This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms indefatigable, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 54.473 N,5 39.883 E (56.7166, 5.9652)

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 INDEFATIGABLE

Length 169.2 meter, width: 24.4 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 18750 ton

Cause: Blew up and sank during the battle of jutland when salvos fired by german battle cruisers of first scouting group penetrated to her magazine.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20150605

Details measurements/cartography: H3468/20 REPORTED SUNK IN 565000N, 053600E. H315/27 12.2.27 AMEND WK (OLD SYMBOL) TO NDW PA (1916) IN 565000N, 053650E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 2181. 6.3.72 SHOWN AS NDW IN 565000N, 053650E [EUR] ON GERMAN 82 [1971 EDN]. AMEND TO NDW. NC 2182B. 2.8.72 SHOWN IN 565000N, 053650E ON DANISH FISHERIES 5604. H6191/16 26.3.75 POSN GIVEN AS 565100N, 053100E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 11.1.84 SHOWN IN 565000N, 053700E [EUR] ON DANISH 93 (INT 1044) [OCT '83]. HH100/351/04 26.7.91 REPORTED BY DANISH DIVERS TO BE REGULARLY FISHED IN 565148N, 053006E. POSN CONSIDERED LIKELY TO BE VERY ACCURATE. (BATTLE OF JUTLAND - 75TH ANNIVERSARY EXPED. REPORT 3.7.91). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 11.6.01 STILL SHOWN IN 5650.20N, 0537.10E [WGD] ON DANISH 93 [3RD EDN FEB'01, 1:375,000]. NCA, RETAIN AS CHARTED, PLOTS IN NORWEGIAN WATERS. 17.6.01 LOCATED AND DIVED. LIES ABOUT 5 MILES FROM ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF WHERE SUNK, AND FURTHER FROM UKHO POSN. WK IS HEAVILY DISPERSED AND IS NOT RECOGNISABLE AS A SHIP AT ALL. THIS CONFIRMS THE VIEW THAT AN EXPLOSION SANK HER. MAY HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL SALVAGE IN THE PAST. VIDEO SHOWED BOTH 12 AND 4 INCH GUNS. CINC REQUESTED. (I MCCARTNEY). HH100/351/17 2.11.01 LIES IN 5654.520N, 0539.940E [WGD]. CINC REQUESTED. (I MCCARTNEY). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000111115 4.8.15 EXAM'D 5.6.15 IN 5654.473N, 0539.883E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. LENGTH 134MTRS, WIDTH 54MTRS, HT 7.1MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.5MTRS, EXTENDS 230MTRS TOWARDS 220 DEGREES. WRECK APPEARS TO BE EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED, CONSISTS OF SEVERAL LARGE PIECES IN THREE DISTINCT GROUPS. (HMS ECHO, SNT03_15). INS NDW 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 6.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 54.473 N,5 39.883 E

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