This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms bittern (parts of)(probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.122 N,3 0.083 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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.

 

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2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Clan stuart (probably)
17. Cornelia
18. Einar jarl
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Glocliffe
23. Gorizia
24. Grane
25. Greenville
26. Greleen
27. Greta c
28. Gudrun
29. Hms amazon
30. Hms bittern
31. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
32. Hms boadicea
33. Hms buccaneer
34. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
35. Hms formidable
36. Hms harstad
37. Hms hickory
38. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
39. Hms lord hailsham
40. Hms manor
41. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
42. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
43. Hms remindo (possibly)
44. Isbjorn
45. Karen marie (probably)
46. Kongshaug (probably)
47. L h carl
48. La blanca (possibly)
49. La portaise (probably)
50. Lct 381
51. Lofoten (probably)
52. Lord stewart
53. Lst 507 (bow section)
54. Lst 507 (stern section)
55. Lst 531
56. Lucinda (possibly)
57. Majorca
58. Marguerite (possibly)
59. Marie des isles
60. Marjolene
61. Minerva (probably)
62. Modavia
63. Moel tryvan
64. Moidart
65. Motano (probably)
66. Nyasaland
67. Ocean vagabond
68. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
69. Pergo
70. Pomella
71. Radaas (probably)
72. Reggestroom (probably)
73. Renilde
74. Romsdalen (probably)
75. Rosten (possibly)
76. Rotorua
77. Salsette ii
78. Siren
79. Sparkling foam (possibly)
80. Ster de zee (possibly)
81. Tandil (probably)
82. Trito
83. U 1191
84. Ub 19 (probably)
85. Ull (probably)
86. Ursa (probably)
87. W h dwyer
88. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: HMS BITTERN (PARTS OF)(PROBABLY)

Length 64.3 meter, width: 6.7 meter, tonnage 360 ton

Cause: built in 1897 by vickers. a 'c' class destroyer. two triple expansion engines of 5700nhp, twin shaft. one 12pdr, five 6pdr guns, 2 torpedo tubes. sank following a collision with ss kenilworth. cut in two and sank with no survivors. (colledge & sibi).

Year of registration: 2003

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 79 cm

Known since: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/961/01 18.12.03 HH090/961/01 18.12.03 EXAM'D 3.8.03 IN 5018.122N, 0300.083W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.9 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 24MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.7MTRS. LIES 079/259 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. FURTHER PIECES LIE AT 207 DEGS, 21MTRS WITH DIMENSIONS 4 X 4 X 0.8MTRS AND AT 203 DEGS, 30MTRS WITH DIMENSIONS 4 X 4 X 0.3MTRS. PROBABLY DEBRIS ASSOCIATED WITH [57691]. (GARDLINE, HI 961). INS AS WK 52MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLE WRECKAGE & BOILERS FROM WK [57691]

Position: 50 18.122 N,3 0.083 W

 

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