This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms comet, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 5.802 N,4 57.176 W (50.096700, -4.952933)

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 COMET

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 102 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H4239/73 15.8.74 WK LOCATED IN 500544.4N, 045712W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. FLAT SEABED. (HMS HECATE). BR STD. 5.7.85 WK, STANDING 4.5FMS ABOVE SEABED, LOCATED IN 500556N, 045707W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C WILLIAMS, RECORDED TAPE). NCA YET. 9.12.85 WK LIES IN TWO SECTIONS, HAVING BEEN CUT IN HALF, IN 500556N, 045708W [OGB] USING DECCA. BELL FOUND ON BRIDGE WITH NAME 'TAMURA'. DEPTH CHARGES FOUND IN WRECKAGE. (G J POUND, TELECON 4.12.85). TAMURA IS THE PREVIOUS NAME OF HMT COMET. HH100/351/17 10.10.01 LOCATED IN BY E/S IN 5005.769N, 0457.105W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH. APPEARS TO LIE NNW/SSE. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 10.10.01). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000153151 19.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 5005.802N, 0457.176W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.73 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 6.27MTRS. LIES 102/282 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO SECTIONS. (MMT, HI 1455). DIMENSIONS FOR MAIN PART, BOW LIES CLOSE N HEADING 040 DEGS. AMEND WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES IN TWO SECTIONS

Position: 50 5.802 N,4 57.176 W

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