This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms flirt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 9.245 N,1 43.216 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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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 FLIRT
Length 65 meter, width: 6.2 meter, tonnage 370 ton
Cause: Built in 1897 by palmers, jarrow. triple expansion engines of 5800-6700nhp, twin shaft. 1 x 12pdr, 5 x 6pdr guns. 2 x 18 inch torpedo tubes. sunk following a surface action against german torpedo boats. (sibi & warships of ww1).
Year of registration: 1972
Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm
Known since: 1972, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: H3687/72 25.7.72 WK LOCATED IN 510917.5N, 014317.4E [EUR] USING HIFIX. SWEPT CLEAR AT 105FT. LENGTH 55MTRS [180FT] APPROX. LIES N/S. (WIMPEY LAB, JUNE 1972). CHART AS SW 17MTRS.
- NM 1488/72. 6.7.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 32MTRS. NC 1828. 2.11.76 OBSTN SHOWN IN 510908N, 014304E [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART KE 151-2 [JULY 1968 EDN]. POSN BY DECCA. H5265/73 26.6.78 LOCATED 26.3.78 IN 510917N, 014318E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LIES 025/205DEGS. LENGTH APPROX 57MTRS. NOT CLOSE SOUNDED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 45[C]/78). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. NC 323. H2820/71 6.11.81 SHOWN AS WK 32.6MTRS IN 510918N, 014317E [EUR] ON DUTCH SURVEY [K8495/11], FEB 1981. H2172/81 10.2.83 SHOWN AS WK 32.9MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS, IN 510916N, 014314E ON FR SURVEY [K9065/1], 1981/82. NCA. H2889/83 20.6.84 EXAM'D 13.2.84 IN 510919N, 014319E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 4MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS APPROX. LYING 035/215DEGS. APPARENTLY BROKEN WITH SMALL PART LYING SW OF MAIN PART. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 168). NCA. 6.2.89 [OGB] POSN: 510912N, 014320E. NC 323. HH090/460/01 20.6.89 EXAM'D 4.5.89 IN 510912.5N, 014319E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 32.2, FOUL AT 33.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.0 IN GEN DEPTH 36.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.3MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 63MTRS, WIDTH 8.5MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. UPRIGHT WITH MAST ON TOWER & DECK GUN READILY APPARENT ON SONAR TRACE. (NP 1008, HI 460). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/21 1.11.03 HAS BEEN DIVED BY JEFF COULON. THIS IS HMS FLIRT. (R YOUNG). NCA. 18.11.05 SHOWN AS WK 32MTRS ON SHOM AMENDED COPY OF FRENCH 7424, 28.7.05. RETAIN AS SW 32MTRS. NCA. HH091/159/01 25.7.07 LOCATED 28.12.06 IN 5109.245N, 0143.206E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.89 IN GEN DEPTH 36.4MTRS. LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. LIES 035/205 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT, NO DEBRIS. RETAIN SW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS NE
Position: 51 9.245 N,1 43.216 E