This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms campina, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 19.835 N,4 37.004 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. Abbotsford
2. Adela (possibly)
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Apapa
7. Arno mendi
8. Asmund
9. Benholm
10. Braganza
11. Breeze
12. British viscount
13. Caernarvon bay (probably)
14. Captain mclintock
15. Castilian
16. Cognac
17. Conargo
18. Dagmar
19. Dakota
20. Fairisle
21. Farfield
22. Fawn (possibly)
23. Ferocious
24. Fin-ar-bed
25. Grampian castle
26. Guillermo
27. Harold
28. Herbert
29. Hildena
30. Hms campina
31. Hms westphalia (possibly)
32. Hmsm h5
33. Kimya
34. Kimya (part of)
35. Kirkmichael
36. La plata (possibly)
37. La rochelle (possibly)
38. Lightstone (probably)
39. Lilly (possibly)
40. Liverpool
41. Maarten cornelis
42. Marquess of bute (possibly)
43. Mary
44. Meath
45. Minerva
46. Missouri
47. Morning spray
48. Normandy coast
49. Oria
50. Osseo
51. Pamela
52. Pegasus (possibly)
53. President harbitz
54. Rhyl
55. River humber
56. Saint olaf
57. Sapphire
58. Seagull
59. Segontium (sirgontium)
60. Slieve bloom
61. Sonia
62. Theme
63. Town of wexford (possibly)
64. Uss roanoke
65. Westward ho

 

Name: HMS CAMPINA

Length 43.3 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 289 ton

Cause: vessel, built in 1913with 3 cylinder compound engine, single shaft, 1 boiler. hired as auxillary patrol vessel in sep '39, & purchased jun '40. mined. 11 of 25 crew lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 109 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20220714

Details measurements/cartography: H0697/40 31.7.40 H0697/40 31.7.40 POSN 088DEG, 1C FROM OUTER BREAKWATER LT, HOLYHEAD HR, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY 083DEGS, 100YDS FROM WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - PFNM 1895/40, PFNM 2015/40, TNM 2016/40. H0697/40 24.9.40 H0697/40 24.9.40 DW IN 531900N, 043637W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 2278/40 & TFNM 2279/40. H0697/40 6.12.40 H0697/40 6.12.40 BUOY NOW 060DEGS, 100YDS FROM WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TFNM 2827/40 & FNM 2487/41. H0697/40 27.7.42 H0697/40 27.7.42 NOW WK 43FT IN 531948.7N, 043657W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1598/42. H0697/40 15.8.42 H0697/40 15.8.42 BUOY REMOVED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1765/42. H1581/57 24.6.57 H1581/57 24.6.57 LOCATED, NOT SWEPT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42FT. (HMS COOK 1956). NC 2011. H4279/61 9.8.68 H4279/61 9.8.68 EXAM'D 25.4.68 IN 531949N, 043657W USING RANGE AND BEARING. SWEPT CLEAR AT 42FT, FOUL AT 43FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 42FTIN GEN DEPTH 52FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED OF GRAVEL. (HMS WOODLARK, ROS DTD 25.4.68). BR STD. 5.10.71 5.10.71 BLOWN UP & NOT WORTH DIVING ON. (RAF SUB AQUA NEWSLETTER). H1285/75/278 5.8.75 H1285/75/278 5.8.75 WK STANDS SOME 4-5FT IN PLACES AND IS OVERGROWN WITH KELP. LIVE SHELLS REPD TO BE LYING IN THE VICINITY OF 531948N, 043658W. (A NEWTON, LETTER DTD 9.7.75). H1310/82/27 21.9.83 H1310/82/27 21.9.83 CONSIDERABLE STEEL WKGE, STANDING 4MTRS HIGH, IN 531950N, 043654W. (R S BUFTON, 8.9.83). NCA. 25.8.05 25.8.05 EUT POSN: 5319.835N, 0437.012W. NE 2011. RSDRA2023000081526 9.5.23 EXAM’D BY BDC 14.7.22 IN 5319.835N, 0437.004W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.26MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. LENGTH 21.60MTRS, WIDTH 7.20MTRS, HT 3.34MTRS. ORIENTATION 109/289 DEGS. NFS. (SHORELINE SURVEYS SURVEY DTD 2022). AMEND DW 12.26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: CONSIDERABLE STEEL WRECKAGE, OVERGROWN WITH KELP

Position: 53 19.835 N,4 37.004 W

 

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