This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms bulwark, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 25.403 N,0 39.172 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)

 

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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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Name: HMS BULWARK

Length 121.9 meter, width: 22.9 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 15000 ton

Cause: Built in 1902 by devonport dockyard. triple expansion engines of 1500 ihp, twin shaft. 4 x 12 inch, 12 x 6 inch, 16 x 12 prd & 6 x 3 prd guns. blew up whilst loading ammunition in the medway. 738 men lost from complement of 750. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1914, last detected: 20160813

Details measurements/cartography: H2168/21 16.4.21 LT ON HMS BULWARK NOW SHOWS FL.G.5S. (TRINITY HOUSE, LTR DTD 6.4.21).

- NM 636/21. H2168/21 8.6.21 CONFIRMATION OF LT ON HMS BULWARK, TEMPORARY G LT ON WK BUOY 267DEGS, 750YDS FROM SHARPNESS BN DISCONTINUED. (CAPT. SUPERINTENDENT, SHEERNESS DOCKYARD, 4.6.21). NFA. H1733/35 20.4.38 DETAILS OF WK SURVEY AND OF BUOYAGE MARKING WK SUPPLIED. (HMS KELLETT, 14.4.38, HI 2/38). H1733/35 5.7.40 DISPERSAL NOT TO BE PROCEEDED WITH. (CP 52655/40). H3285/45 20.6.46 LATEST SURVEY SHOWS SILTING. SWEPT CLEAR 6FT. (HMS FRANKLIN, 11.6.46). H308/52 28.7.52 G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)G.15S, MOVED TO POSN 344 DEGS, 7.7 C FROM NO7 BN.

- NM 1342/52. H4331/55 9.5.56 WK MARKED BY 2 BUOYS - BOTH GREEN, ONE LT BUOY GPFL(3)G15S. POSNS OF BUOYS TAKEN FROM SURVEY. AREA NOT SWEPT. LEAST DEPTH 5FT. (OIC SURVEY TR.55. K 1160/MM). AMEND TO WK 0FMS 5FT, WITH G CAN BUOY CLOSE W, & G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)G.15S CLOSE S.

- NM 2315/55. H1118/61 22.1.64 SHOWN AS WRECKAGE 0FMS 5FT ON SURVEY K3357/1. AMEND TO WRECKAGE, 0FMS 5FT. BR STD. H1118/61 21.7.66 RADAR REFLECTOR ADDED TO BUOY. (MEDWAY NM 18/66). BR STD. 24.5.68 AMEND TO CHARTED AS WK 0FMS 4FT [LAT] WITH BUOYAGE. NE 1185. 24.4.72 AMEND TO WK 1.2MTRS, WITH BUOYAGE AS ABOVE. NC 1834. 19.4.74 AMEND TO SW 2.2MTRS, WITH BUOYS CLOSE NW & E BY N. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1834. 11.3.91 SHOWN AS SW 2.2MTRS IN 512521.2N, 003916E, WITH FA 75MTRS RADIUS, MARKED BY 'W BULWARK' R CAN BUOY CLOSE NW, & 'E BULWARK' G CONL BUOY, FL(3)G.15S CLOSE E ON MPA SURVEY 1004/1 DTD JUL-SEP '87. NE 1834. 19.12.01 SW 2.2MTRS SHOWN IN 5125.385N, 0139.154E [WGD], FOUL AREA, RADIUS 75MTRS, SHOWN CENTRED ON 5125.392N, 0039.172E [WGD] ON BA 1834 [EDN 8 DTD 7.12.00]. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). SEE [60360] FOR FOUL AREA. HH248/410/13 27.9.02 DESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 100MTRS CENTRED ON 5125.392N, 0039.172E [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02).

- NM 12743/02. 30.10.06 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02 CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 100MTRS CENTRED ON 5125.392N, 0039.172E [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2616/02). NCA. 28.4.08 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 100MTRS CENTRED ON 5125.392N, 0039.172E [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 950/08). NCA. SEP 2009/000128210 21.9.09 LOCATED IN 5125.381N, 0039.280E [OGB]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.3 IN GEN DEPTH 6.3MTRS. SCOUR 3.3MTRS DEEP. MAIN FIELD OF DEBRIS EXTENDS 100MTRS E/W AND 150MTRS N/S. AN ADDITIONAL TARGET LIES 100MTRS NE. (PLA SURVEY DTD 23.7.09). [WGD]. NCA. SEP 2009/000133417 1.10.09 POSN OF LEAST DEPTH 5125.413N, 0039.180E [WGD]. (MPA, KETHOLE REACH SURVEY DTD 21-13.7.09). WAIT CONFIRMATION OF LEAST DEPTH. NCA. SEP 2009/000135507 6.10.09 LEAST DEPTH AND POSN CONFIRMED. DIAGRAM OF LIMITS OF WK WILL BE FORWARDED TO ALLOW CHARTING AMENDMENT TO DWP. (J PINDER, PLA, EMAIL DTD 30.9.09). NCA. 1.2.10 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 100MTRS CENTRED ON 5125.392N, 0039.172E [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 3380/09). NCA. SEP 2017000086750 28.4.17 SHOALEST DEPTH OF WRECK 2.29MTRS IN 5125.403N, 0039.172E [WGD]. NFS.(MEDWAY PORT AUTHORITY SURVEY 2016). RETAIN SW 2.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 16.6.17 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5125.403N, 0039.172E [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 147/2017).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE [60260] FOR ASSOCIATED FOUL AREA. NFS.

Position: 51 25.403 N,0 39.172 E

 

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