Wreck: Hms britomart (Minesweeper)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms britomart, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 40.379 N,0 6.911 W (49.6729833, -0.1151833)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: HMS BRITOMART
Length 70.1 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 875 ton
Cause: Fleet minesweeper. built in 1938 by devonport dockyard. turbine engines of 1750 ihp for 17 knots. two 4" aa guns and 5 smaller. bombed and sunk in error by raf tactical air force typhoons. 22 lives lost.
Year of registration: 1959
Water depth above wreck: 31 meter
Known since: 1959, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H371/59 11.2.59 WK 23MTRS IN 494024N, 000649W. (FR NM 58 48 23).
- NM 181/59. 1.10.74 SHOWN IN 494028N, 000631W ON FR 6603. 22.2.79 SHOWN IN 494024N, 000651W ON FR 6614 [OCT 1978]. POSN 494029N, 000633W. (FR WK RECORDS 1976). AMEND TO 494024N, 000649W. NE 2146. HH351/351/01 16.11.89 NOW SHOWN AS WK 24MTRS IN 494024N, 000649W ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN, 1989]. NE 2146. WK, LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.4 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. POSN - AS ABOVE [+/-20MTRS]. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14590019). 24.10.91 WK, 100MTRS LONG, LYING UPSIDE DOWN AND PARTIALLY ON ITS PORT SIDE, IN 494026N, 000650W. (AMENDMENT TO FR WK RECORDS 1991). AMEND POSN. NE 2146. 28.2.94 WK IN 494023N, 000649W. POSN BY GPS. DIVED. IDENTIFIED AS HMS BRITTOMART. NAME FOUND INSCRIBED ON A GAUGE. LIES UPSIDE DOWN AND STANDS 6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. WELL BROKEN. (S JOHNSON, CHANNEL DIVERS, TELECON). [WGD] POSN: 4940.379N, 0006.911W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, WELL BROKEN, HT BY DIVER
Position: 49 40.379 N,0 6.911 W
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