This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms durban (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 20.73 N,0 16.135 W (49.3455, -0.2689167)

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.

Name: HMS DURBAN (POSSIBLY)

Length 141.7 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 4850 ton

Cause: Scuttled and used as blockship for mulberry hbr. (ww2 sl).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H03531/44 21.10.44 WK, MAST AWASH AT HW, IN 492049N, 001633W. (FOBAA, 181229A SEP). CHART AS DW, MAST DRIES ABT 23FT, IN 492049N, 001633W.

- NM 2262/44. H03531/44 7.3.49 MAST NO LONGER VISIBLE. (FRENCH NM 04032/49). SQ DATE. H7561/49 6.1.50 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK NOW 0.8MTRS [0.25FMS]. (FRENCH NM 49 12 46).

- NM 2656/49. H7561/49 4.7.51 G CONL BUOY LAID CLOSE E OF WK. (FRENCH NM 49 011 46).

- NM 1192/51. H2415/54 13.4.55 SHOWN AS ST MARKED BY G CONL BUOY WITH TOPMARK, 2 TRIANGLES BASE TOGETHER, CLOSE E. (FRENCH 890). R/S. H7561/49 1.7.59 NOW MARKED BY RW BUOY WITH DIAMOND TOPMARK, CLOSE E. (FRENCH NM 59 18 15).

- NM 1436/59. 2.5.79 AMEND BUOY TO E CARD SPAR BUOY 'LION'. CHART AS ST IN 492049N, 001633W MARKED BY E CARD SPAR BUOY 'LION'. NE 1821. H3898/82 17.5.82 SHOWN AS ST DRIES 0.6MTRS IN 492047N, 001633W MARKED BY E CARD SPAR BUOY 'LION' ON FRENCH 6927 [1981 EDN]. ADD LEGEND 'DRIES 2FT'. R/P. 2.5.85 INDICATED AS WK OF 'DURBAN'. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). H1271/87 22.1.87 SHOWN IN 492048N, 001603W MARKED BY E CARD BUOY CLOSE E ON FRENCH 7055 [1986 EDN][LARGEST SCALE]. AMEND TO DW MAST DRIES 2FT [0.6MTRS]. BR STD. 28.12.89 CHART AS DW MAST DRIES 0.6MTRS IN 492047N, 001603W MARKED BY E CARD SPAR BUOY CLOSE E. NE 2146. 3.4.90 SHOWN AS ST DRIES 0.6MTRS MARKED BY BUOY ON NC 2613. 19.6.90 BRITISH TORPEDO SHIP 'HMS DURBAN' OR 'LION' IN 492047.2N, 001603.2W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. EXAM'D BY DIVERS, SONAR & E/S. LENGTH 144MTRS, BEAM 14.2MTRS, DRAUGHT 4.4MTRS. LYING ON PORT SIDE WITH JAGGED AFT SECTION. LYING NW/SE. TURRET ON FORE SECTION, 4 TORPEDO TUBES ON AFT. HIGHEST PART IS BROKEN MAST, WHICH DRIES 0.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14590185). SHOWN AS DW, MAST DRIES 0.6MTR, ON FRENCH 7055 [1986][LARGEST SCALE]. SHOWN AS ST, COVERS & UNCOVERS, DRIES 0.6MTRS ON FRENCH 6927 [1985 EDN]. SHOWN AS ST, ALWAYS UNCOVERED, DRIES 0.6MTRS ON FRENCH 6857 [1986 EDN]. CHART AS DW MAST (DRIES 0.6MTRS) MARKED BY BUOY. NE 1349. 12.2.92 NOW REFERRED TO AS EITHER THE WK OF 'HMS DURBAN' OR 'HMS SWIFT'. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1991, NO.14590185). SEE ALSO 'HMS SWIFT [24439]. HH100/351/13 26.2.98 WK IS DISPERSED. ALL THAT IS LEFT IS THE DOUBLE BOTTOMS AND TWO ADMIRALTY THREE DRUM BOILERS. DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WRECKAGE WAS FROM A LIGHT CRUISER, MORE LIKE THE SIZE OF A SMALL DESTROYER. LENGTH 150FT, BEAM 35FT APPROX. (P F BALL, LTR DTD 23.2.98). COULD BE 'HMS SWIFT', AMENDED TO 'HMS DURBAN' (POSSIBLY). NCA. 15.5.07 LIES IN 4920.785N, 0016.053W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 4.1.13 [WGD] POSN: 4920.730N, 0016.135W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT BEAM. UK NM 2237/19

Position: 49 20.73 N,0 16.135 W

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