This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms irvana (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.31 N,1 46.739 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alice taylor
4. Alster
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Artemisia
7. Astrologer
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Barrhill
12. Begona no 5
13. Bob read (probably)
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Bovey tracy
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Clansman (possibly)
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Cormead
24. Cresta
25. Crichtoun
26. Cross sand ltv
27. Daisy (possibly)
28. David b summers
29. Db 8 (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. El dorado
33. Elnet
34. Ethel radcliffe
35. Excellenz mehnert
36. Farmatyr
37. Fidelio
38. Frumenton
39. Fulgens
40. G and e (possibly)
41. Gasfire
42. Geneva
43. George fisher
44. Gipsy (possibly)
45. Glen derry (probably)
46. Glen tilt (possibly)
47. Glynn
48. Groenlo
49. Gulf breaker
50. H h petersen
51. Helena
52. Hms cantatrice
53. Hms christopher (possibly)
54. Hms condor (probably)
55. Hms dhoon (probably)
56. Hms donside (possibly)
57. Hms dungeness
58. Hms evesham (possibly)
59. Hms exmoor
60. Hms fontenoy
61. Hms force
62. Hms francolin
63. Hms glen prosen
64. Hms harvest gleaner
65. Hms irvana (part of)
66. Hms jessie nutten
67. Hms kaphreda
68. Hms m a west (probably)
69. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
70. Hms orthos (probably)
71. Hms pelton (probably)
72. Hms speeton (possibly)
73. Hms spider
74. Hms tettenhall
75. Hms tonbridge
76. Hms tugela
77. Hms washington (probably)
78. Hms whooper
79. Hmsm d5
80. Ilse
81. Impulsion
82. Ionian (probably)
83. Kenneth hawksfield
84. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
85. Knitsley (possibly)
86. La perouse (possibly)
87. Langeli (possibly)
88. Lindisfarne (probably)
89. Lingfield
90. Mardyke
91. Maria rosa
92. Marianne (probably)
93. Marsworth
94. Mascota (possibly)
95. Mascotte
96. Memento (possibly)
97. Mercurius
98. Meriones
99. Mirella
100. Montferland
101. Mudo
102. Murdoch (probably)
103. Nadir
104. Navarra (possibly)
105. Nereus
106. Nominoe
107. Nordborg (possibly)
108. Norman queen
109. Novocastrian
110. Oil trader
111. Ole bull
112. Osprey
113. Pluton
114. Polaris
115. Prima
116. Regain
117. Ren
118. Reward (possibly)
119. Rhineland
120. Robin iv
121. Robrix
122. Rochester city
123. Rogate
124. Roine
125. Roxanna
126. Rye
127. Scotia
128. Sea king
129. Sea rhine
130. Seagull
131. Seaham
132. Sheaf water
133. Silksworth hall (probably).
134. Sir william stephenson
135. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
136. Skodsburg (possibly)
137. Southford
138. St patrick
139. Stad alkmaar
140. Stanmount
141. Sunniside (probably)
142. Taber park
143. Thomas m (possibly)
144. Tidal (possibly)
145. Tregantle (possibly)
146. Trevethoe
147. Tunisiana
148. U 13 (probably)
149. Uc 62 (possibly)
150. Ui-001
151. Vanguard
152. Vigo
153. Viola (possibly)
154. War valley
155. White lady
156. White swan
157. White swan (possibly)
158. Xanthe
159. Yewvalley (possibly)
160. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS IRVANA (PART OF)

Length 38.2 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 276 ton

Cause: ex-avanturine, ex-arthur lessimore. built in 1917 by smith's dock co, middlesbrough for j marr & sons ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 87hp, single shaft. requisitioned as minesweeper from 2.1940. bombed and sunk by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 340 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20230202

