Wreck: Hms dunoon (possibly) (Minesweeper)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms dunoon (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 46.177 N,2 30.1 E (52.91125, 2.3091833)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: HMS DUNOON (POSSIBLY)

Length 70.4 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 710 ton

Cause: Mined.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H0439/40 13.5.40 SANK OFF SMITHS KNOLL IN 524500N, 022700E, APPROX. (M/S SUMMARY). NCA. H3730/69 19.9.69 NOT FOUND DURING GENERAL AREA SONAR SEAQRCH. (HMS BULLDOG, 1969). H3835/86 16.3.88 WK EXAM'D 30.6.87 IN 524609N, 023013E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 35.8, FOUL AT 36.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.1 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. SCOUR 3.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS, LENGTH 62MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEG, BOW N. BOW SECTION APPEARS TO HAVE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. LEAST E/S DEPTH MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM A SAND PLUME. (NP 1008, HI 354). CHART AS SW 35MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOW NE, BOW PROBABLY DAMAGED

Position: 52 46.177 N,2 30.1 E

 

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