This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms donna nook, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 53.62 N,1 41.89 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 DONNA NOOK
Length 40.2 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 307 ton
Cause: Built in 1916 by cochran & sons ltd, selby. originally owned by moodys & kelly. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 89hp, single shaft. 1 x 12 pdr gun. hired 1916-1919 then returned to owners. hired again from 11.1939 as an armed patrol trawler. convered to minesweeper in 1941. sank following collision with hms stella rigel off harwich. (colledge & sibi).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 20160222
Details measurements/cartography: H02423/43 22.9.44 LOCATED IN 515938N, 012447E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 48, FOUL AT 52FT. (CAPT M/S, SHEERNESS, 17.6.44). INS AS SW 8FMS.
- NM 2040/44. 7.11.73 AMEND TO SW 14.6MTRS IN 515334N 014158E. NC 2052. H4139/76 11.1.77 EXAM'D 18.9.76 IN 515337.2N, 014157.6E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.6, FOUL AT 17.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.2 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26.8MTRS TO NE OF WK. NO SIGN OF BREAKUP. HIGH POINT IN CENTRE OF WK. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH100/351/08 29.3.94 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. FOUND TO BE A LARGE WK, BADLY SMASHED. APPARENTLY DISPERSED. HIGHEST PART STANDS ABOUT 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (B HICKINBOTTOM, 12.3.94). NCA. HH090/667/01 19.12.95 EXAM'D 25.7.95 IN 515337.56N, 014152.00E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 16.6, FOUL 16.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTH 26.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 115/295 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC SIGNATURE. DEGRADED AND SEMI BURIED. POSSIBLE NETS/BUOYS ATTACHED. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. SEP 2015/000083463 17.7.16 EXAM'D 22.2.16 IN 5153.620N, 0141.890E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LENGTH 73.4MTRS, WIDTH 10.4MTRS, HT 6.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 120/300. SCOUR LENGTH 200MTRS, 1MTR DEEP TOWARDS 210 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK VERY WELL DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED. KEY STRUCTURAL PARTS STILL PRESENT. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND TO DW 18.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk well degraded and partially buried.
Position: 51 53.62 N,1 41.89 E