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 2.428 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: 07
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter
Known since: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: 15.6.07 15.6.07 LIES IN 4959.757N, 0102.508E [EUR]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.8 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 5MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). INS AS WK 16.8MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WK IN THREE PARTS
Position: 49 59.707 N,1 2.428 E