This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms arfon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.845 N,2 10.449 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Addarwa
3. Advanti
4. Aeneas (probably)
5. Aeolian sky
6. Alex van opstal
7. Alexandrovna
8. Apache
9. Aparima
10. Arctic dawn
11. Arfon
12. Athen
13. Balmoralwood
14. Barryman
15. Betelgeuse (bow section)
16. Binnendijk
17. Black hawk (aft section)
18. Black hawk (fwd section)
19. Bobbyb
20. Bretagne
21. Britannia (possibly)
22. British inventor (bow section)
23. Carentan
24. Castlereagh
25. Chasseur 6
26. Chasseur 7
27. Cheyenne
28. Countess of erne
29. Dagmar
30. Derna (probably)
31. Earl of abergavenny
32. El kahira
33. Elena r
34. Elmcrest
35. Emile miguet
36. Enecuri
37. Ethel (probably)
38. Evertsen
39. Finn
40. Fleur de lys
41. Forester (& pontoon)
42. Franziska
43. Frigga
44. General jackson
45. Georgios kyriakides
46. Goathland
47. Halsewell
48. Hartburn (probably)
49. Hartlepool (part of)
50. Hartlepool (part of)
51. Heronspool
52. Himalaya
53. Hms arfon
54. Hms blackwood
55. Hms delight
56. Hms fame
57. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
58. Hms james fennel
59. Hms warrior ii
60. Hms waterlily
61. Hmsm a3
62. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
63. Iolanthe
64. Iona
65. Janna
66. Juvenile delinquent
67. Kafiristan
68. Kolga
69. Kyarra
70. Lady of avenel
71. Leny (possibly)
72. License to kill (possibly)
73. Lil boat
74. Lochavon
75. Longsand
76. Louisiane
77. Magog
78. Mallard (possibly)
79. Mayflower
80. Meknes
81. Michelle
82. Midland queen
83. Miefield
84. Milo
85. Nailsea lass
86. Navasota
87. Neree (possibly)
88. Neree (probably)
89. Nestlea
90. Normandy
91. Onward (probably)
92. Orne (possibly)
93. Pas (c.182)
94. Pescalanza
95. Piedras
96. Pitchipoy (possibly)
97. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
98. Rapana
99. Rowella
100. Royal adelaide
101. San fernando
102. Saratoga
103. Seahawk
104. Security (possibly)
105. Snowdrop
106. Southampton
107. Spiral (possibly)
108. Sudon (possibly)
109. Surdelo
110. Terrapin
111. Tiiu
112. Togimo
113. U 322 (possibly)
114. Valdes (probably)
115. Vera (probably)
116. Vikholmen
117. Waitara
118. Woodbury

 

Name: HMS ARFON

Length 36.6 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 227 ton

Cause: built in 1908 in goole for the patter steam trawling co, milford, s wales. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. hired as an armed minesweeper in 1914. mined. 10 men lost.

Year of registration: 1998

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 175 cm

Known since: 1998, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/22 22.3.05 DIVED IN MAY 1998 IN 5029.843N, 0210.445W [WGD]. WK IS UPRIGHT AND BROKEN. LARGE ENGINE AND TWO BOILERS STAND 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. PROP IS STILL IN PLACE. (N R CHIPCHASE, WK REPORT AND EMAILS). INS AS WK 28MTRS. BR STD. 28.6.06 UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED TO SEABED. TWO BOILERS ATHWARTSHIPS. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE UPRIGHT. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JUNE 2006). NCA. HH091/154/01 - SEP 2009/000108988 23.7.09 LOCATED 27.2.09 IN 5029.845N, 0210.449W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.81 IN GEN DEPTH 33.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 21.6MTRS, WIDTH 15.2MTRS, HT 5.00MTRS. LIES 175/355 DGS. STRONG MAGENTIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). AMEND WK 28.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN

Position: 50 29.845 N,2 10.449 W

 

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