This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms falmouth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 59.285 N,0 4.424 W (53.9880833, -0.0737333)

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 FALMOUTH

Length 138.1 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 5250 ton

Cause: Built in 1910 by w beardmore & co. twelve boilers, turbine engines of 22000hp, twin screw. machinery by parsons turbines. part of the 3rd light cruiser squadron. torpedoed by u-66 with two hits, but was able to proceed under her own steam. torpedoed by uc-63 with two hits. remained afloat for a further 8 hours. one man lost.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20200915

Details measurements/cartography: H4466/18 8.8.18 POSN 535913N, 000420W. - FNM 489/16. H4403/18 10.8.18 LEAST DEPTH 18FT. - FNM 514/18. H3849/18 26.8.18 30FT OVER WRECK AND 10FMS AROUND. (VAEC). H124/19 3.1.19 NO OBSTN FOUND BY SWEEPING BUT ONLY 35FT OF WATER OVER POSN. (VAEC). H7029/22 27.12.22 POSN 7.6MILES 179.5DEG FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD LTH OR 535925N, 000455W. DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 42FT LWST. BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (TH 26.10.22). AMEND TO WK 7FMS (1916). 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 12.1MTRS. NC 121. H1942/76 9.3.81 EXAM'D 22.7.80 IN 535917N, 000416W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 11.4MTRS, FOUL 11.8MTRS IN 2MTR SWELL. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.1 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. VERY BROKEN UP, BARELY RECOGNISABLE AS A SHIP, GIVING NO CLEAR DCS3 SHADOW. LENGTH, INCLUDING SCATTERED WRECKAGE 200MTRS. LYING 170/350 DEGS WITH A 1MTR SCOUR ON W SIDE. (SOISS, HI 65/80). AMEND TO SW 11.4MTRS.

- NM 655/81. H1942/76 6.8.85 FV BETTY A SENT DOWN DIVERS ON 19.7.85. TWO EXPLOSIONS WERE SEEN BY WK FISHING VESSEL COCKNEY REBEL 19.7.85. (TLX DTD 19.7.85). 6.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC". 11.6.21 EXAM'D 11/5/2021: WK LOCATED IN 5359.285N, 0004.423W [WGD]. LEAST MBES DEPTH 13.6MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. LENGTH 128.75MTRS, WIDTH 17.88MTRS, HT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 350 DEGS. (HMS ECHO, H525.1, DTD 26/5/21). AMEND DW 13.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2021/000166150 12.8.20 EXAM?D 15.9.20 IN 5359.285N, 0004.424W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 141.7MTRS, WIDTH 31.7MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 130.1MTRS, WIDTH 45.7MTRS, 0.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 242 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1587). HEAVILY BROKEN UP WITH BOILER VISIBLE. AMEND DW 13.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 53 59.285 N,0 4.424 W

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