This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms dewey eve, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50.758 N,3 11.794 W (58.845967, -3.196567)

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 DEWEY EVE

Length 28.4 meter, width: 5.9 meter, draught: 2.9, tonnage 109 ton

Cause: ex-mary swanston. built 1916 by herd & mackenzie, findochty. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by rose street foundry & eng co ltd, inverness. hired by admiralty in jan 1940 & converted for use as a minesweeper. lost in scapa flow following a collision with a puffer. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H2114/40 16.7.40 H2114/40 16.7.40 WK OF A DRIFTER LIES 112DEGS, 2.6C APPROX FROM SW EXTREME OF RYSA LODGE (585100N, 031200W). BUOY LAID. LEAST DEPTH 18FT (5.5MTRS). (KHM SCAPA FLOW, HN DTD 24.6.40). NAMED AS DEWEY EVE. POSN FIXED BY HSA, BUOY LAID TO ENABLE SALVAGE DIVERS TO REMOVE VALUABLE GEAR & DANGEROUS MAST. LEAST DEPTH OVER FUNNEL 18FT, HENCE NO FURTHER WORK CARRIED OUT AND BUOY WITHDRAWN. (KHM SCAPA FLOW, 29.6.40). BEARING & DISTANCE GIVES POSN 585047N, 031142W.

- NM 1756/40. 2.11.79 2.11.79 SHOWN AS WK 5.2MTRS [LAT]. NC 2162. 27.3.03 27.3.03 [EUT] POSN: 5850.758N, 0311.794W. NE 2568.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 50.758 N,3 11.794 W

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