This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms hayburn wyke, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 15.4 N,2 48.713 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: HMS HAYBURN WYKE
Length 45.1 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 324 ton
Cause: built in 1917 royal navy mersey class trawler in 1917, named robert barton. sold 1922 and renamed hayburn wyke. requisitioned as auxillary patrol trawler in may 1940. torpedoed and sunk by german midget submarine while at anchor off ostend. (ww2 rn losses).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H03799/44 16.2.45 DW MAST IN 511512N, 024830E. MARKED BY G CON BUOY, GPFL(3) G 10S, LAID 0.75 C N OF WK.
- NM 509/45. H03799/44 17.12.53 AMEND TO WK 6.7MTRS. BUOY MOVED TO 511541N, 024838E. (OSTENDE NM 20/86/53). AMEND WK 22FT (3FMS 4FT) IN REVISED POSN WITH BUOY.
- NM 2960/53. H03799/44 11.5.55 NOW WK 3.9 MTRS. (OSTENDE NM 7/44/54). AMEND WK 13FT (2FMS).
- NM 1233/54. H03799/44 19.10.59 INS RAREFL ON BUOY. (OSTENDE NM 19/94/59).
- NM 2466/59. 9.8.62 AMEND WK 2FMS 1FT. NC 1872. H03799/44 21.8.63 WK DISPERSED. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (OSTENDE NM 12/110/63). AMEND TO NDW, DELETE BUOY.
- NM 1597/63. 23.4.74 NOT SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS 1035. 13.1.77 AMEND TO FOUL. NE 125. 8.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW IN 511527N, 024847E [EUR] ON BELGIAN D102. NE 125. H1310/88/16 24.3.88 DISPERSED BY ACKERMANS & VAN HAAREN IN 1963. (R VERPOORTE, 9.2.88). HH100/351/05 25.11.91 CONFIRMED THAT WK IN 511529N, 024849.5E WAS DISPERSED IN 1963 TO A LEAST DEPTH OF 11MTRS. (AKERMANS & VAN HAAREN NV, 20.9.91). NCA. 17.6.93 POSN NOW SHOWN AS FOUL ON BELGIUM 102 [1992 EDN]. BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN IN 5115.400N, 0248.713E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 15.4 N,2 48.713 E