This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms calverton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.948 N,0 12.577 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Airdrie (possibly)
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Amenity
4. Arduity
5. Avalon
6. B o borjesson
7. Benmacdhui
8. Breitenburg
9. British councillor
10. Canada
11. Carson
12. City of birmingham
13. Cook s26
14. Corinth (possibly)
15. Cramlington (possibly)
16. Daphne ii
17. Dayrian
18. Deerpool (after section)
19. Diana
20. Dido
21. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
22. Dunsany
23. Empress (probably)
24. Ethel (possibly)
25. Exmoor
26. Faunus
27. Femke
28. Fermo
29. Fowberry tower (part)
30. Francis
31. Fryken
32. Georgie
33. Georgios
34. Gerhardt (possibly)
35. Girl kitty (possibly)
36. Giuseppe
37. Gladeto
38. Gothic
39. Grangemouth
40. Harlech
41. Hms benvolio
42. Hms calverton
43. Hms corfield
44. Hms egret
45. Hms mistletoe
46. Hms othello
47. Hms princess victoria
48. Hms remillo
49. Hms silicia
50. Hms strathborve (part)
51. Hms susarion
52. Hms yorkshire belle
53. Hvitveis
54. Ightham (possibly)
55. Ionic (probably)
56. Jane (possibly)
57. Janet helen (possibly)
58. John and thomas
59. John mowlem
60. Kyma
61. Ladas (possibly)
62. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
63. Lord haig (possibly)
64. Lord haig (possibly)
65. Lottie (possibly)
66. Lucerne
67. Lutha
68. Lyra (bow section)
69. Magdalyn ann
70. Maggie
71. Marian francis
72. Marie l
73. Meeuw
74. Modig
75. Modiva (possibly)
76. Monimia (possibly)
77. Nar
78. Nimrod
79. Odessa
80. Ophir ii (possibly)
81. Orsa
82. Otis tetrax
83. Paraciers
84. Portia
85. Ravonia (part)
86. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
87. Rayford
88. Reculver
89. Retriever
90. Revello
91. Revi
92. Rhuys
93. Rievaulx abbey
94. Rivaulx
95. River don (part of)(probably)
96. River witham
97. Rosebud (possibly)
98. Sagacity
99. Salacon
100. Salmondby
101. Saltoun
102. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
103. Sergei
104. Sota eduardo
105. Stylianos chandris
106. Thessaly
107. Thomas deas
108. Triton
109. Upminster (possibly)
110. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
111. Venture (possibly)
112. Violet (probably)
113. Whitemantle (possibly)
114. William hanson
115. Windsor (part of)
116. Winga
117. Xavier
118. Zeemermin

 

Name: HMS CALVERTON

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H0273/41 & H01127/40 29.1.41 MINED IN 533136N, 001218E OR 136DEGS 4.36MILES FROM SPURN PT LT HO. ONE MAST SHOWING APPROX 4FT [MLWS]. (LIST OF WK IN APPR TO HUMBER, 30.12.40). INS AS DW.

- NM 179/41. H4984/47 13.10.47 AMEND DW (DRIES 1FT). (HMS SCOTT).

- NM 2660/47. H0273/41 & H01127/40 12.10.50 EXAM'D IN 533130N, 001215E USING HSA AFTER DISPOSAL. SWEPT CLEAR 15FT, FOUL 16FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20FT IN GEN DEPTH 20FT. SCOUR 6FT DEEP. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 22.9.50). AMENDED TO WK 2FMS 3FT.

- NM 1964/50. H6450/68 5.12.68 WK SEARCHED FOR A TOTAL OF APPROX 2.5HRS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT OBTAINED IN CHARTED POSN. (APPROX 600YDS RANGE FROM NW AND S), BUT NOTHING OBTAINED BY ECHO SOUNDER DESPITE NUMEROUS RUNS THROUGH AND AROUND THIS POSN. CONSIDER POSN SHOULD BE CHARTED AS FOUL IN FUTURE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68). DELETE. BR STD. H2395/73 9.1.74 NOT FOUND AFTER SSS SEARCH. (SOISS, 1973). NCA. SEP 2013/000180690 11.7.14 EXAM'D 10.12.13 IN 5331.948N, 0012.577E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.41 IN GEN DEPTH 5.6MTRS. SCOUR 0.6MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 4MTRS TOWARDS 180 DEGS. LENGTH 46MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 1.7MTRS. LIES 065/245 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMLAY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). ?UPRIGHT & COLLAPSED WITH BOWS SW. INS AS WK 4.4MTRS. SEP 2014/000180690 19.8.14 LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.2MTRS. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 4.5MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1419, BDC REPROCESSING). AMEND WK 4.2MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?UPRIGHT, ?BOWS SW, COLLAPSED

Position: 53 31.948 N,0 12.577 E

 

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