This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms foyle , the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 16.729 N,4 10.857 W (50.1442, -4.17415)

 

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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.

 

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Name: HMS FOYLE

Length 68.6 meter, width: 10.1 meter, tonnage 550 ton

Cause: built 1903 by cammell laird. struck a mine when proceeding through dover strait. broke in two and forward section sank. stern section remained afloat, was taken in tow but sank in 501638n, 041046w approx. (dods).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H4267/70 24.8.70 BROKEN-UP WK OF STEEL-HULL VESSEL LOCATED IN 501638N, 041046W [OGB] USING HSA AND DIVED ON. STANDS 15-20FT ABOVE SAND SEABED WITH 30DEG LIST. MANY PIECES OF WRECKAGE LIE NEARBY ON SEABED. (D T B CALKIN, 18.8.70). PROBABLY STERN SECTION OF DESTROYER HMS FOYLE - MR CALKIN HAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED A SMALL GUN ON THIS WK. CHART AS WK 20FMS (36MTRS). BR STD. H4267/70 8.9.72 CONFIRMED AS HMS FOYLE - NAMEPLATE RECOVERED BY DIVERS IN 511638N, 041046W [OGB]. NCA. H4979/72 2.1.73 EXAM'D IN 501642N, 041048W USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. SLIGHT SCOUR. CONFIRMED AS WK OF HMS FOYLE BY LOCAL DIVER, WHO STATED THAT LITTLE, OTHER THAN THE BOILERS, REMAIN PROUD OF SEABED. NO SONAR RESPONSE OBTAINED. LEAST DEPTH CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND. (HMS WOODLARK, 1972). BR STD. H4514/76 5.4.77 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER IN 501654N, 041044W [OGB] USING DECCA. DIVERS REPORT THAT ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE VESSEL IS MISSING. (T ALLEN, 27.3.77). NCA. HH100/351/07 15.7.93 DIVED 15.4.93 IN 501638.5N, 041043W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER AT MID-TIDE 47 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES STERN TO NW WITH PORT SIDE BURIED COMPLETELY IN MUD SEABED. HIGHEST POINT IS BOILERS STANDING 2-3MTRS HIGH. THE REMAINS OF 3 12 POUND GUNS FOUND NEAR SE END. (G PEACHAM, 30.6.93). NCA. HH090/594/01 30.11.94 EXAM'D 7.10.94 IN 501642.07N, 041046.65W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [5 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.5 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 150/330DEGS. HEAVILY BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 594). CHART AS WK 42MTRS IN 501642N, 041046.5W [OGB]. NC 1900. HH100/351/13 8.7.98 DIVED IN 501647N, 011053.5W [OGB] USING GPS. SUNK WELL INTO THE SEABED. ONLY THE ENGINE AND BOILERS STAND PROUD. GUN STILL VISIBLE ON STERN AND THE TOPS OF THE SIDE PLATING FORM A GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE SHIP IN SOME AREAS. DECKS GENERALLY BURIED OR MISSING IN A MUDDY BOTTOM. MAST STILL LYING TO STBD FWD OF THE ENGINE AND SURROUNDED BY GENERAL DEBRIS. SOME SIDE PLATING VISIBLE FWD OF THE ENGINE ROOM HAS COLLAPSED INWARDS. (T WOODCOCK, 1.7.98). NCA. SEP 2008/000023251 28.3.08 LEAST M/B DEPTH 42MTRS. (BATHYMETRIC DATA CENTRE TRAINING SURVEY IN PLYMOUTH SOUND). NCA. SEP 2021/000052671 7.10.20 EXAM’D 2020; IN 5016.729N, 0410.857W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.37MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 52MTRS, WIDTH 19.5MTRS, HT 2.3MTRS. ORIENTATION 065/245 DEGS. DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED, WITH VISIBLE STRUCTURES. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1679 - H525-17634). AMEND NDW 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 16.729 N,4 10.857 W

 

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