This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms egret, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 34.831 N,0 17.24 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Airdrie (possibly)
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Beaconsfield
7. Benmacdhui
8. Breitenburg
9. British councillor
10. British prince
11. Cadmus
12. Canada
13. Carson
14. Chloris (possibly)
15. City of birmingham
16. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
17. Coastal fort no-1
18. Cook s26
19. Corhampton
20. Corinth (possibly)
21. Cramlington (possibly)
22. Dana (possibly)
23. Daphne ii
24. Dayrian
25. Deerpool (after section)
26. Diana
27. Dido
28. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
29. Dunsany
30. Egret
31. Empress (probably)
32. Ethel (possibly)
33. Exmoor
34. Faunus
35. Femke
36. Fermo
37. Flourish
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Francis
40. Fryken
41. Georgie
42. Georgios
43. Gerhardt (possibly)
44. Girl kitty (possibly)
45. Giuseppe
46. Gladeto
47. Gluckauf (possibly)
48. Gothic
49. Grangemouth
50. Harlech
51. Hms benvolio
52. Hms botanic
53. Hms calverton
54. Hms corfield
55. Hms egret
56. Hms kos xvi (probably)
57. Hms mistletoe
58. Hms othello
59. Hms princess victoria
60. Hms remillo
61. Hms silicia
62. Hms strathborve (part)
63. Hms susarion
64. Hms warland (possibly)
65. Hms yorkshire belle
66. Homer
67. Hvitveis
68. Ightham (possibly)
69. Ionic (probably)
70. Jane (possibly)
71. Janet helen (possibly)
72. John and thomas
73. John mowlem
74. John rettig (probably)
75. Kalo (probably)
76. Katina bulgari
77. Kimberley (possibly)
78. Kyma
79. Ladas (possibly)
80. Lancaster (possibly)
81. Laurel (possibly)
82. Lifeguard (possibly)
83. Lightship no 83
84. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
85. Lord haig (possibly)
86. Lord haig (possibly)
87. Lottie (possibly)
88. Lucerne
89. Lutha
90. Lyra (bow section)
91. Magdalyn ann
92. Maggie
93. Magnolia
94. Magnolia (probably)
95. Marian francis
96. Marie l
97. Meeuw
98. Merchiston
99. Modig
100. Modiva (possibly)
101. Monimia (possibly)
102. Nadod (possibly)
103. Nar
104. Nimrod
105. Odessa
106. Ophir ii (possibly)
107. Orsa
108. Otis tetrax
109. Paraciers
110. Peggotty
111. Portia
112. Ravonia (part)
113. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
114. Rayford
115. Reculver
116. Retriever
117. Revello
118. Revi
119. Rhuys
120. Rievaulx abbey
121. Rivaulx
122. River don (part of)(probably)
123. River witham
124. Rivergate
125. Rosebud (possibly)
126. Sagacity
127. Salacon
128. Salmondby
129. Saltoun
130. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
131. Sergei
132. Sota eduardo
133. Stylianos chandris
134. Thessaly
135. Thomas deas
136. Togston (possibly)
137. Triton
138. Umbe
139. Upminster (possibly)
140. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
141. Vechstroom
142. Venture (possibly)
143. Violet (probably)
144. Whitemantle (possibly)
145. William hanson
146. Windsor (part of)
147. Winga
148. Xavier
149. Zeemermin

 

Name: HMS EGRET

Length 31.7 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 169 ton

Cause: Built in 1899 by mackie & thompson, govan. originally owned by the great northern s fishing co, hull. requistioned in 1918. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 40hp, single shaft. machinery by muir & houston, hull. torpedoed by submarine. crew of 11 lost.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 7.6.18 M010820 7.6.18 POSN 3M E OF HUMBER LTV. (VAEC AP REPORT) 20.6.18 NL30000 20.6.18 POSN APPROX 1.5-2M E BY N FROM HUMBER LTV. (COURT OF ENQUIRY) 1.7.18 M31682 1.7.18 POSN NOT KNOWN. (BOT WR 9/1577) H4368/18 31.7.18 H4368/18 31.7.18 POSN 533500N, 001600E IN 5FMS. (VAEC WK REPORT) CHARTED AS DW PA IN 533430N, 001631E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 109,1190. 11.2.24 11.2.24 NOW CHARTED AS DW IN 533432N, 001631E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 109. H5204/46 12.8.48 H5204/46 12.8.48 NOT FOUND BY HMS SHARPSHOOTER. DELETED.

- NM 1779/48. H6450/68 10.1.69 H6450/68 10.1.69 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR SWEEP. (ISS R OF S 266, 28.6.68) H2395/73 9.1.74 H2395/73 9.1.74 NOT FOUND DURING SSS SEARCH. NOT SEARCHED FOR BY E/S. (SOISS 1973) H1270/73 4.10.79 H1270/73 4.10.79 WK LOCATED IN 533509N, 001718E [OGB] USING DECCA. HT 8-9FT ABOVE GEN DEPTH 45-50FT ON EDGE OF A DEEP. (HUMBER DIVERS, TELECON 4.10.79). INS AS USC 11.0MTRS. BR STD. H5084/77 17.3.80 H5084/77 17.3.80 LOCATED 7.12.79 IN 533450N, 001718E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LIES IN A DIP & APPEARS UPRIGHT & COMPACT. NOT SWEPT AS SHOALER DEPTHS NEARBY. MAY WELL BE THE ALBANIA [SEE 8837]. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 64/79). AMENDED TO WK 29MTRS. BR STD. 4.5.93 4.5.93 NOT SHOWN ON ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS SURVEY HUMBER 3/3 [1991 EDN]. AMENDED TO ABEY. HH252/400/08 20.1.99 HH252/400/08 20.1.99 SHOWN ON ABP PRODUCTS BUT NOT ON BA 109. (ABP HUMBER, LTR DTD 12.1.99). AMENDED TO LIVE. 25.2.99 25.2.99 SHOWN AS WK 29MTRS IN 5334.83N, 0017.31E ON HUMBER 3/4 [SEP'97-AUG'98]. BR STD. HH100/351/18 24.6.02 HH100/351/18 24.6.02 DIVED IN 5334.828N, 0717.246E [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 2.4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 37.4MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND & SHELLS. BOW SECTION UPRIGHT, ENGINE EXPOSED, BRIDGE & STERN MISSING. (M BARROW, LTR DTD 11.6.02 & TELECON 21.6.02). NCA. HH091/178/01 4.3.08 HH091/178/01 4.3.08 EXAM'D 6.9.07 IN 5334.831N, 0017.240E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.39 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30.2MTRS, WIDTH 7.1MTRS, HT 4.2MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. DAMAGE TO STERN WITH STERN PORTION MISSING. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1178). AMEND WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 3.9.13 3.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5334.831N, 0017.239E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.19 IN GEN DEPTH 35.5MTRS. LENGTH 27.5MTRS, WIDTH 6.5MTRS, HT 5.32MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BRIDGE & STERN MISSING, BOWS TOWARDS 055 DEGS

Position: 53 34.831 N,0 17.24 E

 

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