This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms cupar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 16.754 N,0 42.437 W (55.3447833, -0.8955833)

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 CUPAR

Length 67 meter, width: 8.6 meter, draught: 2.6, tonnage 840 ton

Cause: Built in 1918 by mcmillan of dumbarton for the royal navy as rosslaire. an aberdare class minesweeper. ex rosslare, renamed in 1918. two boilers, two triple expansion engines, twin shaft. mined and badly damaged aft. taken in tow by hms sherbourne but continued to take water and sank stern first.

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 8 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H315/27 14.2.27 H315/27 14.2.27 NDW PA (1919) INS IN 551700N, 004300W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). NE 2182B. H460/67 3.4.67 H460/67 3.4.67 LOCATED IN 551641N, 004236W. LEAST DEPTH E/S DEPTH 238 IN GEN DEPTH 260FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT ALL ROUND. (HMS EGERIA, 7.10.66). AMEND TO WK 39FMS. BR STD. 1.3.71 1.3.71 AMEND TO WK 71MTRS. NC 2182B. H6330/87/3 5.1.89 H6330/87/3 5.1.89 EXAM'D 19.9.88 IN 551645N, 004220W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [6 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 73.5 IN GEN DEPTH 79MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. INTACT, PROBABLY LYING ON ITS SIDE AND ORIENTATED 008/188 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 414A). AMEND TO WK 73MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/19 19.2.02 HH100/351/19 19.2.02 MINED IN 5518.5N, 0003.83W. SANK IN PA 5517.0N, 0044.0W. (SNO TYNE, REPORT DTD 18.6.19, VIA R YOUNG). NCA. 17.5.07 17.5.07 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CUPAR FROM TWIN TELEGRAPHS AND COMPASS RECOVERED LAST YEAR. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 17.5.07). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PROBABLY ON ITS SIDE

Position: 55 16.754 N,0 42.437 W

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