This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms beathwood (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 42.591 N,2 24.263 W (56.522716666667, -2.3277666666667)

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 BEATHWOOD (PROBABLY)

Length 35.2 meter, width: 6.8 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 209 ton

Cause: ex-osbourne stroud. built in 1912 by a hall & co ltd, aberdeen. aquired by the admiralty from 7.194 and sold back to owners, j r mcbeath, in 1920 changing name to beathwood. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 66nhp, single shaft. taken admiralty service from 12.1939 as an armed patrol trawler. bombed and sunk by german aircraft. (ww2sl, colledge & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 16 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20220418

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 1 MILE E OF MONTROSE CG LOOKOUT. (WW2SL). NCA. H249/54 14.6.54 WK OF BEATHWOOD LIES ABOUT 1/3 MILE NE OF WK OF CLINT. (A MEARNS, PILOT). INS NDWPA IN 564230N, 022330W.

- NM 1560/54. H249/54 14.7.55 EXAM'D IN 564236N, 022418W USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55 IN GEN DEPTH 70FT. SCOUR 4FT DEEP. OROPESA SWEEP CLEARED AT 45FT. WK GIVES ONLY MODERATE SONAR RETURN - BEST DIRECTION FROM E. (HMS SHACKLETON, 31.5.55). RETAIN AS NDW IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1623/55. H1192/67 16.7.68 AMEND TO WK 9FMS 1FT. BR STD. 8.3.73 AMEND TO WK 16.5MTRS. NC 210. 11.11.75 AMEND TO WK 16.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 210. HH100/351/02 8.12.89 DIVED ON. IDENTIFIED AS THE STERN SECTION OF A STEEL TRAWLER FROM STERN TO BOILER. APPROX LENGTH 15MTRS, BEAM 6MTRS. HIGHEST PART IS THE AFT GALLOWS, WHICH HAVE LEAST DEPTH 16MTRS. GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 20MTRS. (G WADSWORTH, 22.11.89). NCA. RSDRA2022000243080 18.11.22 EXAM’D 18.04.22; IN 5642.591N, 0224.263W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.85MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. LENGTH 59.0MTRS, WIDTH 6.2MTRS, HT 4.4MTRS. ORIENTATION 016/196 DEGS. DEGRADED WITH VISIBLE STERN & BOW BUT MID-SECTION BURIED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1732- H525-3053). AMEND DW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED WITH STERN & BOW VISIBLE BUT MI-SECTION BURIED

Position: 56 42.591 N,2 24.263 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