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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Clansman (possibly)
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Cormead
23. Cresta
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. David b summers
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. Dunwich bank wk
29. El dorado
30. Ethel radcliffe
31. Excellenz mehnert
32. Farmatyr
33. Fidelio
34. Frumenton
35. Fulgens
36. Gasfire
37. Geneva
38. George fisher
39. Gipsy (possibly)
40. Glen derry (probably)
41. Glen tilt (possibly)
42. Glynn
43. Groenlo
44. Gulf breaker
45. H h petersen
46. Helena
47. Hms christopher (possibly)
48. Hms condor (probably)
49. Hms dhoon (probably)
50. Hms donside (possibly)
51. Hms dungeness
52. Hms evesham (possibly)
53. Hms exmoor
54. Hms fontenoy
55. Hms force
56. Hms francolin
57. Hms glen prosen
58. Hms irvana (part of)
59. Hms jessie nutten
60. Hms kaphreda
61. Hms m a west (probably)
62. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
63. Hms orthos (probably)
64. Hms pelton (probably)
65. Hms speeton (possibly)
66. Hms spider
67. Hms tettenhall
68. Hms tonbridge
69. Hms tugela
70. Hms washington (probably)
71. Hms whooper
72. Hmsm d5
73. Ilse
74. Impulsion
75. Ionian (probably)
76. Kenneth hawksfield
77. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
78. Knitsley (possibly)
79. La perouse (possibly)
80. Langeli (possibly)
81. Lindisfarne (probably)
82. Lingfield
83. Mardyke
84. Maria rosa
85. Marianne (probably)
86. Marsworth
87. Mascota (possibly)
88. Mascotte
89. Memento (possibly)
90. Mercurius
91. Mirella
92. Montferland
93. Mudo
94. Murdoch (probably)
95. Nadir
96. Navarra (possibly)
97. Nereus
98. Nominoe
99. Nordborg (possibly)
100. Norman queen
101. Novocastrian
102. Oil trader
103. Ole bull
104. Osprey
105. Pluton
106. Polaris
107. Prima
108. Regain
109. Ren
110. Reward (possibly)
111. Rhineland
112. Robin iv
113. Robrix
114. Rochester city
115. Rogate
116. Roine
117. Roxanna
118. Rye
119. Scotia
120. Sea rhine
121. Seagull
122. Seaham
123. Sheaf water
124. Silksworth hall (probably).
125. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
126. Skodsburg (possibly)
127. Southford
128. St patrick
129. Stad alkmaar
130. Stanmount
131. Sunniside (probably)
132. Taber park
133. Thomas m (possibly)
134. Tidal (possibly)
135. Tregantle (possibly)
136. Trevethoe
137. U 13 (probably)
138. Ui-001
139. Vanguard
140. Viola (possibly)
141. War valley
142. White lady
143. White swan
144. White swan (possibly)
145. Xanthe
146. Yewvalley (possibly)
147. 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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