This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms delight, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.083 N,2 17.567 W (50.201383, -2.292783)

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 DELIGHT

Length 73.5 meter, width: 10.2 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1332 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: a d class destroyer. built in 1932 by fairfield shipbuilding co, paisley. s turbines, quadruple shaft. 4 x 4.7 inch, 3 x 1 inch guns. 8 torpedo tubes. was bombed and sunk by german aircraft. (srn, dods, sibi & ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 29.7.40 SUNK IN APPROX 501100N, 022200W. (WW2SL). H2291/64 18.5.65 EXAM'D IN 501200N, 021738W USING DECCA. E/S EXAMINATION NOT COMPLETE BUT LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 172FT IN GEN DEPTH 188FT. MEDIUM STRENGTH SONAR RETURNS FROM N & E OF THE WRECK. (HMS SCOTT, 11.5.64). INS AS NDW.

- NM 907/65. H2291/64 18.8.70 AMEND TO WK 29FMS. (HMS SCOTT, 1954). BR STD. 18.1.80 SHOWN AS WK PA 53MTRS ON FR 878 [DEC 79]. NCA. 17.6.87 WK OF HMS DELIGHT STATED BY DIVERS TO IN 501200N, 021738W. (T HANLAN, TELECON). NCA. [SEE 18476]. HH090/533/01 28.5.93 EXAM'D 21.2.93 IN 501205N, 021734W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.6 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 50MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP WITH SHOALEST POINT AT S END. MAGNETOMETER INDICATED FERROUS CONTENT OF 1475 TONS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). BR STD. HH100/351/22 18.7.05 THIS IS A SS WITH TWO BOILERS AND A COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE. UPRIGHT, WELL BROKEN AND, APART FROM THE BOWS, WELL BURIED. LITTLE OF THE STERN REMAINS AND THE PROP HAS NO BLADES. BEYOND THE TWO BOILERS THE MIDSHIPS AREA IS WELL DISPERSED, BUT THE BOWS ARE INTACT AND LIE ON THEIR STBD SIDE, FORMING THE HIGHEST POINT. ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 1200GT. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 23.5.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, SHOALEST POINT IS THE BOW

Position: 50 12.083 N,2 17.567 W

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