This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms buccaneer, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.372 N,2 41.77 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Ailsa craig (probably)
4. Aleyna
5. Algarve
6. Amy
7. Apache
8. Athen
9. Avalanche
10. Baygitano
11. Berar
12. Black hawk (aft section)
13. Bokn (possibly)
14. Borgund i (possibly)
15. Britannia (possibly)
16. Broomhill (probably)
17. Chateau yqem
18. Countess of erne
19. Earl of abergavenny
20. Enecuri
21. Forester (& pontoon)
22. Franziska
23. Frogner ?
24. Gibel-hamam
25. Gorizia
26. Grane
27. Greta c
28. Gripfast
29. Hartlepool (part of)
30. Hartlepool (part of)
31. Heroine (probably)
32. Himalaya
33. Hms amazon
34. Hms bittern
35. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
36. Hms boadicea
37. Hms buccaneer
38. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
39. Hms fisgard ii
40. Hms hickory
41. Hms james fennel
42. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
43. Hms landrail (probably)
44. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
45. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
46. Hms remindo (possibly)
47. Hmsm l24
48. Hmsm m2
49. Hmsm p555
50. Hmsm sidon
51. Inisinver
52. Juvenile delinquent
53. Kongshaug (probably)
54. L h carl
55. Longsand
56. Lst 507 (bow section)
57. Lst 507 (stern section)
58. Lst 531
59. Lucinda (possibly)
60. Majorca
61. Marguerite (possibly)
62. Marie therese
63. Martha
64. Memnon
65. Merchant royal
66. Minerva (probably)
67. Moidart
68. Netley abbey (possibly)
69. Nyasaland
70. Ocean vagabond
71. Onward (probably)
72. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
73. Pas (c.182)
74. Pomeranian
75. Reggestroom (probably)
76. Romsdalen (probably)
77. Rosten (possibly)
78. Rotorua
79. Royal adelaide
80. Salsette ii
81. Scaldis
82. Siren
83. Sparkling foam (possibly)
84. St dunstan
85. Stancrest
86. Sudon (possibly)
87. Tandil (probably)
88. Terrapin
89. Thera (possibly)
90. Tracy
91. Trito
92. U 322 (possibly)
93. Ub 74
94. Ull (probably)
95. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: HMS BUCCANEER

Length 50.3 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 840 ton

Cause: built in 1937 by fleming & ferguson. triple expansion engine, single shaft. 1 x 3 inch gun. passage from portland for target towing and return. sunk accidentally by shellfire from hms st james while towing a target during a practice shoot. (nhb & sibi).

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1946, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H5335/46 SUNK 261.5DEGS, 9.45M FROM PORTLAND BILL LTHO. LEAST DEPTH 18FMS. (HMS GULNARE). H5335/46 14.10.46 CHARTED AS NDW, WITH BUOY CLOSE N, IN 502921N, 024206W. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH).

- NM 3385/46. H5335/46 28.10.46 BUOY DELETED. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH).

- NM 3601/46. H3971/52 4.7.52 WIRE DRIFT SWEEP ON 11.6.52 IN 502922N, 024142W USING HSA. CLEAR AT 17FMS, FOUL AT 18FMS. LEAST E/S 117FT IN GEN DEPTH 23FMS. LENGTH 300FT, LIES E/W. A GOOD ALL ROUND A/S RESPONSE. (HMS SCOTT/SCES, 11.6.52, SURVEY [E9419]). AMEND TO WK 17FMS IN REVISED POSN. NOTE. H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 30MTRS. [LAT -0.4MTRS]. NC 3315. H1284/77/196 11.8.77 BELIEVED TO BE AN ARMED FISHERY VESSEL OF APPROX 1000 TONS. WK IS APPROX 170FT LONG WITH A BEAM OF 30FT. LYING IN 150FT OF WATER. HAS A LIST TO PORT OF ABOUT 65DEGS. LEAST DEPTH OVER IS 135FT. HAS TWIN SCREWS, THE PORT PROPELLER IS BURIED IN SAND AND THE STARBOARD PROPELLER IS MISSING. AT HER BOWS IS A NAVAL 3 INCH GUN COMPLETE WITH FARING. THE BARREL IS 6FT LONG AND THE FARING IS 7FT WIDE. DRAWING OF BINNACLE SUPPLIED. DIVED ON 14.5.77. (G HARRIS, CRAWLEY, 16.5.77). NCA. H5982/82 26.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502920N, 024144W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 2.1.85 EXAM'D 22.7.84 IN 502920N, 024141W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. DECCA USED. SWEPT CLEAR AT 33MTRS, FOUL AT 33.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.9 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. SCOUR 1 - 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 60MTRS. LYING 100/280DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. 18.7.86 DIVED ON 13.7.86 IN 502922N, 024142W. IN GOOD CONDITION, LYING ON PORT SIDE. IDENTIFIED AS HMS BUCCANEER. (M SKELSEY). NCA. HH100/351/19 22.4.03 LOCATED AND DIVED AT 12.00 ON 12.4.03 IN 5029.375N, 0241.788W [WGD] USING GPS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 35MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS, NOT CORRECTED FOR TIDE. MEASURED HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 10MTRS, MEASURED BEAM 10MTRS, ESTIMATED LENGTH 50MTRS. SONAR AND MAGNETOMETER NOT USED. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR, SCOUR LENGTH 50MTRS. SCOUR LIES ALONG THE LENGTH OF WRECK. NO DEBRIS FIELD. GENERALLY IN GOOD CONDITION BUT WITH DAMAGE TO ENGINE ROOM. EVIDENCE OF SALVAGE. LIES WITH 65DEG LIST TO PORT. 3 INCH GUN STILL INTACT. SEABED SAND, SHINGLE AND GRAVEL. (COLIN POOLE, FAX DTD 12.4.03) NCA. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 15.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.25MTRS IN 5029.372N, 0241.770W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 43MTRS. LENGTH 55.4MTRS, WIDTH 15.4MTRS, HEIGHT 7.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 100/280 DEGS. LIES ON PORT SIDE, BOWS WEST, HULL INTACT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES ON PORT SIDE, BOWS WEST, HULL INTACT

Position: 50 29.372 N,2 41.77 W

 

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