Details measurements/cartography: H0601/42 23.2.42 POSN 523515N, 014648E. (FOIC YARMOUTH 17.1.42). INS AS DW. - PFNM 206/42. H03774/46 30.3.46 AMEND TO WK 16FT. (HMS SCOTT). BR STD. H0601/42 3.6.49 NO OBSTN FOUND USING WIRE DRIFT SWEEP FOLLOWING DISPERSAL. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 15.6.49). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. H2358/65 24.5.66 LOCATED BY SONAR, BUT NOT ON E/S. POSN BY HSA. (HMS EGERIA, 3.6.65). H3570/67 1.12.67 GOOD SONAR RETURN. NOT FOUND BY E/S. (HMS ECHO, 15.9.67). 1969 LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.5 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS IN 523317N, 014651E. (HMS ECHO, HI 34B/69, HI 360/69). NCA. H4213/71 & H4403/71 NOT FOUND IN 1971,1973,1975. (ISS). H4403/71 30.1.76 DELETE. BR STD. H2339/84 27.6.85 EXAM'D 29.4.85 IN 523317N, 014651E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.7 IN GEN DEPTH 13.7MTRS. SCOUR 14.8MTRS. APPEARS TO BE ONLY ABOUT 15MTRS LONG ON SONAR, BUT QUITE LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY SUGGESTS LARGER WK. (NP 1016, HI 249). INS AS WK 12.7MTRS. BR STD. H2339/85 17.6.86 EXAM'D 5.4.86 IN 523316N, 014651E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.0 IN GEN DEPTH 3.7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.1MTRS. LYING ABOUT E/W AND NOW APPARENTLY 25MTRS LONG. (NP 1016, HI 306). AMEND TO WK 12MTRS. BR STD. H4022/86 16.6.87 EXAM'D 20.4.87 IN 523318N, 014652E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.2 IN GEN DEPTH 13-15MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. APPEARS TO BE TWO GROUPS OF DEBRIS CONNECTED BY WIRE OR CABLE, ABOUT 75 MTRS APART ON BRG NW/SE. DCS3 HT - S PORTION 3MTRS; N PORTION 0.9MTR. THE S CONTACT GIVES MAGNETIC ANOMALY OF 100NT ABOUT 20MTRS OFF AND THE N CONTACT 13NT ABOUT 50MTRS OFF - INDICATING NOMINAL METALLO FERROUS CONTENTS OF 12 AND 25 TONNES RESPECTIVELY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 371). H6333/87 24.6.88 LOCATED 9.4.88 BUT NOT EXAM'D. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. GEN DEPTH NOW 13MTRS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1006, HI 416). HH090/513/01 13.6.91 NOT LOCATED. GEN DEPTH NOW 12.5MTRS. PRESUME COMPLETELY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 513). NCA YET. HH090/545/01 8.6.92 LOCATED 1.5.92 DURING DCS3 SEARCH IN 523317N, 014652E, APPROX. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. STANDS 1MTR HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. STRONG RETURNS OBTAINED ON BOTH SONAR AND MAGNETOMETER. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 545). NCA. HH090/623/01 5.5.94 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. LIES NW/SE WITH WRECKAGE COVERING 50MTRS BY 30MTRS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 623). NCA. HH090/662/01 8.6.95 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 662). NCA. HH090/687/01 24.4.96 NOT LOCATED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 687). NCA. HH090/766/01 15.5.98 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 766). AMENDED TO FOUL. BR STD. HH090/848/01 2.6.99 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 848). NCA. HH090/883/01 28.3.00 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 883). NCA. HH090/942/01 8.6.01 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 942). NCA. HH090/989/01 2.9.02 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 942). NCA. HH091/020/01 24.4.03 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 1020). AMENDED DEAD. BR STD. HH091/163/01 29.11.06 NOT LOCATED. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1163). NCA. HH091/220/01 & SEP 2007/000062508 28.8.07 LOCATED IN 5233.310N, 0146.740E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.09MTRS. LENGTH 4MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 2.0MTRS. PROBABLY THIS WK. NFS. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1220). AMEND LIVE. INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH091/292/01 & SEP 2010/000012793 15.1.10 EXAM'D 2.8.09 IN 5233.310N, 0146.739E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.21 IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 4MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 1.3MTRS. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1292). RECTANGULAR ITEM, PROBABLE BOILER. AMEND OBSTN 12.2MTRS. BR STD. 12.12.12 EXAM'D 4.10.12 IN 5233.310N, 0146.738E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.3 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 4.0MTRS, WIDTH 3.9MTRS, HT 3.8MTRS (SIC). LIES 000/180 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NETSURVEY, HI 1397). AMEND WK 12.3MTRS. 7.4.14 EXAM'D 11.2.14 IN 5233.310N, 0146.740E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.93 IN GEN DEPTH 14.3MTRS. SCOUR 0.2MTR DEEP. LENGTH 4.3MTRS, WIDTH 2.9MTRS, HT 2.3MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1432). SINGLE CONTACT IN MINOR SCOUR HOLE. AMEND OBSTN 11.9MTRS. SEP 2014/000142852 28.11.14 EXAM'D 4.7.14 IN 5233.309N, 0146.739E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 12.2MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 34.2MTRS, WIDTH 10.0MTRS (SIC), HT 2.3MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY INTACT. (EGS, HI 1458). QUOTED