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 (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amelie-mathilde
4. Amenity
5. Audacity
6. Avalon
7. B o borjesson
8. Benmacdhui
9. Box hill
10. Breitenburg
11. British councillor
12. British prince
13. Cadmus
14. Canada
15. Chloris (possibly)
16. City of birmingham
17. Corhampton
18. Corinth (possibly)
19. Cramlington (possibly)
20. Dana (possibly)
21. Daphne ii
22. Dayrian
23. Deerpool (after section)
24. Deerpool (for'd section)
25. Diana
26. Dido
27. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
28. Dunsany
29. Egret
30. Empress (probably)
31. Ethel (possibly)
32. Exmoor
33. Faunus
34. Femke
35. Fermo
36. Flourish
37. Fowberry tower (part)
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 cortina
56. Hms dervish
57. Hms egret
58. Hms kos xvi (probably)
59. Hms lormont
60. Hms mistletoe
61. Hms othello
62. Hms princess victoria
63. Hms remillo
64. Hms st cyrus
65. Hms strathborve (part)
66. Hms susarion
67. Hms warland (possibly)
68. Hms yorkshire belle
69. Homer
70. Ightham (possibly)
71. Ionic (probably)
72. Jane (possibly)
73. Janet helen (possibly)
74. John and thomas
75. John mowlem
76. John rettig (probably)
77. Kalo (probably)
78. Katina bulgari
79. Kimberley (possibly)
80. Kyma
81. Ladas (possibly)
82. Lancaster (possibly)
83. Laurel (possibly)
84. Lifeguard (possibly)
85. Lightship no 83
86. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
87. Longbenton (probably)
88. Lord haig (possibly)
89. Lord haig (possibly)
90. Lord selborne
91. Lottie (possibly)
92. Lucerne
93. Lutha
94. Lyra (bow section)
95. Magdalyn ann
96. Maggie
97. Magnolia
98. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
99. Marian francis
100. Marshall (probably)
101. Merchiston
102. Modig
103. Modiva (possibly)
104. Monimia (possibly)
105. Nautilus
106. Nimrod
107. Odessa
108. Ophir ii (possibly)
109. Orsa
110. Otis tetrax
111. Paraciers
112. Portia
113. Ravonia (part)
114. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
115. Rayford
116. Reculver
117. Retriever
118. Revello
119. Revi
120. Rhuys
121. Rievaulx abbey
122. Rivaulx
123. River don (part of)(probably)
124. River witham
125. Rivergate
126. Rosebud (possibly)
127. Sagacity
128. Salacon
129. Salmondby
130. Saltoun
131. Sandra glen
132. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
133. Sota eduardo
134. Stylianos chandris
135. Teano
136. Thessaly
137. Thomas deas
138. Togston (possibly)
139. Triton
140. Umbe
141. Upminster (possibly)
142. Vechstroom
143. Venture (possibly)
144. Whitemantle (possibly)
145. William hanson
146. Windsor (part of)
147. Windsor (part of)
148. Winga
149. Xavier
150. Xavier
151. 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: 1939

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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