This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms artic trapper, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.656 N,1 31.021 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Alabama (possibly)
6. Albion (probably)
7. Algeria
8. Amplegarth
9. Andaman
10. Angelus (possibly)
11. Archon
12. Ashley
13. Avon
14. Balakani
15. Bravore
16. Camisard
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Cedrington court
20. Cerne
21. City of brisbane
22. Colbert (possibly)
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. Dalryan
27. Diana
28. Dinard
29. Dolcoath (part)
30. Dolcoath (part)
31. Duiveland
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Embla (possibly)
38. Emile deschamps
39. Emma
40. Emma (possibly)
41. Empire lough (probably)
42. Empress of fort william (probably)
43. Empress of midland (possibly)
44. En avant
45. Erins isle (possibly)
46. Falcon (probably)
47. Fearless
48. Filleigh
49. Flachsee
50. Flandres
51. Francesco ciampa
52. Franz fischer (possibly)
53. Fred everard
54. Frons olivae (probably)
55. Fulmar
56. G 85 (possibly)
57. G-42 (possibly)
58. Gad 23
59. Genimar
60. Grazia (possibly)
61. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
62. Halcyon
63. Harcalo
64. Hawksdale
65. Hawnby
66. Henry b plant
67. Hibernia
68. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
69. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
70. Hmhs anglia
71. Hms alert ?
72. Hms aragonite (part of)
73. Hms aries (possibly)
74. Hms artic trapper
75. Hms brazen
76. Hms carilon
77. Hms carlton
78. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
79. Hms chestnut (probably)
80. Hms city of dundee
81. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
82. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
83. Hms fauvette
84. Hms flirt
85. Hms glen boyne
86. Hms gracie (probably)
87. Hms guardsman
88. Hms kingston galena
89. Hms lydian
90. Hms marcella
91. Hms mastiff (possibly)
92. Hms myrtle
93. Hms napia
94. Hms niger (possibly)
95. Hms northumberland (probably)
96. Hms othello ii
97. Hms peridot
98. Hms pyrope
99. Hms ray of hope
100. Hms restoration (possibly)
101. Hms rodino
102. Hms stirling castle (probably)
103. Hms tamarisk
104. Hms torbay ii (probably)
105. Hms tourmaline
106. Hms tranquil
107. Hms war sepoy
108. Hms weigelia
109. Hmsm b2
110. Hundvaag
111. Ilaro
112. Ira (possibly)
113. Irene
114. Jacob luckenbach
115. James harrod
116. Kabinda
117. Kadru
118. Karmt
119. Kielce
120. Kirsten skou
121. Koenigshaven
122. L'armandeche
123. Lady stella
124. Latona
125. Laurl coin
126. Lbv (m)396
127. Le pelerin de la mer
128. Leicester
129. Leo
130. Lisbeth m
131. Loanda
132. Lord hamilton (possibly)
133. Luray victory
134. Lusitania
135. Mahratta
136. Mahratta ii
137. Maloja 1
138. Malta (probably)
139. Menapier
140. Merel (part of)(possibly)
141. Mersey
142. Mi amigo
143. Monarch
144. Murillo
145. Nancy moran
146. Newlands
147. Norman
148. Norman
149. North eastern victory
150. Ocean hound
151. Opal
152. Ousel (probably)
153. Paros isle
154. Polgrange
155. Ponzano
156. Port dalhousie (possibly)
157. Preussen
158. Pulborough
159. Quentovic
160. Rubislaw
161. Rydal force
162. Rynanna
163. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
164. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
165. Sabac
166. Saidieh
167. Saint michael veillez sur nous
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Saint ronan (possibly)
170. Sambut
171. San calisto
172. Santagata
173. Santagata (?part of)
174. Selma (possibly)
175. Slesvig
176. Spaarndem
177. Strathclyde
178. Surrey
179. Teeswood
180. The queen
181. Tina primo
182. Tongue sand tower (remains)
183. Toornvliet (probably)
184. Toward
185. Traquair (probably)
186. Tummel (probably)
187. U 11 (possibly)
188. U 16 (possibly)
189. U 48
190. Ub 109
191. Ub 29 (possibly)
192. Ub 55 (probably)
193. Uc 21 (possibly)
194. Uc 26
195. Uc 46
196. Uc 46 (possibly)
197. Uc 77 (possibly)
198. Ursus (part)
199. Virginie
200. W a scholten
201. Westerley star
202. Wheatman (possibly)
203. Will and maggie (probably)
204. Woodtown (possibly)
205. Xanthence

 

Name: HMS ARTIC TRAPPER

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20150903

Details measurements/cartography: H0615/41 19.3.41 DW IN 511944N, 013120E. (ADMIRALTY). - PFNM 396/41, NM 630/41 & FNM 638/41. H0615/41 12.5.47 DISPERSED CLEAR TO SEABED IN 511942N, 013118E. (C-IN-C NORE, 8.5.47). H0615/41 14.6.48 LOCATED IN 511937N, 013115E BY A/S. CLEAR AT 27FT, FOUL AT 28FT. (SML 4 15.5.48).

- NM 1294/48. H5689/60 15.2.61 SEARCHED FOR BETWEEN AUG & OCT 1960. NO SIGN OF WK OR WKGE. (ECES, 1960). BR STD. H3890/68 19.3.68 VERY UNEVEN SEABED. NOT FOUND DURING THOROUGH SEARCH. (HMS EGERIA, HI 37/67). NE 1828. H2100/74 30.1.74 WK IN 511937N, 013108E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH 10.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12.0MTRS. SCOUR 13.2MTRS ON UNEVEN SEABED. SMALL WK LYING ON NORTHERN SLOPE OF RIDGE. SLIGHT SCOUR ON NORTH SIDE. (HMS EGERIA). NE 1828. H4453/72 13.3.80 NOT FOUND. (HMS ECHO, HI 62/79). NCA. H1938/78 28.10.81 EXAM'D IN 511937N, 013108E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 AND DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.3 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. SCATTERED WRECKAGE OVER AN AREA 40X40MTRS. LIES DEEPER THAN 8.5MTR SEABED NEARBY. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). BR STD. H2331/85 9.7.86 WELL BROKEN UP WK EXAM'D IN 511937N, 013107E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LIES IN ITS OWN SCOUR OF DEPTH 13MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.2 IN GEN DEPTH 8.5-12MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 298). BR STD. HH090/647/01 28.10.94 EXAM'D IN 511937.3N, 013107.9E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.9 IN GEN DEPTH 11.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 SHADOW. SMALL, DISPERSED WRECK. COVERS AREA OF 25 BY 10MTRS, ORIENTATED 155/335DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 647). BR STD. HH090/892/01 3.10.00 EXAM'D 10.8.00 IN 5119.657N, 0131.035E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 9.9, FOUL 10.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.5MTR. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL AREA OF WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 892). BR STD. HH091/028/01 24.6.03 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 1028). NCA. SEP 2010/000060716 26.3.10 EXAM'D 3.8.09 IN 5119.656N, 0131.023E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.67 IN GEN DEPTH 11.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 4MTRS, WIDTH 2MTRS, HT 0.9MTR. SMALL CONTACT WITH POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL DEBRIS LYING TO THE SOUTH. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). RETAIN SW 9.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083470 6.1.16 EXAM'D 3.9.15 IN 5119.656N, 0131.021E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 11MTRS. LENGTH 3.09MTRS, WIDTH 2.74MTRS, HEIGHT 2.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 130DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1484). AMEND TO DW 10MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY VISIBLE, SMALL AREA OF WRECKAGE

Position: 51 19.656 N,1 31.021 E

 

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