This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms daffodil, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.483 N,1 4.095 E (50.16585, 1.3567833)

 

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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.

 

1. Ar voaleden
2. Armada
3. Atalante
4. Braga
5. Cap levi
6. Celine-baptiste
7. Claude michel
8. Cote d'emeraude
9. Garry laure
10. General munthe (possibly)
11. Gerfer
12. Heimdall
13. Hms berkeley (part of)
14. Hms berkeley (part of)
15. Hms berkeley (part of)
16. Hms daffodil
17. Hugo
18. Jaques henri (possibly)
19. Kia ora
20. L'aventurier
21. La belle etoile
22. La revanche
23. Le bison
24. Leeuwarden
25. Les deux beaufs
26. Marie rose
27. Neptune
28. Normandie
29. Nytaar (possibly)
30. Oijfeld
31. Opale
32. Ora (possibly)
33. Ora (possibly)
34. Patrick elizabeth
35. Petit pierre
36. Pierre le dieppois
37. Pingouin (possibly)
38. Port-manech
39. Ramsholm (probably)
40. River tyne
41. Salve regina
42. Sauternes or cerons
43. Sperrbrecher 178
44. St simon (possibly)
45. Virginie
46. Vrai pasteur

 

Name: HMS DAFFODIL

Length 107 meter, width: 18 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 2500 ton

Cause: 17.3.45 purchased by admiralty for use as landing ship. mined off dieppe 17.3.45 and sank following day. (ww2sl, colledge).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H01722/45 24.3.45 HMS DAFFODIL SANK IN VICINITY DP.1BQ. (NO I/C DIEPPE, 18.3.45). H01722/45 27.3.45 LIES AWASH AT LW - PORT SIDE AND BOAT DAVIT SHOWING, IN POSN 348DEGS, 5.85M FROM W BREAKWATER, DIEPPE. MARKED BY SMALL BUOY. (COMAR DIEPPE, 20.3.45). H01722/45 27.3.45 WK, DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, IN 500154N, 010305E, APPROX. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS DW PA.

- NM 1819/45. H01722/45 24.1.46 AMEND TO DW. INS G BUOY W OF WK. (PARIS NM 3166/45).

- NM 420/46. H01722/45 2.6.49 BUOY, QKFLG, LAID IN 500232.5N, 010408E TO MARK WK 150MTRS E. (PARIS NM 29 18 49). AMEND TO ST IN 500232.5N, 010415E WITH G BUOY, QKFLG, CLOSE W.

- NM 1913/49. H03717/44 26.2.54 AMEND TO WK 1.5FMS, WITH G CONL BUOY, QKFLG, CLOSE W. (PARIS NM 54 03 21).

- NM 495/54. H6131/59 29.1.60 NOW CHARTED AS WK 1FM 4FT, WITH BUOY CLOSE W, ON NC 2612. H2443/62 12.7.62 AMEND BUOY TO BW CAN, GPFL(2)6S, W TOPMARK, CLOSE W. (PARIS NM 62 22 12).

- NM 1463/62. H4982/68 18.10.71 AMEND BUOY TO BW CONL [SAME CHARACTERISTICS]. R/S. 14.11.73 SHOWN AS WK 3MTRS IN 500224N, 010409E WITH BUOY CLOSE NW ON NC 2147. H5493/69 7.1.74 LEAST DEPTH NOW 7.3MTRS [4FMS] IN POSN 355.5DEGS, 6.38M FROM DIEPPE W BREAKWATER LIGHT. BUOY MOVED TO 236DEGS, 2C FROM WK. (FR 934 & BREST NM 49/07/74)).

- NM 150/75. AMEND BUOY TO W CARD, VQ(9)10S, CLOSE W. [IALA]. 15.4.86 WK,LEAST DEPTH 7.3MTRS, IN 500231N, 010415E [EUR]. (FR WK NO.21601126). NE 2147. 20.3.98 EXAM'D IN 500231.9N, 010410.4E [EUR] USING DGPS. POSITIONING PRECISION 1-10MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.7 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. HT ABOVE BOTTOM 9MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1998). AMEND TO WK 8.7MTRS IN 500232N, 010410.5E [EUR]. BR STD. 16.8.11 WK IS UPRIGHT ON LEVEL SEABED. BROKEN IN TWO PARTS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, 9.2011). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN IN TWO PARTS

Position: 50 2.483 N,1 4.095 E

 

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