This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms broadwater, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 1 N,19 8 W (56.733333333333, -19.216666666667)

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.

Name: HMS BROADWATER

Length 94.8 meter, width: 9.5 meter, tonnage 1190 ton

Cause: 8.10.40 built in 1919 by newport news shipbuilding & dry dock co as uss mason. commissioned into the rn 8.10.40. s turbines of 26,500 shp for 35 knots, twin shaft. 3 x 4 inch & 1 x 3 inch guns. 6 torpedo tubes. torpedoed by u 101 while escorting convoy sc 48. sank some 9 hours later. (srn & warship losses of ww2).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 1280 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: 14.5.10 TORPEDOED N ATLANTIC. (WARSHIP LOSSES OF WW2, D BROWN). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. 14.5.10 SUNK SOUTH OF IRELAND. (SRN). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 1 N,19 8 W

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