This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms ascot, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 37.927 N,1 29.863 W (55.617133333333, -1.4278666666667)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

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. Acclivity
2. Aepos
3. Alert (possibly)
4. Annie walker (probably)
5. Arbutus
6. Athelduke
7. Auckland castle
8. Aulton (possibly)
9. Baltanglia
10. Buka
11. Choice
12. Chris christenson
13. Coquet mouth
14. Cor jesu (possibly)
15. Coryton
16. Don (possibly)
17. Driebergen
18. Dutchman
19. Eglinton
20. Elziena
21. Elziena (possibly)
22. Emily reaich
23. Emma
24. Espire
25. Everene (possibly)
26. Fingal
27. Florence dombey (possibly)
28. George and mary (possibly)
29. Hazard (probably)
30. Hesvik (possibly)
31. Hms ascot
32. Hms fortuna
33. Hms herring
34. Hms kopanes
35. Hms patia
36. Hooghammen
37. Hornchurch (probably)
38. Igor
39. Isbul & margarit
40. Jan van ryswyck
41. Lunesdale (possibly)
42. Maystone (possibly)
43. Merwede
44. Morlaix (probably)
45. Moulmein (possibly)
46. Nidelven
47. Ocean venture
48. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
49. Peik (probably)
50. Pluto
51. Provider a
52. Rising sun
53. Skovdal (probably)
54. Snowdonia
55. Somali
56. Spey (possibly)
57. Sphynx
58. St andre
59. St fergus
60. Stork (possibly)
61. Tadorne
62. The tetrarch (probably)
63. Thistle
64. Thomas jackson (possibly)
65. Tillycorthie
66. Tioga
67. U 1274

 

Name: HMS ASCOT

Length 75 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 810 ton

Cause: built as a purpose built minesweeper in 1916 by ailsa ship building co. steel hulled. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 1400 hp, paddle propulsion. carried a sopworth pup seaplane, 1 x 3 inch and 2 x 2 lb gun. sunk by german submarine ub 67. crew of 50 all lost. ascot was the last vessel sunk by german u-boats in the 1914-18 war.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 12 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H0167/17 22.11.18 INS WK IN 553600N, 013200W. (AP REPORT TYNE). H4214/26 1.7.26 AMEND TO NDW PA (1918). BA 1192. 17.4.45 POOR SONAR CONTACT, POOR POSN 553554N, 013024W. (AUBD 311/16, EG 30, 17.4.45). H1309/74 24.2.75 IN 1974 A SHAFT AND ATTACHED PADDLE FRAME WAS BROUGHT INTO SEAHOUSES. THIS IS THOUGHT TO BE FROM THE WK OF HMS ASCOT. NO OTHER DETAILS. (P BAKER, 22.2.75). H1280/77 2.3.77 POSN GIVEN AS 553600N, 013200W. (W MCINTOSH, LTR DTD 6.1.77). H4622/71 14.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 20MTRS. NC 160. HH100/351/15 20.9.99 LIES IN 5539.724N, 0129.860W [WGD]. WK HAS COLLAPSED AND IS WELL BROKEN UP ON THE SEABED. EXCEPT FOR THE FOUR BOILERS, THE ENGINE AND A JUMBLE OF MACHINERY, THE LARGEST PIECE OF STEEL STRUCTURE STANDS ABOUT 4MTRS HIGH. REMAINS OF BOTH PADDLE WHEELS ARE APPARENTLY STILL IN PLACE. UPPER BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED IN A PILE. POSN GIVEN BY A ANDERSON. WK HAS BEEN VERIFIED AS 'ASCOT'. (R YOUNG & TELECON AMENDING POSN DTD 8.5.00). AMEND TO USC 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/843/01 21.12.99 EXAM'D 1.7.99 IN 5537.927N, 0129.863W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.0 IN GEN DEPTH 54.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 012/192 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTEND 7MTRS TOWARDS 197 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND. WELL BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 843). INS AS WK 50MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 55 37.927 N,1 29.863 W

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway