This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms guardsman, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.508 N,1 26.082 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. 150
2. Ability
3. Admiral gardner
4. Africa
5. Agamemnon
6. Agen
7. Alabama (possibly)
8. Albion (probably)
9. Algeria
10. Archon
11. Ashley
12. Avon
13. Balakani
14. Balgownie (probably)
15. Baltrader
16. Blue mermaid
17. Bravore
18. Brendonia
19. Camisard
20. Cathay (part of)
21. Cedrington court
22. Cerne
23. City of brisbane
24. Constanzia
25. Corheath
26. Correct
27. Dalryan
28. Dela
29. Denise germaine (possibly)
30. Diana
31. Dinard
32. Dolcoath (part)
33. Dolcoath (part)
34. Dortejensen
35. Duiveland
36. Dunbar castle
37. E goodwin ltv
38. Eleonora
39. Embla (possibly)
40. Emile deschamps
41. Empire ghyll
42. Empress of midland (possibly)
43. Erins isle (possibly)
44. Fearless
45. Filleigh
46. Flandres
47. Fleurita
48. Flores (probably)
49. Franz fischer (possibly)
50. Fred everard
51. Frons olivae (probably)
52. Fulmar
53. Gad 23
54. Genimar
55. Ghc (possibly)
56. Girasol
57. Grazia (possibly)
58. Harcalo
59. Hardingham (probably)
60. Hawksdale
61. Hawnby
62. Hibernia
63. Highwave (probably)
64. Hm mms 39 (part of)(possibly)
65. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
66. Hm torpedo boat no.12
67. Hms alert ?
68. Hms aragonite (part of)
69. Hms aragonite (part of)
70. Hms aries (possibly)
71. Hms artic trapper
72. Hms blanche
73. Hms carilon
74. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
75. Hms chestnut (probably)
76. Hms coquette
77. Hms desiree
78. Hms fauvette
79. Hms flirt
80. Hms gracie (probably)
81. Hms guardsman
82. Hms leandros
83. Hms lydian
84. Hms marcella
85. Hms mastiff (possibly)
86. Hms myrtle
87. Hms napia
88. Hms niger (possibly)
89. Hms northumberland (probably)
90. Hms pyrope
91. Hms ray of hope
92. Hms restoration (possibly)
93. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
94. Hms stella orion
95. Hms stirling castle (probably)
96. Hms tamarisk
97. Hms tourmaline
98. Hms tranquil
99. Hms velia (possibly)
100. Hms venetia
101. Ilaro
102. Ira (possibly)
103. Irene
104. Iris (possibly)
105. Jacob luckenbach
106. James harrod
107. Josephine charlotte
108. Kabinda
109. Karmt
110. Koenigshaven
111. L'armandeche
112. Laurl coin
113. Lbv (m)396
114. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
115. Le pelerin de la mer
116. Lisbeth m
117. Loanda
118. Lolworth
119. Lord hamilton (possibly)
120. Luray victory
121. Mahratta
122. Mahratta ii
123. Mahseer
124. Malta (probably)
125. Margam abbey
126. Margate sand beacon
127. Menapier
128. Merel (part of)(possibly)
129. Mersey
130. Mi amigo
131. Monica (possibly)
132. Mudlark
133. Nancy moran
134. Neptune (possibly)
135. Newlands
136. Niore
137. Norman
138. North eastern victory
139. Nw shingles bn (remains of)
140. Ocean king (possibly)
141. Opal
142. Paros isle
143. Persistant whisper
144. Peter hamre
145. Ponzano
146. Port dalhousie (possibly)
147. Prince igor (probably)
148. Rd barge 59 (part of)(possibly)
149. Regin (possibly)
150. Rooswijk
151. Rubislaw
152. Rumania
153. Rydal force
154. Rynanna
155. Saidieh
156. Saint michael veillez sur nous
157. Salerno (possibly)
158. Salerno (possibly)
159. San calisto
160. Santagata
161. Santagata (?part of)
162. Selma (possibly)
163. Slesvig
164. Spaarndem
165. Stad maastricht
166. Strathearn
167. Sunk beacon (remains)
168. Surrey
169. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
170. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
171. Telegraaf xviii
172. The sultan
173. Tina primo
174. Tongue sand tower (remains)
175. Toromoree
176. Treport
177. Tummel (probably)
178. U 48
179. Uama
180. Ub 12 (possibly)
181. Ub 29 (possibly)
182. Uc 21 (possibly)
183. Ursus (part)
184. Volante (possibly)
185. Walsingham
186. Warfleth
187. Westerley star
188. Wheatman (possibly)
189. Winkfield
190. Woodtown (possibly)
191. Yassou
192. Ypapanti

