE W END. (NP 1008, HI 674). SWEEP NOT RELIABLE. AMEND TO WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/910/01 4.12.00 EXAM'D 4.7.00 IN 5213.074N, 0235.973E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 30.6, FOUL 31.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.3 IN GEN DEPTH 39-49MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 42MTRS TOWARDS 103DEGS. DEBRIS WITHIN 20MTRS. UPRIGHT AND GENERALLY INTACT. ?BOW BROKEN OFF AND LIES 50MTRS W. (GARDLINE, HI 910). AMEND TO WK SW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 238/01. 13.7.10 MOSTLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT EXCEPT JUST AFT OF THE BOW FOREDECK THE VESSEL HAS BEEN BLOWN AWAY FOR 50MTRS BEFORE THE WRECK RISES AGAIN. A LARGE AMOUNT OF UPPER STRUCTURE INCLUDING BRIDGE INTACT. WK AFT OF BRIDGE TO PROP IS QUITE FEATURELESS. (DIVER MAGAZINE AUG '10). SEP 2014/000101124 27.8.14 EXAM'D 27.4.14 IN 5213.080N, 0235.937E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.96 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 200MTRS TOWARDS 018 DEGS. LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 8.04MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS WITH BOWS W. DEBRIS EXTENDS 75MTRS TOWARDS 287 DEGS. UPRIGHT WITH BOWS CLOSE W. (MMT HI 1426). AMEND WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 15.3.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT,?BOW LIES 50MTRS W

Position: 52 13.08 N,2 35.937 E

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