This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms apley (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 37.02 N,0 56.09 W (50.5383, -0.64335)

 

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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.

 

1. Afon dulais
2. Algiers
3. Angry fish
4. Armenier
5. Arno (possibly)
6. Axwell
7. Basil-2
8. Bettann (bow section)
9. Cambrian princess (probably)
10. Carbineer
11. Cuba
12. Donegal (possibly)
13. Elford
14. Flag theofano
15. Fort yale
16. Fpt iv
17. Gartland
18. Gascony
19. Gerarda
20. Germa geisha
21. Hedwig lunstedt
22. Highland corrie
23. Hms apley (possibly)
24. Hms evadne (possibly)
25. Hms hazardous
26. Hms prince leopold
27. Hms sapper
28. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
29. Hmsm a1
30. Lightfoot (possibly)
31. Lola (possibly)
32. Lowmount
33. Montecrana (possibly)
34. Polandia (possibly)
35. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
36. Sines (possibly)
37. Spearfish
38. Teelin head
39. U 1195
40. Ub 81
41. Vigda

 

Name: HMS APLEY (POSSIBLY)

Length 36.7 meter, width: 6.6 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 250 ton

Cause: Built in 1908 by smith's dock co ltd, n shields. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 68hp, single shaft. a requisitioned milford haven trawler, hired and converted to a minesweeper in 1914. struck a contact mine and sank. (sibi). mined e of the isle of wight. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 304 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161114

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 18.2.28 NDW IN APPROX 503600N, 005530W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1098/37 8.3.37 CHART AS NDW PA IN 503600N, 005530W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC F016. H7588/37 20.11.37 AREA SWEPT CLEAR TO 10FMS. NOTHING FOUND. (HMS FLINDERS, 11.11.37). 1.4.52 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2045. H5808/55 27.2.56 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2045. H6667/57 28.4.61 ASDIC CONTACTS ABOUT 0.5M E. NOT EXAMINED. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 1958, SURVEY [K2007/3]). 28.3.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 18MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2045. H4121/76 20.1.77 NOTHING FOUND IN CHARTED POSN BUT WK EXAM'D 8.8.76 IN 503659N, 005600W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH 20MTRS. LIES 120/300DEGS. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4824/75 6.2.78 LOCATED 23.3.77 IN 503659N, 005558W [OGB] USING SEAFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.2 IN GEN DEPTH 34.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. SMALL WK, ABOUT 12MTRS LONG & LYING E/W. (SCES, HI 71/77). RETAIN AS CHARTED. H3847/86 21.3.89 EXAM'D 1.11.88 IN 503659N, 005600W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.3 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. SMALL WK LYING E/W & GIVES POOR SONAR RESPONSE. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 366). AMEND TO WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/005/01 27.11.03 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 5MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND PARTLY BURIED. NFS. (NP 1016, HI 1005). NCA. 10.10.06 DIVED 14.9.02 IN 5037.02N, 0056.09W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 4-5MTRS FROM SEABED. ESTIMATED LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 6-7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES E/W. SMALL DEBRIS FIELD AT NE CORNER. APPEARED TO HAVE NO BOW OR STERN AND IS PARTIALLY BURIED. INTACT WITH LIST OF APPROX 60 DEGS TO THE S. APPEARS TO HAVE A BULKHEAD IN THE CENTRE OF THE SHIP. (M HORNE). NCA. SEP 2016/000165703 3.5.17 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5037.020N, 0056.090W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 9.5MTRS, HT 3.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 304/124 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 40MTRS, 1.2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 086DEGS. WK LYING UPTURNED. (MMT UK, HI 1499). RETAIN NDW 31MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SMALL WK, NO BOW/STERN

Position: 50 37.02 N,0 56.09 W

 

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