 

Name: HMS GUARDSMAN

Length 27.4 meter, width: 5.5 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 102 ton

Cause: 19.8.39 built in 1905. triple expansion engine, single shaft. hired as dockyard tug 12.1915 to 1919 and from 19.8.39. mined. 2 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 66 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20190311

Details measurements/cartography: H01032/40 30.12.40 INS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)

- NM 3021/40. H01032/40 27.1.44 AMENDED TO WK 4FMS 4FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)

- NM 197/44. H01032/40 11.3.44 AMENDED TO WK 5FMS 4FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)

- NM 538/44. H01032/40 6.8.46 DISPERSED TO SEABED. (CAPT MS SHEERNESS). DELETED.

- NM 2436/46. H4527/69 30.7.69 POSN OF THIS WK LIES CLOSE TO A BANK & A PERSISTENT ASDIC CONTACT WAS FOUND IN A POSN ABOUT 300FT WNW OF GIVEN POSN. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF WRECKAGE ON CLOSE SOUNDING THE AREA. IT IS CONSIDERED PROBABLE THAT THE WK HAS BEEN COVERED BY THE BANK & MAY UNCOVER & SHOULD THEREFORE BE REINVESTIGATED AT NEXT ROUTINE SURVEY. NOT LOCATED 8.5.69. (HMS EGERIA, HI 161/69). H4118/71 25.8.71 NOT LOCATED. (PLA). H4527/69 22.9.71 POSSIBLE WRECK LOCATED USING FISHERMANS SONAR IN 512736N, 012600E. (HMS ECHO R.O.S 12.8.71) NCA. H3179/74 4.6.74 NOT LOCATED, BOTTOM ECHO ONLY. (ISS 1974). H4118/71 5.5.77 LOCATED IN 512728N, 012608E [OGB] SWEPT CLEAR 11, FOUL 11.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.3 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. SCOUR 14MTRS. PIECE OF WRECKAGE, STANDING 1MTR ABOVE SEABED. (PLA WK REPORT,4.1.77). BR STD. H3179/74 5.12.77 LOCATED 13.10.77 512729N, 012611E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR 14.2MTRS. APPROX 60FT LONG. LIES NE/SW. (HMS EGERIA, ROS DTD 31.10.77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H3179/74 27.6.80 EXAM'D 26.3.80 IN 512729N, 012611E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. CLEAR AT 10.5, FOUL AT 10.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11.5MTRS. SCOUR 14MTRS. LEAST DEPTH AT NE CORNER WITH LARGE DEEP SCOUR EXTENDING S & E FROM WK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 60C/80). BR STD. H2051/82 20.4.84 EXAM'D 1/2.11.83 IN 512728N, 012610E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.2 IN GEN DEPTHS 13.5-14MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.7MTRS. TWO PARTS EXPOSED, SW'LY IS SHOALEST. APPARENT LENGTH OF MAIN CONTACT 23MTRS. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS ECHO, HI 124). NCA H3936/88 15.2.90 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 458). HH090/657/01 3.10.95 EXAM'D 23.8.95 IN 512728.7N, 012611.0E [OGB] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 11.9, FOUL 12.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.1 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETOMETER ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 657). BR STD. HH090/939/01 12.9.01 EXAM'D 21.6.01 IN 5127.505N, 0126.079E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 12.7, FOUL 12.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.8 IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. POORLY DEFINED. (NP 1016, HI 939). SMALL AREA OF WRECKAGE. AMEND TO SW 12.7MTRS. BR STD. HH091/255/01 26.9.07 EXAM'D 2.6.07 IN 5127.508N, 0126.082E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 12.5, FOUL 12.7MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.17 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. LENGTH 26MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 2.8MTRS. LIES 075/255 DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK, PART BURIED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1225). AMEND SW 12.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2019/000057851 15.3.19 EXAM'D IN 5127.508N, 0126.082E[WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.36MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. LENGTH 25.5MTRS, WIDTH 9.65MTRS, HT 3.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 66DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 14MTRS, WIDTH 8.5MTRS, 15.6MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 66DEGS. WELL DEFINED. PARTIALLY BURIED. SCOUR AT BOW. NFS.(A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1616). AMEND DW TO 12.3MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEFINED, PART BURIED.

Position: 51 27.508 N,1 26.082 E

 

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