This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms exmouth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 18.467 N,2 28.941 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)

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 EXMOUTH

Length 104.5 meter, width: 10.2 meter, draught: 2.6, tonnage 1475 ton

Cause: built in 1934 by portsmouth dockyard. an 'e' class flotilla leader. three boilers, twin turbines of 38000 hp, twin shaft. 5 x 4.7 inch guns, 7 smaller aa guns, 8 torpodo tubes. torpedoed by u 22. crew of 189 all lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H0143/40 31.1.40 SUNK IN 581500N, 022600W APPROX. (RA (D), HOME FLEET, A/S W725/40). NCA. SUNK OFF TARBERT NESS. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). 14.1.45 POSN 581906N, 022906W. (AUBD 314/43, 25TH EG). 4.2.45 POSN 581818N, 022854W. LENGTH 125FT, HEIGHT 18FT. (AUBD 314/45, 9TH EG). 5.4.45 581900N, 022936W. LENGTH 200FT, HEIGHT 22FT. (AUBD 314/44, 30TH EG). 29.8.78 INS AS WK PA 43 MTRS IN 581818N, 022854W. NC 115. 26.6.01 DIVED 24.6.01. THIS IS CERTAINLY HMS EXMOUTH. WK SCATTERED. CINC REQUESTED. (K HEATH, TELECON). AMENDED CINC. NCA. HH100/351/17 2.7.01 WK LIES IN 5818.467N, 0228.938W [WGD]. GENERALLY INTACT AND COLLAPSING. EVIDENCE OF A TORPEDO HIT ON STBD BOW. (K HEATH, EMAIL DTD 2.7.01 & TELECON). POSN IS CINC. AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 28.1.02 CINC DELETED. (K HEATH, TELECON). HH260/400/06 1.10.02 DESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 750MTRS CENTRED ON 5818.467N, 0228.938W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02).

- NM 4771/02. 30.10.06 SEP 2006/000394419 30.10.06 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02 CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 750MTRS CENTRED ON 5818.467N, 0228.938W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2616/06). NCA. HH091/150/01 - SEP 2008/000007851 23.1.08 EXAM'D 26.6.06 IN 5818.467N, 0228.941W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 52.2 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 76MTRS, WIDTH 65MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 195 DEGS. COLLAPSED AND DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). AMEND WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 28.4.08 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 750MTRS CENTRED ON 5818.467N, 0228.938W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 950/08). NCA. 1.2.10 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 750MTRS CENTRED ON 5818.467N, 0228.938W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 3380/09). NCA. 16.6.17 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 750MTRS CENTRED ON 5818.467N, 0228.941W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 147/2017).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED & DEGRADED

Position: 58 18.467 N,2 28.941 W

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