This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms cato, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 24.527 N,0 17.228 W (49.4087833, -0.2871333)

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.

Name: HMS CATO

Length 67.1 meter, width: 9.8 meter, tonnage 890 ton

Cause: Vessel, built 1942, lent to rn on lend-lease, was sunk by 'human torpedo' off normandy coast. (dods & ships of rn vol 1).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H02758/44 5.8.44 NDW IN 492436N, 001724W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1684/44. H7795/50 12.3.51 AMEND TO WK 6.5FMS [11.9MTRS] IN 492432N, 001709W. (FR NM 40/028/51).

- NM 507/51. H5181/75 26.3.82 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 2FT [13.6MTRS] IN 492432N, 001709W. (FR NM 82 09 38). BR STD. 11.7.90 SHOWN AS WK 13.6MTRS IN 492435.5N, 001708W ON FR 6927 [1985 EDN]. WK OF HMS 'CATO' IN 492435N, 001708.9W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. FIXED BY TRIDENT II. EXAM'D BY E/S & MAGNETOMETER. LEAST DEPTH 13.6 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. HT 4.5MTRS ABOVE SEABED, IN SCATTERED DEBRIS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590144). NC 2613. 28.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4924.527N, 0017.228W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN SCATTERED DEBRIS

Position: 49 24.527 N,0 17.228 W

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