This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms drumtochty (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 1.664 N,1 18.2 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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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 DRUMTOCHTY (POSSIBLY)
Length 35.4 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 211 ton
Cause: Mined.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160910
Details measurements/cartography: H685/18 SANK IN 510120N, 011900E, APPROX. NO DANGER TO SHIPPING. (VA DOVER, 1918). H4453/72 10.2.78 WK 22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LOCATED IN 510138N, 011819E. SONAR HT 1.7MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG HN DTD 5.1.78). NCA. H4199/78 27.10.78 LOCATED 25.10.77 IN 510138N, 011819E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP] LEAST E/S DEPTH 22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.7MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS. LYING 045/225DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). BR STD. HH090/711/01 22.1.97 EXAM'D 2.8.96 IN 510140N, 011811E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 21.4, FOUL 21.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.2 IN GEN DEPTH 24.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. IN TWO DISTINCT PIECES WITH SCATTERED DEBRIS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 21.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/921/01 29.11.00 EXAM'D 15.10.00 IN 5101.665N, 0118.204E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 20.1, FOUL 20.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.4 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 12MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SINGLE CONTACT. FOUL OBTAINED 35MTRS N OF THE FIXED POSN, BUT NO FEATURE NOTED IN THIS LOCATION DURING CLOSE SOUNDING. (NP 1016, HI 921). AMEND TO SW 20.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 239/01. 23.4.16 EXAM'D BY BDC; WK IN 5101.664N, 0118.199E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.38MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NFS. (DS24 FOLKESTONE-POMERANIA MCZ, SURVEY 2012). RETAIN PREVIOUS SHOAL DEPTH SW 20.1MTRS. SEP2016/000091760 12.01.17 EXAM'D 10.9.16; IN 5101.664N, 0118.200E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 19MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HEIGHT 2.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225 DEGS. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND TO DW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 1.664 N,1 18.2 E