This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms hampshire, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 7.023 N,3 23.74 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. B 109 (part)
2. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
3. Bremse
4. Brummer
5. Budrie
6. Dresden
7. Dyle
8. Ebanezer
9. Energy
10. Ephram
11. F2
12. Freesia
13. G101
14. G103
15. G104
16. Gobernador bories
17. Grosser kurfurst
18. Hindenburg
19. Hmd chance
20. Hmd imbat
21. Hms dewey eve
22. Hms hampshire
23. Hms pheasant
24. Hms roedean
25. Hms rose valley
26. Hms vanguard
27. Inconnu
28. Inverlane (bow section)
29. Jv 751
30. Kaiser
31. Kaiserin
32. Karlsruhe
33. Koln
34. Konig
35. Kronprinz wilhelm
36. Lizzie bain (possibly)
37. Mara
38. Markgraf
39. Norholmen
40. Pinnace 288
41. Pinnace 744
42. Prinzregent luitpold
43. Prudentia
44. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
45. Ross puma
46. Rotherfield
47. S 36 (bow section)
48. Seydlitz
49. Siherite
50. St patrick (probably)
51. Strathelliot
52. Tabarka (possibly)
53. V 78 (part of)
54. V83
55. Yc 21

 

Name: HMS HAMPSHIRE

Length 137.2 meter, width: 20.7 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 10850 ton

Cause: built in 1905 by armstrong whitworth. yarrow boilers, triple expansion engines of 21000 ihp for 22.4 knots. four 7.5 inch, six 6 inch, two 12 pdr and twenty 3 pdr guns. two torpedo tubes. on wartime passage from scapa flow for russia with lord kitchener and this staff. in a strong ne gale the two escorting destroyers were unable to keep up and after about an hour they were ordered to return to port, hampshire reduced speed and carried on. struck a mine laid by u-75 and sank within 15 minutes. three rafts containing 50-70 men managed to get away but the ne gale and the cold caused nearly all to perish in a short time. on the following morning one warrant officer and 11 men reached the shore in safety. others who landed therabouts died soon afterwards from exposure. the official complement was 655 to which must be added lord kitchener, two staff officers and two civilians. (dods).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 152 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: POSN OF LOSS IN COURT OF ENQUIRY IS 'ABOUT 1.5M OFF THE SHORE BETWEEN BOROUGH OF BIRSAY & MARWICK HEAD'. SUB LT SPENCE, RNR GIVES POSN AS 'WNW (MAG) 2M FROM MARWICK HD', BUT ALSO STATES THAT "SHE BORE W (MAG) FROM THE CENTRE OF BIRSAY BAY'. 2 POSNS: 590700N, 032510W, & 590720N, 032530W GIVEN BY LT RIDDEL, RN AT COURT OF ENQUIRY. (CB 917[P] X4361/16, PAPERS NOW WITH PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE). H3875/26 9.7.26 COURT OF ENQUIRY POSN ABOUT 1.5M OFFSHORE ACCEPTED. GIVES POSN APPROX 590730N, 032300W. INS AS NDW PA (1916) IN 590730N, 032300W. BR STD. H1712/56 4.4.57 AMEND TO NDWPA. LC 1954. H3057/57 3.6.57 REQUEST TO PURCHASE BY MR W JOHNSTON. (CP 5647/57). H3403/59 8.8.67 VESSEL WILL NOT BE SOLD DUE TO GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. NOW REGARDED AS A NAVAL GRAVE. (TELECON D.C.N AUG '67). H3403/59 23.8.79 CONFIRMED WK IS DESIGNATED AS A WAR GRAVE. (DCSE PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE - NCS 111/1498, 15.8.79). 18.9.79 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FILMED BY A GERMAN FILM CO. IN 1977 & 1979. (D/NL63/1/111 & N/CS111/1498) NAVAL LAW APPROACHED FOR ANY POSITIONAL DATA THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE. 11.8.83 REPORT THAT DIVERS FROM SWEDISH MV 'STENA WORKHORSE' HAVE LANDED ARTEFACTS, INCLUDING A PROPELLER, FROM THIS WK WITHOUT FIRST HAVING OBTAINED PERMISSION. THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY MOD TO REPLACE THEM. (BBC RADIO 4-10.8.83 & NL TELECON 11.8.83). HH268/450/01 5.8.92 LOCATED IN AUG 1983 IN 590705N, 032345W [OGB] USING DECCA. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. LIES 150/330 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. OPENING IN HULL NEAR STBD QUARTER AND MASTS AND OTHER DEBRIS LYING TO E OF WK. (MSV STENA WORKHORSE, DRAWING DTD 8.8.83 RECEIVED VIA SEC(NS)). RETAIN AS NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH268/450/03 27.9.02 DESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5907.065N, 0323.843E [WGD] (SIC). (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02). INS WITH LONGITUDE W.

- NM 4969/02. HH268/450/04 2.4.03 LONGTUDE AMENDED TO W. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 405/2003). NCA. SEP 2006/000394419 30.10.06 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02 CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5907.065N, 0323.843W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2616/06). NCA. HH091/218/01 26.3.08 EXAM'D 22.8.07 IN 5924.0234N, 0323.7397W [WGD] (SIC) USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 49.0 IN GEN DEPTH 58.5MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 5MTRS TOWARDS 045 DEGS. LENGTH 146MTRS, WIDTH 58.7MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 152/332 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. APPEARS TO BE HULL UP AND INTACT. HAS HOLE IN THE HULL HALF WAY ALONG THE STBD SIDE. (NETSURVEY, HI 1218). POSN FROM GRID ON SUPPLIED GRAPHICS: 5907.027N, 0323.746W [WGD]. REST'D AREA NOW NOT CENTRED ON WK. AMEND WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2008/000030013 31.3.08 POSN OF LEAST DEPTH: 5907.0235N, 0323.7397W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.58MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. (BATHY DATA CENTRE, EXAMINATION OF HI 1218). AMEND WK 48MTRS IN POSN TAKEN FROM GRAPHICS. BR STD. 28.4.08 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5907.065N, 0323.843W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 950/08). NCA. HH091/218/01 3.4.09 EXAM'D 22.8.07 IN 5907.023N, 0323.740W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.27 IN GEN DEPTH 60.5MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS EXTENDS 5MTRS TOWARDS 0405 DEGS. LENGTH 146MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 152/332 DEGS. NFS.(NETSURVEY, HI 1218, ROS VERSION 2). RETAIN WK 48MTRS. NCA. 1.2.10 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5907.065N, 0323.843W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 3380/09). NCA. 16.6.17 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5907.023N, 0323.740W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 147/2017).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: NFS

Position: 59 7.023 N,3 23.74 W

 

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