This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms carilon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.456 N,1 31.187 E (51.6597, 1.3079833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 CARILON
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 94 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20171219
Details measurements/cartography: H356/16 19.1.16 LIES 3MIN E FROM N FORELAND LT HSE. WK BUOY 44FT NORTH. FORELAND LT BEARING 252DEG TRUE 3MILES DISTANCE. BUOY 50FMS NE OF WK. (RA DOVER, TELECON & TH LTR DTD 25.1.16). H4387/18 1.8.18 LOCATED AND SURVEYED ON 29.7.18. LEAST WATER 28FT [LWST]. GROUND SOUNDINGS SURROUNDING WRECK 41FT [LWST]. BUOY NOW ESE OF WK. - FNM 527/18. H2540/32 29.4.32 NOW WK 38FT IN 512325N, 013118E. (HMS KELLETT). H7685/18 12.6.59 DISPERSED AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE LEVEL WITH GROUND. LEAST WATER FOUND OVER WK 41FT. GENERAL DEPTH 43FT [LWST]. BUOY DISAPPEARED. AMEND TO WK 6FMS 2FT. BR STD. H2540/32 12.6.59 OROPESA SWEEP GAVE LEAST WATER 38FT. DEPTH IN VICINITY 45FT. POSN 512325N, 013118E. 27.1.69 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 1FT [LAT]. NE 1607. 13.6.72 AMEND TO WK 11.2MTRS. NC 1828. H2538/79 24.10.79 EXAM'D 5.4.79 IN 512325.2N, 013116.8E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.5 IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS. GOOD SONAR TARGET THOUGH OBVIOUSLY BROKEN UP. LYING ROUGHLY NE/SW. (HMS ECHO, HI 60C/79). CHART AS WK 10.7MTRS. BR STD. H2347/85 19.1.87 EXAM'D 6.9.86 IN 512326N, 013118E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.7 IN GEN DEPTH 13 TO 14MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.9MTRS. LYING NE/SW AND IS VERY BROKEN UP. DIFFICULT TO HEIGHT USING DCS3. (NP 1016, HI 314A). BR STD. HH090/770/01 21.9.98 EXAM'D 15.6.98 IN 512325.4N, 013117.1E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 11.6, FOUL 11.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.6 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AREA OF WRECKAGE AND DEBRIS, SOME PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 770). BR STD. 23.4.13 [WGD] POSN: 5123.457N, 0131.180E. SEP 2018/000061842 16.7.18 EXAM'D 19.12.17; WK LOCATED IN 5123.456N, 0131.187E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.53 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS, LENGTH 35.7MTRS, WIDTH 11.9MTRS, HEIGHT 2.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 094/274DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1519). AMEND DW 11.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 23.456 N,1 31.187 E