This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms chester, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 4.262 N,2 52.338 W (56.019716666667, -3.1120833333333)

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 CHESTER

Length 31.7 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 143 ton

Cause: built in 1896 by edwards bros, newcastle-upon-tyne. originally owned by the consolidated steam fishing & ice co ltd. hired as an armed trawler from 1915. sank after a collision. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1916, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H1429/16 3.3.16 POSN 560415N, 025215W - 3M, 265DEG FROM FIDRA LTHO. MARKED BY REINDEER BUOY WITH BLUE PENDANT. INS OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL (1916). - FNM 129/16. H2550/16 24.4.16 POSN AMENDED TO 560418N, 025200W - 2.9M, 269DEG FROM FIDRA LTHO. MARKED BY DAN BUOY WITH RED & WHITE FLAG. - FNM 220/16. H2501/19 24.3.19 WK CONFIRMED IN ABOVE APPROX POSN. H5729/21 20.9.21 AMENDED TO DW ON 114A. H2618/60 29.7.60 LOCATED IN 560416N, 025215W. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 52FT, FOUL AT 54FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53FT IN GEN DEPTH 67FT. SCOUR 3FT. (HMS SCOTT 3.9.59). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 4FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1412/60. H1429/16 POSN 560416N, 025215W - 2.98 MILES, 267.5 DEG FROM FIDRA LT.HO. 31.8.73 AMEND TO SW 15.8MTRS. NC 734. 29.5.75 G CAN WK BUOY GP FL (2) G 10SEC, RARFL, ESTABLISHED IN 560424N, 025218W. (NLB NM 7/75). H3965/75 9.5.77 BUOY AMENDED TO R CAN, FL(2) R 10S, RARFL. (NLB NM 9/77).

- NM 1146/77. H1310/87/36 21.9.87 WK COMPLETELY INTACT AND LYING ON EVEN KEEL IN AN HOLLOW IN SEABED OF SILT. HOLDS ARE IMPENETRABLE DUE TO SILT. LEAST DEPTH FOUND 17MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 20 TO 25MTRS. (G HIDE, EDINBURGH). HH264/430/05 10.10.05 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (NLB NM 42/05).

- NM 4918/05.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT IN SEABED HOLLOW

Position: 56 4.262 N,2 52.338 W

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