Wreck: Hms chestnut (probably) (Trawler)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms chestnut (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 30.349 N,1 18.78 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: HMS CHESTNUT (PROBABLY)

Length 47.2 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 505 ton

Cause: built in 1940 by goole sb co ltd, goole. hired as minesweeper 11.1940. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 35hp, single shaft. mined. (ww2sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: H01145/40 22.1.41 INS DW IN 513015N, 011854E.

- NM 94/41. H01145/40 11.2.41 AMEND POSN TO 513018N, 011854E.

- NM 282/41. H01145/40 28.4.44 AMEND TO WK 5FMS 4FT.

- NM 895/44. H23800/46 21.6.46 AMEND TO WK 6FMS IN 513019N, 011855E. (HMS FRANKLIN). BR STD. H01145/40 27.11.46 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 2FT. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS).

- NM 3866/46. H01145/40 5.2.49 WK IN 513012N, 011854E DISPERSED TO 38FT. (TH, 3.2.49). H01145/40 12.7.52 LOCATED IN 513018.5N, 011853E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 44FT. SCOUR DEPTH 52FT. (HMS FRANKLIN, 10.7.52). H01145/40 28.5.57 SWEPT 15.4.57. CLEAR AT 36, FOUL AT 37FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 48FT. SCOUR DEPTH 51FT. POSN 513019N, 011855E USING HSA. (ECES, 17.4.57 - K1684). AMEND TO WK 6FMS.

- NM 1332/57. H2092/59 6.8.59 LEAST E/S DEPTH NOW 6FMS 4FT IN 513019N, 011854E. (ECES, JUNE 1959). H2764/60 & H01145/40 25.7.60 SWEPT CLEAR AT 37, FOUL AT 37FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38 IN 44 TO 46FT. SCOUR DEPTH 48FT. (ECES, 26.5.60). H2764/60 25.7.60 AMEND TO SW 6FMS. LC 1605. H2737/61 19.6.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 45FT. (ECES, 1961). H01145/40 9.7.62 LEAST E/S DEPTH 40 IN GEN DEPTH 47FT. SCOUR DEPTH 48FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 4.5.62). H2764/60 3.5.66 LEAST E/S DEPTH NOW 39 IN GEN DEPTH 47FT. SCOUR DEPTH 54FT. POSN 513019N, 011853E. (HMS EGERIA, 10.3. 65). H2764/60 8.1.69 AMEND TO SW 5FMS 5FT [LAT] IN 513019N, 011853E. NE 1605. H4525/69 31.7.69 EXAM'D 29.4.69. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.1 IN GEN DEPTH 14.8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.1MTRS. SMALL WK GIVING GOOD SONAR RETURN FROM E AND W. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 143/69). NCA. 7.11.72 AMEND TO SW 10.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1605. H3277/66 17.9.76 EXAM'D IN 513019N, 011854E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.9 IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16.7MTRS [LAT]. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (PLA, MAPLIN NO.51/76, 29.7.76). 23.8.78 SHOWN AS SWEPT CLEAR AT 10MTRS. (PLA 203, JULY 1978).

- NM 2036/78. H1426/84 30.1.85 NOW SHOWN AS CLEAR AT 10.6MTRS. (PLA 203/20 [OCT 1984]). HH244/351/01 16.7.91 EXAM'D 8.5.91. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.7 IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 18.6MTRS. EXTENDS OVER AREA 75MTRS E/W X 50MTRS N/S WITH A FURTHER 30MTRS OF DISTURBED SEABED AT ITS W EXTREMITY. SCOUR IS TO S OF WK. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (PLA WK NO.203/50, CHARTWELL E21/91). NCA. HH100/351/05 7.2.92 WK IN 513018N, 011854E DIVED ON. A STEEL BOAT FULL OF LARGE LUMPS OF GRANITE. (M SMITH, 26.1.92). 9.1.15 SHOWN WITH LEAST M/B DEPTH 12MTRS IN RECENT THAMES SURVEY. SOME GAPS IN THE M/B SURFACE. (K FEATHERSTONE, RT1E, EMAIL DTD 9.1.15). NFS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 30.349 N,1 18.78 E

 

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