DIMENSIONS COVER AREA OF DISTURBANCE ON SEABED. AMEND OBSTN 12.2MTRS. SEP 2017/000186964 22.4.18 EXAM'D 14.7.17; FEATURE LOCATED IN 5233.309N, 0146.738E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. LENGTH 45.8MTRS, WIDTH 22.7MTRS, HT 2.02MTRS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 28.6MTRS, 1.33MTRS TOWARDS 171DEGS. WK IS CENTRED AROUND A 3.5M LONG CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURE, DEBRIS IS IRREGULAR, ANGULAR AND VARYING IN STATE OF BURIAL. [EGS, HI 1545]. AMEND DW 12.3MTRS. SEP 2018/000189796 6.8.18 EXAM'D 23.6.18; FEATURE LOCATED IN 5233.310N, 0146.739E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 36.69MTRS, WIDTH 10.4MTRS, HT 2.20MTRS. ORIENTATION 010/190. NFS. [TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY REPORT]. SEP 2020/000044010 3.3.20 EXAM'D 31.12.18; FEATURE LOCATED IN 5233.310N, 0146.739E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 45.5MTRS, WIDTH 13.4MTRS, HEIGHT 2.2MTRS. ORIENTATION 010/190 DEGS. HIGHLY BROKEN REMAINS OF VESSEL, BOILER IN CENTRE OF WRECKAGE, WITH BROKEN UP DEBRIS SURROUNDING IT.(TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY REPORT). AMEND DW 12.6MTRS. SEP 2020/000094483 3.3.20 EXAM'D 3.3.20; FEATURE LOCATED IN 5233.316N, 0146.740E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 28.0MTRS, WIDTH 20.0MTRS, HEIGHT 1.44MTRS. ORIENTATION 181 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 13.0MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, DEPTH 14.877MTRS, 091DEGS.SUPER STRUCTURE INTACT WITH DAMAGED HULL AND DEBRIS TO THE NNE OF THE BOW.(TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY REPORT). AMEND DW 12.58MTRS. SEP 2020/000309919 5.1.21 EXAM'D 25.7.20; WRECK LOCATED IN 5233.310N, 0146.739E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 4.3MTRS, WIDTH 3MTRS, HEIGHT 2.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 205 DEGS. NFS. (TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY, DTD 25.07.20). NFA. SEP 2020/000308443 5.1.21 EXAM'D 28.7.20; WRECK LOCATED IN 5233.310N, 0146.739E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 4.3MTRS, WIDTH 3MTRS, HEIGHT 2.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 205 DEGS. NFS. (TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY, DTD 28.07.20). AMENDED WK LENGTH, WIDTH, HEIGHT AND POSN. SEP 2021/000000486 11.10.20 EXAM'D 11.10.20; WRECK LOCATED IN 5233.309N, 0146.739E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.32MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 9.5MTRS, WIDTH 5.78MTRS, HEIGHT 1.9MTRS. ORIENTATION 100 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 27.9MTRS, WIDTH 17.30MTRS, DEPTH 0.73MTRS, ORIENTATION 180 DEGREES. (FPV MORVEN, HI1687). AMEND WK 12.3 IN REVISED POSN. SEP2021/000132882 19.05.21 EXAM'D BY BDC WRECK LOCATED IN 5233.309N, 0146.739E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 5.5MTRS, WIDTH 4.3MTRS, HT 2.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 210 DEGS. NFS.(TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY, DTD 20.03.21). NFA SEP 2021/000250369 02.11.21 EXAM'D BY BDC 10.07.21; DISTRIBUTED REMAINS OF WRECK LOCATED IN 5233.310N, 0146.740E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.56MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. LENGTH 14.75MTRS, WIDTH 7.85MTRS, HT 2.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 178/358. (TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY, DTD 11.07.21). AMEND WK 12.3 IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2021/000256475 14.12.21 EXAM'D 17.07.21; WRECK LOCATED IN 5233.309N 0146.739E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.72MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 8.19MTRS, WIDTH 7.07MTRS HEIGHT 8.19MTRS, ORIENTATION 313. (THV ALERT, TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY, DTD 17.07.21)AMEND HEIGHT, LENGTH AND WIDTH. RETAINED DEPTH AND POSITION. RSDRA2022000125775 27.05.22 EXAM'D BY BDC 25.03.22; DISTRIBUTED REMAINS OF WRECK LOCATED IN 5233.310N, 0146.739E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 59.84MTRS, WIDTH 25.93MTRS, HT 2.27MTRS, ORIENTATION 032/212. NFS. (BDC H525.2 BASED ON TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY, DTD 24.01.22). RETAINED DEPTH AND POSITION. RSDRA2022000262326 17.11.22 EXAM'D 21.6.22. WRECK REMAINS LOCATED IN 5233.309N 00146.739E (WGD). LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS. LENGTH 41.6MTRS, WIDTH 21.6MTRS, HT 1.7MTRS. NFS. (H525.2 BASED ON TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY DTD 21.6.22)AMENDED HEIGHT, WIDTH AND LENGTH. RSDRA2022000263250 13.02.23 EXAM'D 23.6.22. WRECK REMAINS LOCATED IN 5233.309N 00146.739E (WGD). LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13.6MTRS NFS. (H525.2 BASED ON TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY DTD 21.6.22)AMENDED DEPTH. RSDRA2023000091211 22.05.2023 EXAM'D BY BDC 02.02.2023 IN 5233.310N, 0146.739E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 28.2MTRS, WIDTH 15.38MTRS, HEIGHT 1.87MTRS, ORIENTATION 340/160 DEGS. (H525.2 LITE, BASED ON TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY, 02.02.2023)).NFA
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 33.31 N,1 46.739 E

 

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