This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms hazardous, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 45.134 N,0 51.559 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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.

 

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Name: HMS HAZARDOUS

Length 41.8 meter, width: 11.6 meter, tonnage 875 ton

Cause: Formerly french 'hasard' (?hussard, ?hazardeux), captured nov 1703. wrecked near selsey bill. (srn). grounded on a reef in bracklesham bay during a storm while acting as an escort for a convoy on passage chesapeake bay, virginia for the thames estuary. broke in two & bow section settled into the silt on shoreside of the reef. (english heritage).

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1986, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H1291/86 3.7.86 FULLY AND PARTLY EXPOSED CANNON, CANNON BALLS AND EXPOSED TIMBER, LOCATED IN 504506N, 005128W [OGB]. APPLICATION MADE FOR SITE TO BE DESIGNATED AN HISTORIC WK SITE. (GOLDEN HILL FORT ENTERPRISES, LTD). NCA YET. H1291/86 16.10.86 AREA, RADIUS 50MTRS, CENTRED ON 504506.0N, 005128.2W [OGB] DESIGNATED RESTRICTED UNDER THE TERMS OF PROTECTION OF WRECKS ACT 1973. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1441/86).

- NM 3189/86. H1291/88 23.3.88 AREA DESIGNATED AS RESTRICTED UNDER TERMS OF 1973 ACT EXTENDED TO 100MTRS. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO.287/88). EXTENSION REQUESTED AS ARTIFACTS HAVE BEEN FOUND OUTSIDE THE PROTECTED AREA.

- NM 1135/88. 2.11.90 REPD TO BE MARKED BY A YELLOW BUOY. (MR PARSONS, TREASURY SOLICITORS, TELECON). NCA. 3.12.91 REPORTED 2 RED CONL BUOYS IN 504506N, 005128W. (CHICHESTER HBR. MASTER, 3.12.91). NCA. 16.10.08 [EUT] POSN: 5045.135N, 0051.559W. NE 3418. 26.1.10 EXAM'D 5.2003. MAIN WK SITE IS DEPRESSION CENTRED ON 5045.128N, 0051.521W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 120.3MTRS, WIDTH 56.8MTRS, DEPTH 0.6MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. A NUMBER OF MAGNETIC ANOMALIES WERE OBSERVED. A NUMBER OF FEATURES VISIBLE IN THE DEPRESSION, THE MOST PROMINENT ONES PROBABLY REPRESENTING GUNS. A 11M X 4M DEPRESSION AROUND 0.4M DEEP WITH A NUMBER OF UPSTANDING FEATURES IS VISIBLE TO THE WEST OF THE MAIN SITE. THE PROMINENT FEATURE WITHIN THE DEPRESSION MEASURES 2.3 X 0.7 X 0.3M, ORIENTATED WEST TO EAST. A SMALL DEPRESSION, MEASURING 2.5M X 3.5M IS SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 15M NORTH OF THE MAIN SITE. (MV EMU SURVEYOR, WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY, WRECKS ON THE SEABED). NCA. 10.4.12 MARKED BY UNIT Y CYLINDRICAL BUOY IN 5045.10N, 0051.47E [WGD]. HAS BEEN ON SITE SINCE 1989. (A JAMES, ENGLISH HERITAGE, EMAIL DTD 5.4.12). INS BUOY. 14.10.13 EXAM'D 2.7.13 IN 5045.135N, 0051.513W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.6 IN GEN DEPTH 3.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 7.8MTRS, WIDTH 2.0MTRS, HT 0.6MTR. LIES 035/215 DEGS. VERY BROKEN UP, ONLY TWO SMALL CONTACTS REMAIN. (NETSURVEY, HI 1437). INS AS WK 2.6MTRS. 11.11.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.59MTRS. (SDC EXAMINATION OF HI 1437 DATA). AMEND WK 2.5MTRS. SEP 2022/000088713 20.04.22 BOUYAGE REMOVED FROM WRECK 5045.10N, 0051.47W [WGD]. [HEFIN MEARA, HISTORIC ENGLAND EMAIL DTD 12.04.2022]. REMOVE BOUYAGE FROM ATTRIBUTE. 10.6.22 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT; SI 2022 NUMBER 535, CAME INTO EFFECT 2/6/2022. THE CENTRE POSITION OF HMS HAZARDOUS REQUIRES AMENDING TO 5045.134N, 0051.559W, AND REST'D AREA EXTENDED TO RADIUS 150MTRS. (E-MAIL RUSSELL MAN dtd 6/6/22, LISTING OFFICER HISTORIC ENGLAND; CASE NUMBER 1481196). MOVE TO REVISED POSITION AND EXTEND REST'D AREA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Rest'D area radius 150m, UK NM 3145/22

Position: 50 45.134 N,0 51.559 W

 

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