This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms golden sunset (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.418 N,2 15.527 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Alexandrovna
6. Amy
7. Apache
8. Arctic dawn
9. Arfon
10. Athen
11. Balmoralwood
12. Barryman
13. Betelgeuse (bow section)
14. Binnendijk
15. Black hawk (aft section)
16. Black hawk (fwd section)
17. Bretagne
18. Britannia (possibly)
19. British inventor (bow section)
20. Chasseur 6
21. Chasseur 7
22. Cheyenne
23. Countess of erne
24. Dagmar
25. Derna (probably)
26. Earl of abergavenny
27. Elena r
28. Elmcrest
29. Emile miguet
30. Enecuri
31. Ethel (probably)
32. Evertsen
33. Forester (& pontoon)
34. Franziska
35. Frogner ?
36. General jackson
37. Georgios kyriakides
38. Goathland
39. Gripfast
40. Halsewell
41. Hartburn (probably)
42. Hartlepool (part of)
43. Hartlepool (part of)
44. Himalaya
45. Hms arfon
46. Hms fisgard ii
47. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
48. Hms james fennel
49. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
50. Hms warrior ii
51. Hmsm a3
52. Hmsm m2
53. Hmsm p555
54. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
55. Iolanthe
56. Janna
57. Juvenile delinquent
58. Kafiristan
59. Lady of avenel
60. License to kill (possibly)
61. Lochavon
62. Longsand
63. Magog
64. Mallard (possibly)
65. Mayflower
66. Merchant royal
67. Midland queen
68. Miefield
69. Milo
70. Nailsea lass
71. Navasota
72. Neree (possibly)
73. Neree (probably)
74. Nestlea
75. Nidarholm
76. Onward (probably)
77. Orne (possibly)
78. Pas (c.182)
79. Pescalanza
80. Piedras
81. Pitchipoy (possibly)
82. Rapana
83. Rowella
84. Royal adelaide
85. San fernando
86. Saratoga
87. Seahawk
88. Security (possibly)
89. Snowdrop
90. Southampton
91. Spiral (possibly)
92. Stancrest
93. Sudon (possibly)
94. Tamele
95. Terrapin
96. Thera (possibly)
97. Tiiu
98. Togimo
99. Trafalgar (possibly)
100. U 322 (possibly)
101. Ub 74
102. Valdes (probably)
103. Vera (probably)
104. Woodbury

 

Name: HMS GOLDEN SUNSET (POSSIBLY)

Length 25.6 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 85 ton

Cause: built in 1913 in lowestoft. originally owned by f offord, lowestoft. hired as armed patrol vessel in 1915. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. sank following a collision off shambles ltv. (ddsv, ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 114 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 503200N, 021800W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHARTED ON F057, 2615 & 2450. NOV 1922 NOW CHARTED AS DWPA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2450. H2387/24 12.5.24 NOW CHARTED AS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). F057. H4607/28 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2615. 11.2.69 WRECKAGE REPD IN 503311N, 021748W. STANDS 5-6FT OFF SEABED. (T SIMS). NCA. 8.12.70 BROKEN UP WK, LYING ON ITS SIDE, REPD IN 503324N, 021600W. MAY BE REMAINS OF GOLDEN SUNSET. (E F NICKLIN, WEYMOUTH, VIA WAR RISK INSURANCE - UNCONFIRMED REPORT). HH090/530/01 14.1.93 SONAR CONTACTS OF UNUSUAL SHAPE EXAM'D 4.12.92 IN 503323N, 021528W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.8 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.6MTRS. FISHERMAN REPORTS TRAWLING UP SMALL DAVIT IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 530). INS AS WK 26MTRS. BR STD. HH091/154/01 - SEP 2009/000108988 22.7.09 LOCATED 22.2.09 IN 5033.418N, 0215.527W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.91 IN GEN DEPTH 28.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 64.1MTRS, WIDTH 28.1MTRS, HT 1.6MTRS. LIES 114/194 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). APPEARS AS TWO CONTACTS, QUOTED LENGTH IS OVERALL. AMEND WK 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 33.418 N,2 15.527 W

 

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