This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms arbutus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 38.485 N,5 19.859 W (51.641417, -5.330983)

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 ARBUTUS

Length 79.9 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1290 ton

Cause: built in 1917 by armstrong whitworth, barrow-in-furness. an 'arethusa' class armed sloop. twin triple expansion engines of 2500 ihp for 17 knots, twin shaft. on convoy escort work. two x 4 inch, two x 12 pound guns. torpedoed in very rough weather by ub-65. 9 men lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H351/20 WK [OLD SYMBOL] PD IN 513700N, 051945W. H3451/24 16.5.24 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PD. NE 1488. H4819/71 22.11.71 LOCATED IN 513836N, 051948W USING HSA. A SMALL, STRONG CONTACT LOCATED ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS FROM SW & TRACKED FROM 1500YDS BUT NO ON-TOP POSN OBTAINED. SEVERAL STEEP PINNACLES, BUT THEY DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR EXCELLENT SONAR RESPONSE OR ECHOES, WHICH WERE CAUSED BY EITHER A COMPACT SHOAL OF FISH WHICH REMAINED FOR TWO DAYS, OR A WK. POSSIBLY HMS ARBUTUS CHARTED 1.5M S. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 43/71).

- NM 1959/71. H4819/71 8.11.72 EXAM'D IN 513821N, 051942W USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52 IN GEN DEPTH 55-57MTRS. NO SCOUR. NOT EASY TO LOCATE OR IDENTIFY. LIES IN AN AREA OF UNEVEN (?ROCKY) SEABED AND PRODUCED NO CLEAR TRANSIT SONAR TRACE. AREA 2M RADIUS ROUND 513700N, 051945W SEARCHED IN 2 DIRECTIONS 1000YDS APART & NOTHING ELSE FOUND. IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE HMS ARBUTUS. (HMS WOODLARK).

- NM 2169/72. H3804/72 3.10.77 EXAM'D 25.10.76 IN 513825.93N, 051946.95W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.6 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR BUT ROCKY LEDGES IN AREA. WK SCATTERED IN BUTTERFLY-SHAPED PATTERN ORIENTATED N/S. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 50MTRS. (HMS WOODLARK, ROS DTD 17.12.76). H4919/77 23.1.78 CONFIRMED AS BEING VERY SCATTERED. (E GILES). 5.12.11 LOCATED 4.6.10 IN 5138.485N, 0519.859W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.00 IN GEN DEPTH 56.4MTRS. SCOUR 0.3MTR DEEP AT WK. LENGTH 104.6MTRS, WIDTH 31.0MTRS, HT 5.7MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1328). COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL SCATTERED

Position: 51 38.485 N,5 19.859 W

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