This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms hawke, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 46.96 N,0 11.9 E (57.721166666667, -1.986)

 

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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. Alexanders
2. Apollo
3. Arlita
4. Ascania
5. Astronaut
6. Atland
7. Aurelia
8. Balmoral
9. Bassano
10. Be ready
11. Bel lily
12. Ben aigen
13. Ben heilem
14. Ben tarbet
15. Blomvaag (possibly)
16. Boston stirling
17. Bpt no 31
18. Brilliant
19. Burbridge beacon
20. Burnside
21. C1
22. C2
23. Cairnmona
24. Cape york
25. Carolyn dawn
26. Charuny
27. Chrissie criggie
28. Clan macphee
29. Constancy
30. Constant star
31. Craig-gowan
32. Creekirk
33. Crown arun
34. Dania
35. Duchess
36. Durham castle
37. Elle
38. Ellie may
39. Empire fal
40. Englund
41. Enterprise
42. Ernst friesecke
43. Eva
44. Evening star
45. Evening star
46. Fairway
47. Fairweather v (probably)
48. Fertile (possibly)
49. Fiscus
50. Fisher boys (probably)
51. Fleetwood mac
52. Folke
53. Fortitude
54. Fram (stern section)
55. Frank c
56. Fylla
57. Galatea c
58. Gem
59. Golden splendour (possibly)
60. Gothia
61. Gratitude
62. Guiding light
63. Guiding star
64. Guido (possibly)
65. Harvest hope
66. Heinkel 111
67. Hillfern (possibly)
68. Hms astronomer (possibly)
69. Hms brora
70. Hms hawke
71. Hms marsona (n section)
72. Hms marsona (s section)
73. Hms natal
74. Hms rhodesia
75. Hms sphinx (possibly)
76. Hmsm tantivy
77. Hmy verona
78. Idavale
79. Innisjura (possibly)
80. Ivanhoe
81. Jacona (possibly)
82. Jacqueline
83. Jambo
84. Jenny jensen (possibly)
85. John dunkin
86. Karinya fr699
87. Kedarost
88. Kenordoc
89. Kenter
90. Kingfisher
91. Kondor
92. Kumu
93. Lady helen
94. Lauran ii
95. Laurel
96. Lloyd george
97. Lord minto
98. Lotos
99. Lundy
100. Lynne anne
101. Macedonier
102. Magician
103. Magnus
104. Malmland
105. Marian
106. Marshall (possibly)
107. Mary croan (possibly)
108. Mayflower
109. Misty isle
110. Muriel
111. Nina-lisbeth (possibly)
112. Norge
113. Ocean dawn
114. Ocean gain
115. Ocean herald ii
116. Paragon (possibly)
117. Pollux (probably)
118. Port denison
119. Poseidon
120. Procyon
121. Questing
122. Remuera
123. Roulette worker
124. Saint magnus
125. San tiburcio
126. Sapphire
127. Sarah lena
128. Seaforth
129. Silver reward
130. Silver rock
131. Silver spray (probably)
132. Sovereign
133. Sovereign
134. St fergus (possibly)
135. St fergus (possibly)
136. St geraldine
137. St malo
138. Stassa
139. Stella marie (possibly)
140. Sue lynn
141. Summer isles
142. Svarton (probably)
143. Trsat (probably)
144. U 77
145. Unity
146. Viking victor
147. William h welch (fwd section)
148. William h welch (stern section)
149. William rockefeller
150. Wynor
151. Zenith

 

Name: HMS HAWKE

Length 109.7 meter, width: 18.3 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 7350 ton

Cause: protected cruiser hms hawke, built 1893, sank within a few minutes after being torpedoed by u9 in n sea, whilst on duty as part of northern patrol. vessel was hit abreast the foremost funnel, no distress signals were sent, nearly 500 lives were lost, 70 survived.

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 120 meter

Known since: 1914

Details measurements/cartography: 23.6.72 POSN 574700N, 001200E, FROM SIGNAL FROM C-IN-C. (DODS, SRN, OSIO). POSN 574900N, 001000W ALSO GIVEN BY A SURVIVOR. 19.5.76 INS AS NDWPD IN 574700N, 001200E. NC 278. 11.7.80 AMENDED TO USC PD 90MTRS. NE 278.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 46.96 N,0 11.9 E

 

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