This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms berkeley (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 59.707 N,1 2.27 E (49.9388, 0.9410167)
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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 BERKELEY (PART OF)
Length 82.9 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 904 ton
Cause: Built in 1939 by cammel laird. hunt class type 1. 3-drum boilers, turbine engines of 19000shp for 27.5 knots, twin shaft. four 4 inch guns, eight smaller. during the dieppe raid received a direct hit by a heavy bomb which broke her back and flooded the engine room. 15 ratings lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1986
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter
Known since: 1986, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: H1272/86 5.11.86 SHOWN AS WK 15.6MTRS IN 495946N, 010221E ON FR 6794 [1986 EDN]. NOT LISTED IN FR WK RECORDS 1984. BR STD. H1271/88 15.11.88 SHOWN AS WK 15.5MTRS IN 495946N, 010221E ON FR 6794 [1988 EDN]; PARTIAL WK, IDENTITY STATED AS 'HMS BERKLEY', 180MTRS E OF PRINCIPAL PART. (FR WK RECORDS 1987). BR STD. 15.6.07 LIES IN 4959.757N, 0102.350E [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WK IN THREE PARTS, THIS IS A FRAGMENT
Position: 49 59.707 N,1 2.27 E