This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms drummer, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 43.994 N,1 7.13 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)

 

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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.

 

1. Actuality
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Airston (probably)
5. Alberta
6. Albion (probably)
7. Alf everard (part of)
8. Alf everard (part of)
9. Algeria
10. Alice marie
11. Archon
12. Argus
13. Aridity (probably)
14. Astrologer
15. Atherton
16. Balakani
17. Baltrader
18. Beacon 'f'
19. Blue mermaid
20. Bolbec (possibly)
21. Bradglen
22. British oak
23. City of brisbane
24. Dalryan
25. Dela
26. Delce
27. E oaze light vessel
28. Empire ghyll
29. Erins isle (possibly)
30. European gateway (part of)
31. Explorer
32. Fleurita
33. Fred everard
34. Georgia
35. Ghc (possibly)
36. Great nore tower (remains)
37. Great nore towers (remains)
38. Great nore towers (remains).
39. H k daniels
40. Harcourt
41. Hawksdale
42. Hawnby
43. Herland (part of)
44. Herland (part of)
45. Hibernia
46. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
47. Hmml 127 (possibly)
48. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
49. Hms aisha
50. Hms amethyst
51. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
52. Hms ash
53. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
54. Hms capricornus
55. Hms chestnut (probably)
56. Hms conquistador
57. Hms danube 3
58. Hms desiree
59. Hms drummer
60. Hms gracie (probably)
61. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
62. Hms marsa
63. Hms myrtle
64. Hms oriana
65. Hms pyrope
66. Hms ray of hope
67. Hms reed (possibly)
68. Hms resolvo (part of)
69. Hms restango
70. Hms sisapon
71. Hms stella orion
72. Hms tunisian
73. Hms venetia
74. Hms vimiera (bow section)
75. Hms vimiera (part of)
76. Hms vimiera (stern)
77. Holba
78. Hopper number 19
79. Houston city
80. Intrepid
81. Lady jane
82. Lca 551
83. Letchworth
84. Lindfar
85. Lowlands
86. Mac 5 (possibly)
87. Mahseer
88. Main topman
89. Malrix (possibly)
90. Maplin light house
91. Margam abbey
92. Mercy
93. Mi amigo
94. Molliette
95. Mudlark
96. Nass beacon (ruins)
97. Neptune (possibly)
98. Newlands
99. Norman
100. Old whitaker bn (remains of)
101. Pallieter (possibly)
102. Paros isle
103. Pinto
104. Pisces
105. Prince igor (probably)
106. Princess juliana
107. Radiant
108. Restless wave (possibly)
109. Rubislaw
110. Ryal
111. San calisto
112. Selnes
113. Slesvig
114. Spaarndem
115. Stad maastricht
116. Strathearn
117. Strom trooper
118. Sun vii
119. Sunk beacon (remains)
120. Sweep ii
121. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
122. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
123. Tay bar
124. The sultan
125. Tongue sand tower (remains)
126. Treport
127. Uama
128. Van meerlant (part of)
129. Vera
130. Wardie
131. Westerley star
132. Winifred
133. Winkfield
134. Yassou
135. Zarga

 

Name: HMS DRUMMER

Length 39.6 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 297 ton

Cause: 26.2.1920 ex-dragoon '19. built in 1915 by smith's dock co ltd, middlesbrough. oil engine of 87bhp, single shaft. 1 x12 prd, 1 x bomb thrower. built for the admiralty as a military class minesweeper/trawler. sold out of service 26.2.1920. rehired as a minesweeper and armed 8.1939. converted to an auxillary patrol trawler 7.1940. mined. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20160831

Details measurements/cartography: H0707/40 19.9.40 INS ST.

- NM 2273/40. H0707/40 15.4.42 AMEND TO DW WITH G CONL BUOY CLOSE S.

- NM 780/42. H0707/40 19.9.47 LOCATED IN 514400N, 010716E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16FT, FOUL AT 18FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 18FT. GENERAL DEPTH 22FT. (SML 586, 2.9.47). AMEND WK 16FT WITH G CONICAL BUOY CLOSE S.

- NM 2509/47. 11.10.47 CLEAR AT 19FT, FOUL AT 20FT. POSN 514406N, 010400E. (C IN C NORE, 11.10.47). H0707/40 30.11.47 AMEND TO WK 18FT. (ML 586).

- NM 2880/47. H0707/40 22.1.48 DELETE BUOY. (TH).

- NM 127/48. H2700/50 11.4.50 SWEPT CLEAR AT 19FT, FOUL AT 20FT. (HMS SCOTT, E8683, 11.4.50). AMEND WK 3FMS 1FT WITH G CONL BUOY CLOSE E. BR STD. H2266/54 POSN 514357N, 010712E. (HMS SHACKLETON E9627, 1955). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 29.12.55 BUOY REMOVED. (TH). BR STD. H4654/74 22.11.74 EXAM'D IN 514358N, 010713E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.7IN GEN DEPTH 5-7MTRS. SCOUR 8.6MTRS. SMALL WRECK ABOUT 20MTRS LONG, LYING APPROX E/W. IN ITS OWN SCOUR ON THE EDGE OF A STEEPLY SHELVING BANK. (HMS ECHO, HI 13/74). NCA. 12.6.69 AMEND WK 3FMS [LAT]. NE 1975. 23.1.73 AMEND SW 5.5MTRS. NC 1975. H2918/83 16.4.86 EXAM'D 9.10.85 IN 514357N, 010711E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER RANGES [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.8 IN GEN DEPTH 7.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 9MTRS. WK APPARENTLY IN TWO PARTS - ONE IN SCOUR AND THE OTHER ON ITS EDGE. (NP 1016, HI 197). BR STD. SEP 2016000181430 14.3.17 EXAM'D 28.10.16; IN 5143.994N, 0107.130E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.61MTRS, GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. LENGTH 20.86MTRS, WIDTH 8.35MTRS, HT 2.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 150/330 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD TOWARDS 069 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 41.56MTRS, 8.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 070 DEGS. WK APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN UP. (EGS, HI 1522, TE10). AMEND DW 5.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, ONE IN SCOUR, ONE ON THE EDGE OF THE SCOUR

Position: 51 43.994 N,1 7.13 E

 

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