This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms felixstowe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 41 9.233 N,9 35.6 E (41.051666666667, 9.6933333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 FELIXSTOWE
Length 53 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 672 ton
Cause: vessel, built 1940 by lobnitz & co. as a 'bangor' class minesweeper, was mined 3m e of capo ferro, sardinia. there were no casualties. (dods, ships of the royal navy, ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1943
Water depth above wreck: 75 meter
Known since: 1943, last detected: 1998
Details measurements/cartography: H0656/43 23.1.44 VESSEL REPORTED MINED AND SUNK 093DEGS, 3M FROM CAPE FERRO, OR 410900N, 093700E APPROX. IN ABOUT 42FMS. (FHO, ALGIERS SIGNAL DTD 10.1.44). NCA. H2419/47 15.5.47 WRECK CONTACT 093DEGS, 3M FROM CAPE FERRO, OR [POSN AMENDED] IN 410900N, 093536E. (N-S ASDIC CONTACTS NO.47/581/4/19 DTD 18.3.47). CHART AS NDW IN 410912N, 093536E. BR STD. 30.12.88 VESSEL REPORTED SUNK IN 411000N, 094000E APPROX. (ALLIED WARSHIP CASUALTIES, MED FEB'52). NCA. 29.8.98 NOT SHOWN ON ITALIAN 323 [AUG'90 EDN]. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 41 9.233 N,9 35.6 E