This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms hazard, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.782 N,1 3.318 W (50.729700, -1.055300)

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.

Name: HMS HAZARD

Length 76.2 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 1070 ton

Cause: built in 1894 at pembroke dock, pembroke. four boilers, twin triple expansion engines for 3500ihp, twin shaft. from 1894 to 1901 employed as torpedo gunboat. appointed as depot ship for early holland class submarines. at the outbreak of ww1 converted back to anti-submarine warfare role. returing from patrol was involved in collision with casualty clearing hospital ship western australia (2937 tons) and was cut in two. four men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H644/18 14.2.18 H644/18 14.2.18 SUNK IN 504345N, 010315W, OR 152.5DEGS, 14.05C FROM HORSE SAND FORT LT. LEAST DEPTH 8FMS. H(W)0202/50 CONFIRMED. (HMS MARVEL, AN 234/18). CHART AS WK 8FMS.

- NM 234/18. H1811/51 12.3.51 H1811/51 12.3.51 DRIFT SWEPT, CLEAR AT 72, FOUL AT 73FT. LIES IN 16FMS. HDG 142/322DEGS IN 504344N, 010313W. 280FT IN LENGTH. (SCES, 8.5.50). AMEND TO WK 12FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 511/51. H3359/59 6.7.60 H3359/59 6.7.60 LEAST DEPTH 12FMS CONFIRMED DURING BASIC SOUNDING. (SCES, 1959). NCA. H1262/64 22.4.64 H1262/64 22.4.64 12FMS CONFIRMED BY E/S [NEW DATUM]. (SCES, 1964). NCA. H5808/55 28.3.66 H5808/55 28.3.66 NOW CHARTED AS WK 11FMS. NC 2050. H4661/68 6.5.68 H4661/68 6.5.68 DRIFT SWEPT, CLEAR AT 71, FOUL AT 72FT IN 504344N, 010313W USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71 IN GEN DEPTH 98FT. SCOUR 3FT DEEP. SEABED SOFT BLACK MUD. LENGTH 250FT. LIES 330/150DEGS. (FSL WATERWITCH, 14.6.67 - NO 6/67). AMEND TO SW 12FMS [21.5FMS].

- NM 1017/68. H2435/72 4.5.72 H2435/72 4.5.72 POSN & LEAST DEPTH VERIFIED - 21.8MTRS [71.5FT]. (SCES, 7.2.72). NCA. H4824/75 7.2.78 H4824/75 7.2.78 LOCATED IN 1976 IN 504345.6N, 010313.4W. LEAST DEPTH 22.6MTRS. DIFFERENCE IN POSN CANNOT BE ACCOUNTED FOR. (SCES, H270 AMENDMENT - HI 72/77). AMEND TO WK 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4824/75 20.8.80 H4824/75 20.8.80 EXAM'D 5.7.79 IN 504344.5N, 010314W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP] & HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22 IN GEN DEPTH 29.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR. LENGTH APPROX 90MTRS. LIES 150/330DEGS. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 80B/79). AMEND TO WK 22MTRS IN 504345N, 010314W [OGB]. BR STD. H1310/85/3 17.1.85 H1310/85/3 17.1.85 DIVED ON IN 1984. APPEARS TO LIE UPSIDE DOWN. WELL BURIED INTO THE SEABED. LARGE AREAS OF STEEL PLATE INDICATES PARTS OF HULL ARE FAIRLY INTACT. POOR VISIBILITY MAKES ASSESSMENT DIFFICULT. (M PRITCHARD, 7.1.85). NCA. HH100/351/01 24.8.89 HH100/351/01 24.8.89 CONVINCED THIS WK IS THAT OF HMS HAZARD - HAS UNIQUE FEATURE OF HATCH (?TORPEDO TUBE) IN CENTRE OF BOWS. STERN SECTION LIES NEARBY. (H BATES). PRESUMABLY LIES IN TWO PARTS. NCA. H3847/86 2.1.90 H3847/86 2.1.90 EXAM'D 25.10.89 IN 504344.8N, 010313.7W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.0 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. IN TWO PARTS - LYING 320/140DEGS & 030/210DEGS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 366). NCA. 11.1.13 11.1.13 [WGD] POSN: 5043.785N, 0103.321W. 11.1.13 SEP 2013/000004405 11.1.13 LOCATED IN 5043.782N, 0103.318W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.38MTRS. SCOUR APPROX 1MTR DEEP TO THE SOUTHERN POINT OF THE WK. (APB SOUTHAMPTON, SOLENT SURVEY DTD 5.2012). AMEND POSN. 16.10.13 16.10.13 EXAM'D 1.7.13 IN 5043.781N, 0103.317W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.9 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 69.4MTRS, WIDTH 26.5MTRS, HT 7.1MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO PARS AND APPEARS TO BE INVERTED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1437). DIMENSION COVER AREA OF BOTH PARTS. AMEND WK 21.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, DIMENSIONS FOR WHOLE AREA

Position: 50 43.782 N,1 3.318 W

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