This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms implacable, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.296 N,0 35.559 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 IMPLACABLE

Length 55.2 meter, width: 15.2 meter, tonnage 2332 ton

Cause: 3.11.1805 ex french two-decker 'duguay trouin', which fought at trafalgar and on 3.11.1805 was captured. became boys training ship at devonport in 1855 and portsmouth in 1932. scuttled using explosive charges because no longer economic to repair or restore.

Year of registration: 1949

Water depth above wreck: 61 meter

Known since: 1949, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H7796/49 22.12.49 SCUTTLED IN POSN 159DEGS, 9.5M OWERS LTV. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 16.12.49). PLOTS IN 502825N, 003542W. REMAINED AFLOAT, BUT PARTIALLY SUBMERGED, FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE FINALLY BREAKING UP AND SINKING. FLOTSAM LAST REPORTED IN POSN 168DEGS, 11M OWERS LTV. CHART AS NDW. BR STD. 14.8.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC 45MTRS (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 2450. H4121/76 14.1.77 NOT FOUND. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). DELETED.

- NM 492/77. 15.10.86 NAUTICAL MUSEUMS TRUST ARE CONSIDERING MAKING AN APPLICATION TO ASSUME THE OWNERSHIP OF THE WK OF HMS IMPLACABLE. (D/NL 63/1/122). HH090/952/01 11.11.03 EXAM'D 26.4.03 IN 5028.296N, 0035.559W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61.5 IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS WITH BOWS POSSIBLY TOWARDS 270 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VERY BROKEN UP, AN AREA OF SCATTERED DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND TO WK 61MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 28.296 N,0 35.559 W

 

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