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 (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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.

 

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6. Apache
7. Athen
8. Balmoralwood
9. Bissen
10. Black hawk (aft section)
11. Bonita
12. Bretagne
13. Britannia (possibly)
14. Bronte (ex-war coney)
15. Cathrine
16. Centurion
17. Chasseur 6
18. Chasseur 7
19. Cheyenne
20. Conch
21. Dagmar
22. Dallas city (possibly)
23. Derna (probably)
24. Deucalion
25. Eika
26. Elena r
27. Eleni stathatou
28. Elmcrest
29. Emile miguet
30. Ethel (probably)
31. Evertsen
32. Finn
33. Finnborg
34. Franziska
35. Frigga
36. Gairsoppa
37. Gallia
38. Georgios kyriakides
39. Girnigoe
40. Goathland
41. Gripfast
42. Hartburn (probably)
43. Heronspool
44. Hms arfon
45. Hms blackwood
46. Hms courageous
47. Hms dark gladiator
48. Hms delight
49. Hms fisgard ii
50. Hms gossamer
51. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
52. Hms warrior ii
53. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
54. Ice prince
55. Inisinver
56. Iolanthe
57. Jeanne
58. Johan (possibly)
59. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
60. K m b (possibly)
61. Kafiristan
62. Kolga
63. Lenda
64. Leticia
65. Lochavon
66. Louisiane
67. Malka
68. Mallard (possibly)
69. Meknes
70. Merchant royal
71. Mersey
72. Miefield
73. Milo
74. Miniota
75. Mount myrto
76. Neree (possibly)
77. Neree (probably)
78. Netley abbey (possibly)
79. Orne (possibly)
80. Pan
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82. Perra (possibly)
83. Pescalanza
84. Pitchipoy (possibly)
85. Regina coeli (possibly)
86. San fernando
87. Snowdrop
88. Spiral (possibly)
89. Stade (possibly)
90. Stancrest
91. Theodoros t
92. Thera (possibly)
93. Tiiu
94. U 322 (possibly)
95. U 672 (possibly)
96. Uffe
97. Valdes (probably)
98. Xania

 

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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