This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms carlton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 2.627 N,1 15.64 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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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 CARLTON
Length 39.8 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 266 ton
Cause: Built in 1907 b cochrane & sons, selby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 69 nhp, single shaft. hired 1915. mined. (sibi & srn).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 52 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160807
Details measurements/cartography: H1161/16 SWEPT, NOT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. H0767/40 26.9.40 INS AS NDW IN 510246N, 011548E. (REPORT DTD 28.8.40).
- NM 2297/40. H5824/60 2.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 71FT. (HMS SCOTT, 27.5.60). H0767/40 8.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR 59FT, FOUL 63FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 74FT IN GEN DEPTH 80-85 FT. (?HMS SCOTT). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 5FT. BR STD. 7.9.73 AMEND TO SW 18.0MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 30.8.78 LOCATED 19.10.77 IN 510235N, 011544E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS. LENGTH 57MTRS. LYING 055/235DEGS. INTACT & PROBABLY NEARLY UPRIGHT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 20.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/82/22 16.8.82 IDENTIFIED AS STEAM TUG, BUILT IN 1907. LYING UPRIGHT WITH CABIN INTACT, BUT WHEELHOUSE MISSING. STERN INTACT, BUT LARGE SECTION OF BOW MISSING. HT ABOVE SEABED APPROX 6MTRS. IDENTIFIED AS WK OF HMS CARLTON BY BUILDER'S PLATE. (P G WEATHERLEY, 8.8.82 & 1.9.82). HH090/711/01 23.1.97 EXAM'D 8.8.96 IN 510237N, 011538E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 20.4, FOUL 20.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.9 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. IN ONE PIECE. (NP 1016, HI 711). NOT SWEPT CORRECTLY. RETAIN AS WK 20.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/921/01 29.11.00 EXAM'D 16.10.00 IN 5102.626N, 0115.637E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 20.3, FOUL 20.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.0 IN GEN DEPTH 26.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 6.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS. LIES 028/208 DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL, INTACT WK. PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 921). AMEND TO SW 20.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 239/01. 3.2.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5102.626N, 0115.637E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.11MTRS. ONLY PARTIALLY COVERED BY SURVEY. BROKEN. APPARENTLY LISTING TO STBD WITH MAJORITY OF SUPERSTRUCTURE MISSING. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). LIES 055/235 DEGS. PROBABLY BOWS NE BUT BOW MISSING. NCA. SEP 2016/000091760 17.1.17 EXAM'D 7.8.16 IN 5102.627N, 0115.640E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HEIGHT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 52/232 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND DW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 2.627 N,1 15.64 E