This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms cleon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 2.25 N,1 11.174 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 CLEON
Length 39.2 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 266 ton
Cause: Built in 1907 by cochrane & sons, selby for the orient steam fishing co. owned at time of loss by the admiralty. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 76hp, single shaft. hired in 1915. mined near folkestone gate buoy.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 137 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160720
Details measurements/cartography: 30.8.72 SANK IN APPROX 510210N, 011112E. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST). H4199/78 31.8.78 INDICATION OF PROBABLE WK LOCATED IN 510211N, 011118E [OGB] ON 19.10.77 USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT OBTAINED, BUT INDICATED LENGTH IS 109MTRS, WHICH IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH A 266 TON TRAWLER. LYING 060/240DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). CHART AS WK 21.0MTRS. BR STD. HH242/400/13 16.7.01 LOCATED IN 5102.247N, 0111.166E [WGD]. SWEPT CLEAR 18.7MTRS. (NP 1016, SIGNAL DTD 1.7.01). BR STD. HH242/400/13 30.7.01 EXAM'D 4.7.01 IN 5102.247N, 0111.166E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.7, FOUL 19.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.2 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HN DTD 11.7.01 FOR HI 921). BR STD. HH090/921/01 18.9.01 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. (NP 1016, HI 921). NFA. SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 20.7.16 IN 5102.250N, 0111.174E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 3.1MTRS, WIDTH 3.0MTRS, HEIGHT 2.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 137/317 DEGS. SMALL CONTACT PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 19.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 2.25 N,1 11.174 E