This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms harstad, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 24.212 N,3 1.342 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Angelena bm 271
6. Avalanche
7. Bamse (probably)
8. Baygitano
9. Bayonne
10. Berar
11. Bokn (possibly)
12. Boma
13. Borgund i (possibly)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Chateau yqem
16. Chorley
17. City of swansea (probably)
18. Einar jarl
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Glocliffe
23. Gorizia
24. Greleen
25. Greta c
26. Gudrun
27. Heroine (probably)
28. Hms amazon
29. Hms bittern
30. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
31. Hms boadicea
32. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
33. Hms formidable
34. Hms harstad
35. Hms hickory
36. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
37. Hms lord hailsham
38. Hms manor
39. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
40. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
41. Hms remindo (possibly)
42. Isbjorn
43. Karen marie (probably)
44. Kongshaug (probably)
45. L h carl
46. La blanca (possibly)
47. Lct 381
48. Lofoten (probably)
49. Lord stewart
50. Lst 507 (bow section)
51. Lst 507 (stern section)
52. Lst 531
53. Lucinda (possibly)
54. Majorca
55. Marguerite (possibly)
56. Marie des isles
57. Marjolene
58. Minerva (probably)
59. Modavia
60. Moel tryvan
61. Moidart
62. Motano (probably)
63. Nil desperandum (probably)
64. Nyasaland
65. Ocean vagabond
66. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
67. Pergo
68. Pomella
69. Quest
70. Radaas (probably)
71. Reggestroom (probably)
72. Renilde
73. Romsdalen (probably)
74. Rosten (possibly)
75. Rota
76. Rotorua
77. Salsette ii
78. Sarah jayne
79. Siren
80. Sparkling foam (possibly)
81. Ster de zee (possibly)
82. Tandil (probably)
83. Trito
84. Ub 19 (probably)
85. Ull (probably)
86. Ursa (probably)
87. W h dwyer
88. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: HMS HARSTAD

Length 36.6 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 258 ton

Cause: built in 1932 by smith's dock co, middlesborough as 'kos xvii'. crewed by the royal norwerian navy. triple expansion engines for 12 knots. requisitioned as a minesweeper in 1940. bow mounted 37mm and 20mm guns. torpedoed by e-boats of the 5th flotilla whilst escorting convoy wp 300. also lost were the mv modavia, hms lord hailsham and lct 381. (n r chipchase).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 162 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: 2.1.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 502430N, 030000W. LENGTH 48FT, HEIGHT 12FT. (ESCORT GROUP 14). H2502/51 24.4.51 WK LOCATED IN 502411N, 030119W. DEPTH OVER WK 25FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 16FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). CHART AS WK 25FMS. NC 3315. H3950/70 21.5.71 AMENDED TO WK 46MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 12.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502410N, 031116W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHARTS K(SW)1 & 2, [1982]. NCA. H2791/86 23.5.86 LOCATED 9.3.86 BY E/S IN 502418N, 030124W [OGB] USING DECCA. COULD NOT BE FOUND BY DIVERS. (DSV BRITISH PROVIDENCE, HN). NCA. HH100/351/13 9.10.97 DIVED IN 502420N, 030128W USING DECCA. AN UNKNOWN STEAMSHIP OF WW2 VINTAGE. INTACT STERN SECTION WITH SINGLE PROP. THIS PART IS UPRIGHT AND TERMINATES IN A SINGLE BOILER BEYOND WHICH THE BOW SECTION IS DETACHED AND COLLAPSED. SHELLS OF APPROX 20MM CALIBRE WERE SEEN. A WALKER CHERUB III SHIP'S LOG WAS RECOVERED. THE SERIAL NUMBER INDICATED THAT THIS HAD BEEN ASSEMBLED FOR THE ADMIRALTY ON 12.12.1942. (N R CHIPCHASE, 8.10.97). NCA. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 IDENTIFIED BY MINESWEEPING GEAR AND UNIQUE HULL FEATURES. STERN SECTION UPRIGHT AND INTACT BUT BROKEN OFF AT BOILER. BOW SECTION LIES 10MTRS TO THE NE ON STB'D SIDE. ACOUSTIC HAMMER 'A' FRAME ON BOWS. ACOUSTIC HAMMER ON SEABED. 37MM GUN BANDSTAND ON SEABED BELOW FWD DECKHOUSE. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH090/961/01 4.12.03 EXAM'D 23.4.03 IN 5024.212N, 0301.342W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.0 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. IN TWO PARTS. STERN PART: LENGTH 22MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 162/342 DEGS. BOW PART: LENGTH 13MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS. NO CLEAR ORIENTATION. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 46MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO UNEQUAL PARTS, LENGTH IS TOTAL

Position: 50 24.212 N,3 1.342 W

 

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