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 (50.497417, -2.174150)

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 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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