This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms guide me ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 16.326 N,6 3.264 W (53.26825, -5.9294833333333)

 

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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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30. Therese emile yvon
31. Vesper (possibly)

 

Name: HMS GUIDE ME II

Length 26.2 meter, width: 5.5 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 100 ton

Cause: built in 1907 by hall, russel & co. originally owned by j mitchell & j cow. hired by the admiralty in 1915 and converted to an armed patrol vessel. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 38 nhp, single shaft. machinery by the builders. sank following collision with ss glengarriff of cork. one man lost. (sii & srn & others).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 107 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H351/20 10.3.20 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 531630N, 060245W, APPROX 1M E OF MUGLINS BN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] PA (1918). BR STD. H5141/53 14.8.53 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1411. H3816/63 6.2.68 WK NOT FOUND. (COMM. OF IRISH LIGHTS, 2.2.68). DELETE.

- NM 358/68. HH208/350/01 28.9.90 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED BY DIVERS IN 531627N, 060245W APPROX. A NAVAL GUN WITH SHELL LOADED, RECOVERED. SHELL DEALT WITH BY IRISH NAVAL CLEARANCE TEAM. BELL ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND. WK STANDS ABOUT 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. (R GOLDEN, TELECON 27.9.90). CHART AS WK PA 30MTRS. BR STD. H100/351/04 19.4.91 LOCATED 13.9.90 IN 531636.5N, 060248.5W [OSI] USING DECCA. LIES WITH SLIGHT LIST TO PORT IN GEN DEPTH 32-35MTRS. VIRTUALLY COMPLETE, STANDING 4.5MTRS HIGH, EVEN PART OF WHEELHOUSE ROOF REMAINS. FOR'D GUN HAD FALLEN TO SEABED AND HAS BEEN RECOVERED BY DIVERS AND SINCE CONFISCATED BY THE AUTHORITIES. BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. EXTENT OF WKGE 25 X 4.5MTRS APPROX. (DIVER'S REPORT DTD 3.3.91). AMEND TO WK 30MTRS IN NEW POSN. BR STD. [ACTIONED IN HH286/350/01]. 10.7.91 DETAILS OF OWNERS & DIMENSIONS. (C BREATHNACH, 9.7.91). 1.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5316.325N, 0603.265W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. LENGTH 28.5MTRS, WIDTH 5.5MTRS, HT 3MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 100/280 DEGS. INTACT & UPRIGHT. BOWS ESE. SCOUR AROUND BOW EXTENDS TO NORTH. COLLISION DAMAGE APPARENT ON PORT SIDE. AMEND WK 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 11.3.11 LOCATED IN 5316.3267N, 0603.2771W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.69MTRS. LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT 2MTRS. LIES 107/287 DEGS. (GSI DUBLIN BAY SURVEY 2011, POST SDC REPROCESSING). INTACT, UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 10.1.12 SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 28.5MTRS IN RT1 DIGITAL PLOT. (T ROY, RT1). AMEND WK 28.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2014/000061894 25.3.14 LIES IN 5316.326N, 0603.264W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 32.70MTRS. (IRISH WK RECORDS). NCA. 10.4.14 LEAST DEPTH 29.61 IN GEN DEPTH 32.1MTRS. (IRISH WK RECORDS, REVISED LIST). AMEND WK 29.5MTRS. SEP 2015/000263012 4.3.16 WK 29.794MTRS IN 5316.326N, 0603.264W [WGD]. (GSI IRELAND WK RECORDS, CV03_01). AMEND TO NDW 29.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS ESE, DEEP SCOUR AT BOW

Position: 53 16.326 N,6 3.264 W

 

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