This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms invincible, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 3.799 N,6 7.138 E (56.8994, 6.0902)

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 INVINCIBLE

Length 170.7 meter, width: 23.8 meter, tonnage 17250 ton

Cause: sunk during the battle of jutland by gunfire from german battleships, especially the koenig.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20150604

Details measurements/cartography: H6191/16 POSN 570600N, 060200E, APPROX. H5145/19, H3468/20, H3468/27 12.2.27 AMENDED TO NDW (1916) PA IN 570315N, 060745E. NE 2182B. 2.3.71 INS AS NDW IN 570315N, 060745E ON NC 2182B [INT 1402]. 6.3.72 SHOWN AS NDW IN 570320N, 060700E [EUR] ON GERMAN 82 [1971]. 31.7.72 SHOWN IN 570300N, 060810E [EUR] ON DANISH FISHERIES 5604. HH160/350/02 10.6.91 LOCATED 25.5.91 IN 570348N, 060718E [EUR]. LENGTH 40MTRS LONG, LYING ON PORT SIDE WITH BOW MISSING. GUN TURRETS, COAL AND CORDITE BAGS IDENTIFIED BY ROV FROM MV CABLE PROTECTOR. (RMS SANDHURST, 27.5.91, EX-JUTLAND TRIBUTE). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/04 26.7.91 EXAM'D BY E/S, DCS3 AND DIVER 25.5.91 IN 570347N, 060711E [EUR] USING SATNAV. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. LIES APPROX E/W WITH BOW EAST. CENTRE SECTION IS COMPLETELY DEVASTATED. BOW SECTION IS INVERTED AND THE STERN IS UPRIGHT. THE AFTER 12 INCH TURRET POINTS OVER STBD QUARTER AND DECK PLANKING IS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. SOME SMALL FISHING NETS HAVE FOULED WK. (BATTLE OF JUTLAND, 75TH ANNIVERSARY EXPED, REPORT DTD 3.7.91). AMEND TO WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 31.7.00 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. BROKEN IN TWO WITH STERN UPRIGHT. 2 PARTS LIE NEXT TO EACH OTHER. SEPARATE TURRET LIES IN 5703.82N, 0607.35E [WGD]. MUCH SMALL DEBRIS. CINC REQUESTED. (I MCCARTNEY, TELECON). NCA. 11.6.01 STILL SHOWN AS NDW IN 5703.10N, 0608.00E [WGD] ON DANISH 93 [3RD EDN FEB'01, 1:375,000]. NCA. 21.8.12 SHOWN IN 5703.780N, 0607.363E [WGD] ON BA 1422 [EDN 2 DTD 9.6.11]. SEP 2015/000111115 22.7.15 EXAM'D 4.6.15 IN 5703.799N, 0607.138E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.44MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 51MTRS. LENGTH 159MTRS, WIDTH 50MTRS, HEIGHT 10.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 135/315 DEGS. SEPERATED INTO 2 PEICES. (HMS ECHO, SNT 03/15). AMEND TO 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

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW INVERTED, STERN UPRIGHT, BOWS E See Also: 58653

Position: 57 3.799 N,6 7.138 E

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