This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms dragon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 43.34 N,2 22.382 W (49.465666666667, -2.6346666666667)
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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 DRAGON
Length 40.2 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 719 ton
Cause: ran aground on the casquets.
Year of registration: 1987
Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1987, last detected: 1994
Details measurements/cartography: 15.7.87 WKGE, CONSIDERED TO BE THE REMAINS OF HMS DRAGON, HAS BEEN LOCATED ON THE CASQUETS. REQUEST TO PURCHASE WRECK BY S WILLIS. (NNS 23C/1880, 7.7.87). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. HH256/440/02 10.2.94 HISTORIC WRECK, HMS DRAGON, WITH RESTRICTED AREA 200MTRS RADIUS CENTRED IN 494324N, 022217.5W [EUR]. THE SITE IS PROTECTED FROM UNAUTHORISED INTERFERENCE. (ALDERNEY HARBOUR OFFICE, HN DTD 2.2.94). NOT REFERRED TO IN ANM 16. INS AS RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS, WK NOT CHARTED.
- NM 727/94. HH256/440/02 4.8.95 RESTRICTED AREA INCREASED TO 1.25M RADIUS CENTRED ON 494324N, 022217.5W [EUR]. (ALDERNEY HARBOUR AUTHORITY FAX DTD 22.7.95).
- NM 2858/95. 31.8.06 WGD POSN: 4943.340N, 0222.382W. NE 60 [3RD EDN, MAY '04].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 43.34 N,2 22.382 W