Wreck: Hms desire (possibly) (Tug)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms desire (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 15.67 N,0 12.757 W (54.2611667, -0.2126167)
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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 DESIRE (POSSIBLY)
Length 27.6 meter, width: 6.3 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 135 ton
Cause: 11.12.15 ex-belgian president maas. built in 1912. single boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. hired by the adimralty on 11.12.15 for dockyard service. sunk by u boat.
Year of registration: 1993
Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 111 cm
Known since: 1993, last detected: 20160222
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/06 16.3.93 WK OF SMALL TUG LOCATED IN 541540N, 001238W USING GPS. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 4.7.97 IN 541540.0N, 001244.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.0 IN GEN DEPTH 46.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.4MTRS. LENGTH 27TRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK, UPRIGHT AND INTACT. POSSIBLE BUILD UP OF SEDIMENTS ALONGSIDE WK. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 16.06.16 EXAM'D 22.02.16 IN 5415.670N, 0012.757W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. LENGTH 22.6MTRS, WIDTH 5.9MTRS, HT 3.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 111/291. SCOUR LENGTH 11MTRS, 1.6MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 192 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WRECK APPEARS INTACT AND IS FACING IN A SOUTH EASTERLY DIRECTION. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 43MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck intact
Position: 54 15.67 N,0 12.757 W
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