This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms boxer, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 37.79 N,1 6.422 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Albatros
4. Algerian
5. Angry fish
6. Armenier
7. Asborg
8. Ashanti (possibly)
9. Bettann (bow section)
10. Bettann (stern section)
11. Braat ii
12. Camberwell
13. Cambrian
14. Cambrian (part of)
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
17. Camswan
18. Capable
19. Cuba
20. Cuba
21. Daylesford
22. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
23. Donegal (possibly)
24. Duddon (probably)
25. Elford
26. Empress queen
27. Excelsior
28. Faith
29. Fallodon
30. Flag theofano
31. Fort yale
32. Fpt iv
33. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
34. G-cbpt
35. Gerarda
36. Germa geisha
37. Glen (possibly)
38. Grace dieu
39. Grip fast
40. Harry sharman
41. Hauler
42. Highland brigade
43. Hm lct 427 (after part)
44. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
45. Hms apley (possibly)
46. Hms boxer
47. Hms crestflower
48. Hms hazard
49. Hms hazardous
50. Hms insolent
51. Hms invincible
52. Hms listrac (probably)
53. Hms p12 (stern section).
54. Hms prince leopold
55. Hms undine
56. Hms velox
57. Hmsm a1
58. Hmsm swordfish
59. Inger
60. Irishman
61. Island mist
62. Isleworth
63. Kurland
64. Lct 1068
65. Lct 757 (possibly)
66. Leon
67. Londonier
68. Lowmount
69. Luciston
70. Luis
71. Mary rose
72. Meandros (possibly)
73. Mendi
74. Minerva (possibly)
75. Montecrana (possibly)
76. Moonraker (probably)
77. Neath (possibly)
78. Oriflamme
79. Orion
80. Pearl (probably)
81. Ps ryde
82. Redesmere
83. Roway
84. Rtc no.9
85. Simla
86. Sinah
87. Spearfish
88. Stokes bay pier (remains)
89. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
90. Tweed
91. U 1195
92. U 90
93. Ub 21
94. Ub 81
95. Vadne
96. Vanessa (probably)
97. Venus
98. Volkerak
99. Wapello
100. Weston maid (possibly)
101. Withern
102. Woodham

 

Name: HMS BOXER

Length 61 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 280 ton

Cause: built in 1894 by thornycroft, chiswick. four boilers, triple expansion engines for 4000hp, twin shaft. 1 x 12pdr, 5 x 6pdr guns, 2 tt. sank following a collision with the ambulance transport ss st patrick.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H866/18 4.3.18 SINKING POSN REPD AS 503806N, 010630W. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK (OLD SYMBOL).

- NM 344/18. H3287/24 12.5.24 NOW CHARTED AS DW. H4607/28 9.8.28 WK TO BE EXPUNGED.(TRINITY HOUSE). DELETE.

- NM 1258/82. H1098/37 8.3.37 NOW CHARTED AS NDW IN 503810N, 010603W. H5808/55 24.2.56 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. NE 2045. H2125/57 14.5.57 EXAM'D 28.3.57 IN 503746N, 010622W [OGB] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 42, FOUL AT 43FT. GEN DEPTH 9-10FMS. SCOUR 6FT. SEABED STIFF MUD. (SCES, 23.3.57). CHART AS WK 7FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NMS 145 & 989/57. H5808/55 1.12.58 NOW CHARTED AS WK 6FMS 4FT [12.2MTRS] [LAT]. NC 2050.. 13.4.70 ALMOST CERTAINLY WK OF HMS BOXER. REQUEST TO PURCHASE MADE BY DEO VOLENTE SAC. 24.7.70 NOT SOLD. D OF C (N) WAITING PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION. (N/CP 51676/70). H1310/71 4.11.71 ALMOST CERTAINLY IDENTIFIED AS HMS BOXER BY 6 PDR GUNS, EXPLOSIVES, ETC. (N/CP 51676/70). 28.3.72 CHARTED AS SW 12.8MTRS. NC 2045. 28.1.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 12.2MTRS. NC 2045. H4613/73 16.12.76 REPORTED TO LIE IN 503749N, 010614W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.6 IN GEN DEPTH 17.4MTRS [TIDAL REDUCTION 1.4MTRS APPLIED]. DIVING HAMPERED BY STRONG TIDAL STREAM. HOLLOW CASTING, 3FT DIAMETER AND 12FT HIGH, AND 9FT WIDE, 6FT DIAMETER CABLE REEL OF 3.5 NCH WIRE LOCATED ON SITE. THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO HAVE BEEN DUMPED FOLLOWING DISPERSAL OF WK [19045] IN 503854N, 010833W. (HMS GAVINGTON, REPORT DTD 30.9.76). NCA. H1720/65 12.9.78 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK LIES E/W WITH BOW W. LENGTH 180FT, WIDTH 20FT. HT AT TWO BOILERS 9FT. UPRIGHT WITH BOWS COMPLETELY DISPERSED AND PART PROBABLY MISSING ALTOGETHER. STERN HEAVILY DAMAGED. GEN DEPTH 53FT. (M WALSH, 20.8.78). AMEND TO WK 13.4MTRS. BR STD. H1310/85/3 16.1.85 CONFIRMED AS WRECK OF HMS BOXER. STEAM GAUGE RECOVERED FROM SITE HAS SHIPS NAME INSCRIBED ON THE BACK. THERE ARE 3 BOILERS IN A ROW STANDING 3-4MTRS ABOVE THE SEABED. REMAINDER OF WK APPEARS FLAT. (M PRITCHARD, 7.1.85). NCA. H3847/86 3.1.90 EXAM'D 13.10.89 IN 503746N, 010619W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.7 IN GEN DEPTH 15.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. 20MTRS LONG. LIES N/S. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 366). AMEND TO WK 12.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 214/90. HH100/351/03 31.8.90 DIVED ON IN 503746N, 010624.5W [OGB]. HIGHEST PART WERE BOILERS. (D C FOX). NCA. HH090/962/01 2.12.02 EXAM'D 6.7.02 IN 5037.790N, 0106.422W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.9 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 21MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.4MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND WK 12.9MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2010/000090029 7.6.10 LOCATED IN 5037.800N, 0106.422W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.55MTRS. LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 7.5MTRS, HT 3MTRS. (NATURAL ENGLAND, SOUTH WIGHT EUROPEAN MARINE SITE SURVEY (NETSURVEY)). NCA. SEP 2010/000109905 9.7.10 LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.97MTRS. INTACT. (SDC EXAMINATION OF NATURAL ENGLAND'S DIGITAL DATA). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 37.79 N,1 6.422 W

 

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