Wreck: Hms derwent (Destroyer)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms derwent, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 30.892 N,0 1.855 W (49.5148667, -0.0309167)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: HMS DERWENT
Length 68.6 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 566 ton
Cause: Mined. (ww1sl)
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1997
Details measurements/cartography: H625/18 31.1.18 WK 6.4MTRS, MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FR, IN 493055N, 000148W. (HAVRE). - FNM 112/18. H6150/19 8.8.19 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2146. H4562/24 7.7.24 WK DELETED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2146. H371/59 11.2.59 WK 11.9MTRS IN 493054N, 000150W. (FRENCH NM 58 48 23).
- NM 182/59. H659/60 1.9.60 SHOWN AS WK 11.9MTRS IN 493054N, 000150W ON FRENCH 4937. NC 2146. H2606/66 23.8.69 FA CENTRED IN 493100N, 000100W APPROX. (FRENCH NM 69 31 17).
- NM 1558/69. 1.10.74 SHOWN AS WK 12MTRS IN 493054N, 000147W ON FRENCH 6603 & 4937. NC 2146. 21.8.80 SHOWN AS WK 11.7MTRS IN 493054N, 000145W ON FRENCH 6603 [AUG'79 EDN]. NE 2146. 1.11.84 FLAT BOAT, PONTOON IN 493055N, 000149E. (FRENCH WK RECORDS NO.14590072). NCA. 30.11.89 SHOWN AS WK 11.7MTRS IN 493057N, 000147W ON FRENCH 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]; IN 493056.5N, 000146.5W. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. HT ABOVE SEABED 3MTRS. ORIENTATION NW/SE. LENGTH 30MTRS APPROX. (FRENCH WK RECORDS NO.14590072). NE 2146. 15.9.99 SHOWN AS OB 11.7MTRS IN 4930.942N, 0001.775W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7418 [1997 EDN]. NC 2146.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 30.892 N,0 1.855 W
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