This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms danube 3, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.486 N,0 51.216 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Airston (probably)
3. Alf everard (part of)
4. Alf everard (part of)
5. Alice marie
6. Argus
7. Aridity (probably)
8. Astrologer
9. Atherton
10. Beacon 'f'
11. Blue mermaid
12. Bolbec (possibly)
13. Bradglen
14. British oak
15. C 128
16. Dela
17. Delce
18. Duluth
19. E oaze light vessel
20. Explorer
21. Fox
22. Georgia
23. Great nore tower (remains)
24. Great nore towers (remains)
25. Great nore towers (remains).
26. H k daniels
27. Harcourt
28. Herland (part of)
29. Herland (part of)
30. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
31. Hms aisha
32. Hms amethyst
33. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
34. Hms ash
35. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
36. Hms bulwark
37. Hms capricornus
38. Hms conquistador
39. Hms danube 3
40. Hms drummer
41. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
42. Hms london
43. Hms london
44. Hms receptive
45. Hms resolvo (part of)
46. Hms restango
47. Hms stella orion
48. Hms tyne
49. Hms venetia
50. Hms vimiera (bow section)
51. Hms vimiera (part of)
52. Hms vimiera (stern)
53. Holba
54. Honiton
55. Hopper number 19
56. Houston city
57. Intrepid
58. Lca 551
59. Letchworth
60. Lion (part of)
61. Malrix (possibly)
62. Maplin light house
63. Margam abbey
64. Mercy
65. Molliette
66. Nass beacon (ruins)
67. Old whitaker bn (remains of)
68. Pinto
69. Pisces
70. Radiant
71. Restless wave (possibly)
72. Revenge
73. Richard montgomery
74. Ryal
75. Selnes
76. Strathearn
77. Strom trooper
78. Sun vii
79. Toreador
80. Treport
81. Van meerlant (part of)
82. Vera
83. Wardie
84. Winifred
85. Winkfield
86. Zarga

 

Name: HMS DANUBE 3

Length 33.6 meter, width: 8.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 234 ton

Cause: 28.8.39 built in 1924 by cochrane & sons ltd, selby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 133nhp, single shaft. hired for the examination service 28.8.39 from the tilbury contracting & dredging co ltd. mined. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 330 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2023

Details measurements/cartography: H0982/40 25.10.40 SWEPT 25.10.40 CLEAR AT 36FT, FOUL AT 40FT. (CAPTAIN M/S SHEERNESS 29.10.40). INS AS WK 6FMS.

- NM 2902/40. H5652/45 CLEAR AT 51FT, FOUL AT 51FT. LEAST WATER 50FT. POSN 512827N, 005119E. (E7895/MQ, HMS FRANKLIN 1946). AMEND WK 8FMS 2FT. LC 1185. H3789/61 2.11.61 WK IS A DUMB BARGE BUILT 1924, 219TONS. REQUISITIONED ON 28.8.39 FROM TILBURY CONTRACTING AND DREDGING CO LTD. MINED AND SUNK WHILE ENGAGED ON EXAMINATION SERVICE. (G.F 2). H1933/61 26.3.62 AMEND WK 9FMS 3FT. (K2356). BR STD. H910/60 1.3.65 RETAIN WK 9FMS 3FT. (K4196). NCA. H2984/67 12.9.67 IN GREAT NORE IN CENTRE OF MEDWAY APPROACH CHANNEL, EAST OF NO 1 BUOY. WK NOT DISPERSED. CHARTED CLEAR 36FT IN 1946. 1950 CLEAR AT 50FT. 1959 CLOSE SOUNDING AND DRIFT SWEEPING GAVE 57FT 3INS ON WRECKAGE, IN SURROUNDING DEPTHS OF 68FT WITH SCOUR HOLES UP TO 85FT. MUCH VISIBLE TURBULENCE. (HM MEDWAY). 27.5.68 AMEND WK 9FMS 2FT [LAT]. NE 1185. H1439/69 23.1.69 SHOWN ON PLA SURVEY K4196 ZQ. CLEARED AT 62FT. (PLA DTD 16.1.69). AMEND WK 10FMS 2FT. BR STD. H1439/69 9.3.69 SHOWN ON MEDWAY SURVEY K4755/2 IN 512827.5N, 005119.0E [OGB] AS SW 62FT. AMEND SW 10FMS 2FT. BR STD. 14.7.71 AMEND SW 18.9MTRS. NC 3683. 15.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 5128.490N, 0051.216E. SEP 2016/000067454 14.4.16 SHOALEST DEPTH OF WK 18.6MTRS IN 5128.486N, 0051.214E [WGD]. (MEDWAY PORT AUTHORITY SURVEY 2015). AMEND DW 18.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP2017/000067313 26.4.17 SHOALEST DEPTH OF WK 18MTRS IN 5128.485N, 0051.212E [WGD]. (MEDWAY PORT AUTHORITY SURVEY 2016). AMEND DW 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2020/000018423 24.1.20 SHOALEST DEPTH OF WK 17.95MTRS IN 5128.486N, 0051.214E [WGD]. (MEDWAY PORT AUTHORITY SURVEY 2019). AMEND DW 17.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2020/000288403 14.01.21 SHOALEST DEPTH OF WK 19.79MTRS IN 5128.490N, 0051.207E [WGD]. (MPA PORT OF SHEERNESS SURVEY 2020). AMEND DW 19.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2021/000166549 2.7.21 EXAM'D BY BDC 15.5.21 IN 5128.4939N, 0051.2063E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.46MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22.0MTRS. LENGTH 37.0MTRS, WIDTH 12.4MTRS, HT 2.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 265/85 DEGS. NFS. (MEDWAY PORTS AUTHORITY SURVEY, BDC H525(LITE)). RETAIN OBSTN 17.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2021/000259361 28.9.21 EXAM'D BY BDC 11.8.21 IN 5128.486N, 0051.214E [WDGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.50MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23.1MTRS. LENGTH 35.8MTRS, WIDTH 9.6MTRS, HT 6.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 151/331 DEGS. NFS. (MEDWAY PORTS AUTHORITY SURVEY 08/2021, BDC H525.2(LITE)). RETAIN DW 17.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2022/000162178 25.05.22 EXAM'D BY BDC 25.05.22 IN 5128.486N, 0051.213E [WDGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.82MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 35.4MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 6.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 149 DEGS. NFS. (MEDWAY PORTS AUTHORITY SURVEY 05/2022, BDC H525.2(LITE)). RETAIN DW 17.9MTRS . RSDRA2022000323195 23.01.23 EXAM?D BY BDC 16.11.22 IN 5128.486N, 0051.214E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 37.30MTRS, WIDTH 10.40MTRS, HT 5.20MTRS. ORIENTATION 145/325 DEGS. NFS. (MEDWAY PORTS AUTHORITY SURVEY DTD 11/2022). NFA. RSDRA2023000100952 05.07.2023 EXAM'D 2023 IN 5128.486N, 0051.216E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. LENGTH 37.76MTRS, WIDTH 8.51MTRS, HEIGHT 2.93MTRS, ORIENTATION 330/150 DEGS. EXAM'D BY BDC FROM BATHYMETRY DEEPER THAN LISTED DEPTH. (MPA SURVEY DTD 16.03.2023). AMENDED DW 17.9M.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3676/23. EXAM'D BY BDC FROM BATHYMETRY DEEPER THAN LISTED DEPTH

Position: 51 28.486 N,0 51.216 E

 

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