This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms contest, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 54 N,7 32 W (47.75, -7.5666666666667)

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 CONTEST

Length 81.4 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 957 ton

Cause: vessel, built in 1913 by hawthorn leslie, was torpedoed by a german submarine with the loss of 27 lives from the crew of 77. (dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 205 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 475400N, 073200W APPROX. (SUB LT [NAVIGATION], EVIDENCE TO CM PLYMOUTH). NCA. 29.7.08 29.7.08 NDW SHOWN IN A GEN DEPTH OF 205MTRS ON FRENCH 7211 [4TH EDN' JAN 08]. TOO DEEP TO CHART. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 54 N,7 32 W

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