This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms ghurka, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 50.402 N,0 53.113 E (50.717333333333, 0.60878333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Actuality
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Argonaut
8. Ash
9. Australier (probably)
10. Avoca
11. Bobby
12. Broderick (probably)
13. Cabo espartel
14. Carlisle castle
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Corinia (possibly)
20. De fontaine
21. Dona isabel (probably)
22. Dorothy j (possibly)
23. Duc richard
24. Durango
25. Eagle (possibly)
26. Eco vouga
27. Electra
28. Ella sayer
29. Enero (probably)
30. Euphorbia
31. Evg(no rx152)?
32. Excellence pleske
33. G-asad
34. Gold coin
35. Grit (probably)
36. Grosser kurfurst
37. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
38. Heron
39. Hms anne
40. Hms blackwater
41. Hms caulonia
42. Hms cleon
43. Hms ghurka
44. Hms myrmidon
45. Hms waterfly
46. Hmt gullfoss
47. Hoheweg
48. Holland
49. Hydaspes (possibly)
50. Irene
51. Jan brons
52. Jokai
53. Josephine willis
54. Kingfisher (probably)
55. La somme (probably)
56. Lacer
57. Lady alice
58. Leila najia
59. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
60. Lizzonia
61. Maxwell
62. Milbanke (probably)
63. Mon bijou/fias
64. Morgenster
65. Mrav
66. My astor
67. Naranco
68. Newcastle
69. Northfleet
70. Nunima
71. Pontos
72. Portslade (possibly)
73. River levan
74. Robin hood
75. Roecliff
76. Roode zee (possibly)
77. Roseburn
78. Rushing water
79. Rydal hall (possibly)
80. Saint emilion (probably)
81. Saint jean pierre
82. Salbya (possibly)
83. Samida
84. Samwake
85. Sea serpent
86. Seine
87. Sierra bravia
88. Sir robert wigham
89. Sir russell
90. Skerryvore
91. Sparta (possibly)
92. St cecilia
93. Startled fawn (possibly)
94. Storaa
95. Swale (probably)
96. T s webb
97. Tokufuku maru
98. Trooper
99. Ub 31 ?
100. Umba (probably)
101. Veerman
102. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
103. Vittoria claudia
104. War monarch
105. Waterland (possibly)
106. Welsh belle
107. Wittering

 

Name: HMS GHURKA

Length 77.7 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 880 ton

Cause: built in 1907 by hawthorn, leslie & co. six boilers, turbine engines of 14250hp, twin shaft. mined off dungeness. only four men recovered by armed trawler 'highlander'.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20150608

Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 18.6.74 WK IN 505020N, 005311E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, 7.6.74). NCA YET. H4959/73 1.5.75 EXAM'D 31.5.74 IN 505020N, 005311E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.0 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. SONAR LENGTH 75FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 26MTRS (14FMS 1FT).

- NM 1531/75. H4121/76 28.7.76 SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.4MTRS. (SOISS, SIG DTD 14.6.76). AMEND TO SW 22.4MTRS (12FMS 1FT).

- NM 1548/76. H4121/76 4.8.76 EXAM'D 11.6.76. HMS BEAGLE'S POSN CONFIRMED USING DECCA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.4, FOUL AT 23.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8 IN GEN DEPTH 30-32MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS. LIES 060/240DEGS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). NCA. H3823/78 19.7.78 DIVED ON JUNE '78. STERN SECTION OF WARSHIP. ONLY ONE PROPELLER SEEN. SEVERAL GUNS ON QUARTERDECK. TWO PAIRS OF BOAT DAVITS. POSSIBLE TORPEDO TUBE, WITH TORPEDO INSIDE, LIES ALONGSIDE WRECKAGE. BOW UNLOCATED BUT ANOTHER PIECE OF WRECKAGE LYING NEARBY MAY BE REMAINS OF THIS. (E GILES, 28.6.78). H1284/82/182 18.2.83 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF HMS GHURKA. (E H KENNARD). 22.11.84 STERN ONLY. UPRIGHT AND MUCH SALVAGED. NO SIGN OF BOW. (MR GALLOP, TELECON). 26.3.93 NOW CHARTED AS SW 22.0MTRS. NE 536. SEP 2015/000083464 12.2.16 EXAM'D 8.6.15; IN 5050.402N, 0053.113E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.66MTRS, GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 030/210. SCOUR 75MTRS TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. WK BROKEN IN TWO PARTS, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 50.402 N,0 53.113 E

 

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