This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms hickory, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.441 N,2 54.593 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. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Baygitano
8. Bayonne
9. Berar
10. Bokn (possibly)
11. Borgund i (possibly)
12. Broomhill (probably)
13. Chateau yqem
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. General leman (possibly)
17. Gibel-hamam
18. Gorizia
19. Grane
20. Greta c
21. Heroine (probably)
22. Hms amazon
23. Hms bittern
24. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
25. Hms boadicea
26. Hms buccaneer
27. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
28. Hms formidable
29. Hms harstad
30. Hms hickory
31. Hms landrail (probably)
32. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
33. Hms lord hailsham
34. Hms manor
35. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
36. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
37. Hms remindo (possibly)
38. Hmsm l24
39. Hmsm sidon
40. Isbjorn
41. Kongshaug (probably)
42. L h carl
43. La blanca (possibly)
44. Lct 381
45. Lst 507 (bow section)
46. Lst 507 (stern section)
47. Lst 531
48. Lucinda (possibly)
49. Majorca
50. Marguerite (possibly)
51. Marie therese
52. Marjolene
53. Martha
54. Memnon
55. Minerva (probably)
56. Modavia
57. Moidart
58. Motano (probably)
59. Nil desperandum (probably)
60. Nyasaland
61. Ocean vagabond
62. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
63. Pergo
64. Pomella
65. Pomeranian
66. Radaas (probably)
67. Reggestroom (probably)
68. Renilde
69. Romsdalen (probably)
70. Rosten (possibly)
71. Rotorua
72. Salsette ii
73. Scaldis
74. Siren
75. Sparkling foam (possibly)
76. St dunstan
77. Tandil (probably)
78. Tracy
79. Trito
80. Ull (probably)
81. Ursa (probably)
82. W h dwyer
83. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: HMS HICKORY

Length 45.7 meter, width: 8.5 meter, tonnage 530 ton

Cause: built in 1940 by henry robb, leith. oil engine, single shaft. 1 x 12 pdr gun. mined. (sibi). 25 lives lost.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H966/40 30.10.40 SANK IN 502624N, 024548W IN 26FM. (FOIC PORTLAND, 22.10.40). H966/40 19.8.41 INS AS NDW PA.

- NM 1962/41. H3923/74 7.9.84 LOCATED IN 40MTRS GEN DEPTH IN 502936N, 025454W USING DECCA BY FV 'SEA IMAGE'. BELL RECOVERED. HUMAN REMAINS & AMMUNITION ALSO RECOVERED BUT REPLACED. (FO PLYMOUTH 24.7.84 & 3.7.84). NCA YET. H2923/83 2.1.85 EXAM'D 26.7.84 IN 502924N, 025431W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 39, FOUL AT 39.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 15MTRS. LYING APPROX 020/200 DEG. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 13.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.89MTRS IN 5029.441N, 0254.593W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 43MTRS. LENGTH 8.3MTRS, WIDTH 5.0MTRS, HEIGHT 1.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 020/200 DEGS. MOSTLY BURIED. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY BURIED

Position: 50 29.441 N,2 54.593 W

 

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