This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms botanic, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 51.264 N,0 26.515 E (53.556, 0.1333)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Acklamd (possibly)
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Amenity
5. Audacity
6. Avalon
7. B o borjesson
8. Benmacdhui
9. British councillor
10. British prince
11. Briton (possibly)
12. Cadmus
13. Catford
14. Cecil (possibly)
15. Chant 63
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. Corhampton
18. Corinth (possibly)
19. Corland
20. Cyclope
21. Deerpool (after section)
22. Deerpool (for'd section)
23. Diana
24. Diana
25. Dido
26. Dunsany
27. Empress (probably)
28. Ethel (possibly)
29. Exmoor
30. Fermo
31. Flourish
32. Fowberry tower (part)
33. Fowberry tower (part)
34. Gerhardt (possibly)
35. Giuseppe
36. Gluckauf (possibly)
37. Grangemouth
38. Harlech
39. Harnis (probably)
40. Helmsman (probably)
41. Hms benvolio
42. Hms botanic
43. Hms cortina
44. Hms egret
45. Hms fairy
46. Hms falcon (stern section)
47. Hms kos xvi (probably)
48. Hms lormont
49. Hms princess victoria
50. Hms strathborve (part)
51. Hms warland (possibly)
52. Homer
53. Horsted
54. Hugh taylor
55. Ida
56. Ightham (possibly)
57. Inge marguerite (possibly)
58. Ionic (probably)
59. J b paddon
60. Jane (possibly)
61. Janet helen (possibly)
62. Jersey (probably)
63. John rettig (probably)
64. Kalo (probably)
65. Katina bulgari
66. Keynes
67. Kieldrecht (possibly)
68. Kimberley (possibly)
69. Kingston cameo
70. Kyma
71. Ladas (possibly)
72. Lady anstruther (probably)
73. Laurel (possibly)
74. Leonora
75. Lifeguard (possibly)
76. Lightship no 83
77. Lismore
78. Lord haig (possibly)
79. Lord selborne
80. Lottie (possibly)
81. Lucerne
82. Maggie
83. Magnolia
84. Marian francis
85. Marshall (probably)
86. Merchiston
87. Modig
88. Modiva (possibly)
89. Nautilus
90. Norfolk coast
91. Onward (possibly)
92. Ophir ii (possibly)
93. Orsa
94. Otis tetrax
95. Our lorraine
96. Paraciers
97. Peebles (possibly)
98. Portia
99. Rado (possibly)
100. Rayford
101. Realf
102. Revello
103. Revi
104. Revigo (possibly)
105. River don (part of)(probably)
106. River witham
107. Rochester (possibly)
108. Royston
109. Salmondby
110. Saltoun
111. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
112. Schieland (possibly)
113. Scotia (possibly)
114. Sea pearl
115. Sota eduardo
116. Stanburn
117. Storm drift
118. Tees
119. Togston (possibly)
120. Triton
121. Two brothers
122. Uc 47
123. Uc 75
124. Umbe
125. Upminster (possibly)
126. Varangmalm (possibly)
127. Vechstroom
128. Vereingte (possibly)
129. Wayside flower (possibly)
130. Whitemantle (possibly)
131. Winga
132. Xavier
133. Xavier

 

Name: HMS BOTANIC

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 108 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: H03214/42 16.7.42 NDWPA IN 535124N, 002654E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1452/42. 20.3.72 AMEND TO USCPA 20MTRS. NC 121. H1944/80 26.4.82 EXAM'D 11.6.82 IN 535115N, 002638E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.5 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.7MTRS. LYING 100/280 DEGS, UPRIGHT & WELL BURIED IN PARTS. SEPARATE WRECKAGE. SONAR LENGTH 45.5MTRS, BEAM 11.1MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). BR STD. H4064/85 27.8.86 LOCATED IN 535114N, 002638E [OGB]. NOT EXAM'D - OUTSIDE AREA. (UDI GROUP LTD, HI 321A). NCA HH100/351/19 13.6.03 DIVED 5.01 IN LISTED POSN. THE WK OF A SMALL TRAWLER. STERN AND BOW INTACT, MIDSHIPS SECTION BROKEN. AMMUNITION IS PRESENT. (G KELLY, EMAIL DTD 11.6.03). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 7.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5351.264N, 0026.515E [WGD]. LEAST m/b DEPTH 33.69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS, LENGTH 44.9MTRS, WIDTH 11.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5.04MTRS, ORIENTATION 108/288 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 22MTRS, TOWARD 300 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL WITH BOW AND STERN INTACT. MIDSHIPS SECTION BROKEN UP AND PARTLY BURIED. ADDITIONAL CYLINDRICAL FEATURE 113M E OF WRECK, DIAMETER 3.5M AND HEIGHT OF 1.7M. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact/burried.

Position: 53 51.264 N,0 26.515 E

 

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