This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms ash, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 29.549 N,0 59.783 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Airston (probably)
3. Alf everard (part of)
4. Alf everard (part of)
5. Alice marie
6. Argus
7. Aridity (probably)
8. Astrologer
9. Atherton
10. Baltrader
11. Beacon 'f'
12. Blue mermaid
13. Bolbec (possibly)
14. Bradglen
15. British oak
16. C 128
17. Dela
18. Delce
19. Duluth
20. E oaze light vessel
21. Empire ghyll
22. Erins isle (possibly)
23. Explorer
24. Fox
25. Fred everard
26. Georgia
27. Ghc (possibly)
28. Great nore tower (remains)
29. Great nore towers (remains)
30. Great nore towers (remains).
31. H k daniels
32. Harcourt
33. Hawnby
34. Herland (part of)
35. Herland (part of)
36. Hibernia
37. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
38. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
39. Hms aisha
40. Hms amethyst
41. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
42. Hms ash
43. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
44. Hms capricornus
45. Hms conquistador
46. Hms danube 3
47. Hms desiree
48. Hms drummer
49. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
50. Hms london
51. Hms london
52. Hms myrtle
53. Hms oriana
54. Hms receptive
55. Hms reed (possibly)
56. Hms resolvo (part of)
57. Hms restango
58. Hms stella orion
59. Hms venetia
60. Hms vimiera (bow section)
61. Hms vimiera (part of)
62. Hms vimiera (stern)
63. Holba
64. Honiton
65. Hopper number 19
66. Houston city
67. Intrepid
68. Lady jane
69. Lca 551
70. Letchworth
71. Lion (part of)
72. Lowlands
73. Malrix (possibly)
74. Maplin light house
75. Margam abbey
76. Mercy
77. Mi amigo
78. Molliette
79. Mudlark
80. Nass beacon (ruins)
81. Neptune (possibly)
82. Norman
83. Old whitaker bn (remains of)
84. Pinto
85. Pisces
86. Radiant
87. Restless wave (possibly)
88. Revenge
89. Richard montgomery
90. Ryal
91. Selnes
92. Strathearn
93. Strom trooper
94. Sun vii
95. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
96. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
97. Toreador
98. Treport
99. Uama
100. Van meerlant (part of)
101. Vera
102. Wardie
103. Westerley star
104. Winifred
105. Winkfield
106. Zarga

 

Name: HMS ASH

Length 50 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 530 ton

Cause: Built in 1939 by cochrane. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. 1 x 12 pdr gun, 2 x 0.5 inch machine guns, 4 x lewis guns. hired as minesweeper. one 12 pdr gun. mined. (srn & sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H02067/41 11.7.41 H02067/41 11.7.41 LOCATED. POSN BY HSA. (CAPT M/S, SHEERNESS, 20.6.41).

- NM 1593/41. H02067/41 24.10.41 H02067/41 24.10.41 G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S LAID 1C S OF WK. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 2474/41. H2067/41 12.8.42 H2067/41 12.8.42 DRIFT SWEPT AFTER DISPERSAL. CLEAR AT 33FT IN 512928N, 005954E. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 29.7.42).

- NM 1710/42. H02067/41 30.4.45 H02067/41 30.4.45 SWEPT CLEAR AT 45FT, FOUL AT 46FT IN 512931N, 005955E. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 15.4.45).

- NM 1228/45. H01025/40 21.7.48 H01025/40 21.7.48 POSN 512919N, 005856E. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT, FOUL AT 47FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 16.7.48). NCA. H02067/41 8.12.61 H02067/41 8.12.61 LUCAS WIRE SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT, FOUL AT 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51FT IN GEN DEPTH 55FT. SCOUR DEPTH 59FT. (HMS ECHO, 9.11.61). BR STD. H6140/68 25.6.68 H6140/68 25.6.68 LOCATED IN CHARTED POSN. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50FT IN GEN DEPTH 55FT. SCOUR DEPTH 59FT. POOR SONAR CONTACT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 15.3.68). NCA. H3161/69 26.11.71 H3161/69 26.11.71 LOCATED IN 512932N, 005952E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 45FT, FOUL AT 46.5FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48FT IN GEN DEPTH 55FT. SCOUR DEPTH 58FT. SMALL WK. DIFFICULT TO FIND. (PLA WK REPORT). H6140/68 19.1.79 H6140/68 19.1.79 SWEPT 12.10.78. NO CHANGE. (PLA WK REPORT, MAPLIN 12/78). NCA. 10.8.92 10.8.92 NOW SHOWN IN 512931N, 005949E ON PLA 201 (19)B. BR STD. HH244/420/02 21.6.93 HH244/420/02 21.6.93 EXAM'D 19.4.93 IN 512930.5N, 005953E [OGB] USING MICROFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17MTRS. LIES DISPERSED OVER AREA 40 X 10MTRS. ORIENTATED 260/080 DEG. E/S TRACE SHOWED A NUMBER OF WISPY RETURNS. THERE IS ALSO EVIDENCE OF WRECKAGE IN CHARTED POSN WITHIN A 14.5MTRS SCOUR. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (PLA WK REPORT, CHARTWELL 34/93). BR STD. 13.6.05 13.6.05 SHOWN IN 5129.548N, 0059.797E [WGD] ON PLA 201/23 DTD SEP'03-NOV'04. BR STD. 23.2.07 23.2.07 EXAM'D 2.2.05. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.0 IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTRS TO THE SW. DEBRIS COVERING 45MTRS BY 20MTRS. (PLA WK REPORT DTD 2.2.05). NCA. 16.5.13 SEP 2013/000102810 16.5.13 WK REMOVAL OPS BY CRANE BARGE ATLANTIS TO COMMENCE 20.5.13. WORK WILL TAKE APPROX 5 DAYS. (PLA NM L10/13). NCA. 13.6.13 SEP 2013/000130525 13.6.13 EXAM'D 25.5.13 IN 5129.549N, 0059.783E [WGD] FOLLOWING RECOVERY WORKS IN WHICH A SIGNFICANT AMOUNT OF STEEL AND A BOILER WERE REMOVED. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.97 IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. AMEND WK 15.9MTRS. (PLA WK REPORT DTD 28.5.13). AMEND WK 15.9MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DISPERSED WRECKAGE

Position: 51 29.549 N,0 59.783 E

 

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