This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms ivanhoe (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 26.655 N,3 45.317 E (53.7495, 3.8359)

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 IVANHOE (POSSIBLY)

Length 95.1 meter, width: 9.8 meter, tonnage 1370 ton

Cause: Damaged by mine in german minefield when attempting to assist hms express, which had also been damaged. after an attempy to proceed to the w, stern first, was abandoned by crew about 12 hours later and left adrift with every expectation she would sink within 30 min. vessel was sighted still afloat but listing heavily some 3 hours after being abandoned and was sunk by a torpedo fired by hms kelvin. (british mining ops, vol.1).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H03215/45 21.6.45 SUNK IN 532500N, 034700E, APPROX. (C IN C NORE). H3878/75 7.10.75 WK 28MTRS IN 532642N, 034524E [EUR]. (NETH NM 2228/75).

- NM 2106/75. HH160/351/01 11.9.89 NOT SHOWN ON NETH 1037 [JUN'89 EDN]. DELETE. BR STD. HH160/351/02 21.3.91 STILL SHOWN ON NETH 1505 [OCT'90 EDN - LARGEST SCALE] & STILL LISTED IN NETH WK RECORDS [SEP'90 EDN]. REINSSRT.

- NM 1000/91. 12.7.11 [WGD] POSN: 5326.655N, 0345.317E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 26.655 N,3 45.317 E

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