This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms aries (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 11.229 N,1 25.802 E (51.4688667, 1.5197833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 ARIES (POSSIBLY)
Length 60 meter, width: 15.2 meter, tonnage 268 ton
Cause: Mined. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1936
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 51 cm
Known since: 1936, last detected: 20190503
Details measurements/cartography: H5074/36 4.8.36 WK, LEAST DEPTH 41FT, IN 511112N, 012559E USING HSA. (HMS KELLETT, 24.7.36). CHART AS WK 6FMS 5FT.
- NM. H988/37 8.10.37 DRIFT SWEPT IN 511113N, 012556E. FOUL AT 41FT, CLEAR AT 39FT. (HMS KELLETT). AMEND TO SW 6FMS 4FT IN REVISED POSN. LC 1895. 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS WK 6FMS 2FT [11.6MTRS]. NE 1828. 21.5.76 NOW CHARTED AS SW 11.6MTRS. NC 323. H4453/72 18.4.79 LARGE WK IN 2 PIECES. EXAM'D 18.3.77 & 13.4.78 IN 511111N, 012554E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.7 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.1MTRS. GIVES GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR RESPONSE. MAIN PART LYING NE/SW WITH SMALLER PART ABOUT 200FT TO THE SW. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 53/77). CHART AS SW 11.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. HH090/647/01 31.1.96 EXAM'D 12.9.95 IN 511111.8N, 012555.0E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.5 IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 060/240DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ONE LARGE PART AND ONE BROKEN OFF PORTION 75MTRS TO THE SW. UNABLE TO SWEEP AS UNDERWATER FLOATS GIVE SPURIOUS FOULS. (NP 1016, HI 647). AMEND TO WK 11.5MTRS IN 511112N, 012555E. BR STD. SEP 2019/000022679 26.6.19 EXAM'D 3.5.19; IN 5111.229N, 0125.802E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15.51MTRS, LENGTH 69.24MTRS, WIDTH 24.42MTRS, HT 4.23MTRS, ORIENTATION 051 DEGS. HEAVILY DEGRADED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1585). AMEND DW 11.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS
Position: 51 11.229 N,1 25.802 E