This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.492 N,0 59.896 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)
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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 FLEET TENDER C (EX-MAMARI III)
Length 145.4 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 7924 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: 28.9.39 ex-mamari iii, ex-mamilus '33, ex-zealandic. built in 1911 by harland & wolff ltd, belfast for the shaw, saville & albion line. purchased 28.9.39 as a fleet tender and converted to represent hms hermes. owned at time of loss by the admiralty. two double boilers & two single boilers, twin quadruple expansion engines, twin shaft. passage for chatham after the real hms hermes had been sunk off ceylon on 9.4.41. stranded on wk of ahamo & whilst aground was torpedoed by a german e boat.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 202 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H01351/41 17.6.41 STRANDED IN 532228N, 010104E WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE AND FLIGHT DECK SHOWING ABOVE WATER. (C IN C NORE, 17.6.41). LATER DISPERSED BY BOMBING. (ACHQ, CHATHAM). FOR SURVEYING DETAILS SEE [9328]. SEP 2019/000300377 17.12.19 EXAM'D 18.7.19 IN 5322.492N 0059.896E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.21 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13 MTRS, HT 2.9 MTRS, LENGTH 285 MTRS, WIDTH 57 MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5 MTRS, LENGTH 66 MTRS, WIDTH 78 MTRS, ORIENTATION 235 DEGS. TWO DEGRADED WRECKS, PARTIALLY BURIED WITH DEBRIS ALONG MAIN AXIS. NOT POSSIBLE TO DIFFERENTIATE THE WRECKS FROM EACH OTHER. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1596). AMEND DW 10.2 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 22.492 N,0 59.896 E