Wreck: Hms hussar (Minesweeper)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms hussar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 40.802 N,0 6.042 W (49.6800333, -0.1007)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: HMS HUSSAR
Length 70.1 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 815 ton
Cause: Fleet minesweeper. built in 1934 by thorneycroft & co. compound engines of 1770 ihp for 16.5 knots. 2 4" aa guns, 9 machine guns. sunk in error by allied aircraft off cap d'antifer. 55 lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H03324/44 29.9.44 DW IN 494048N, 000548W. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 208/44. H371/59 11.2.59 WK 24MTRS [13FMS] IN 494044N, 000601W. (FRENCH NM 58 48 23).
- NM 181/59. H4984/74 20.4.78 POSN NOW 494058N, 000607W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 78 12 29). BR STD. HH351/351/01 16.11.89 SHOWN AS WK 25MTRS IN 494058N, 000559W [EUR] ON FR 6736 [1989 EDN]. NE 2146. LEAST DEPTH 25.3MTRS IN 494058.5N, 000558W [EUR]. ACCURACY 20MTRS. GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990 NO.14590017). HH351/351/01 7.9.90 POSN NOW 494051N, 000557.5W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 90 32 18). BR STD. 24.10.91 WK LIES NE/SW. STANDS 4.4MTRS HIGH, LYING ON PORT SIDE. (AMENDMENT TO FRENCH WK RECORDS 1991). 15.2.99 NOW IN 4940.857N, 0005.961W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 4940.802N, 0006.042W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT SIDE
Position: 49 40.802 N,0 6.042 W
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