This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms japan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 53.505 N,1 34.382 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Aircraft
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Angelus
7. Annie
8. Atlanticos
9. Balgownie (probably)
10. Baltrader
11. Bella donna
12. Blackhill
13. Bonnington court
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Brixton
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. Clan monroe
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormount (probably)
24. Coureur des mers
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denise germaine (possibly)
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Drofli
30. Dulwich
31. Dynamo
32. Empire bridge
33. Empire ghyll
34. Erna boldt (probably)
35. Estrella (possibly)
36. European gateway (part of)
37. Excelsior
38. F stobart (probably)
39. Faithful star
40. Fleurita
41. Flores (probably)
42. Fort massac
43. Forth
44. Franz fischer (possibly)
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Ghc (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Grisdeale
55. Groeswen (probably)
56. Hardingham (probably)
57. Harlington (probably)
58. Harlyn (probably)
59. Harriet
60. Hebe
61. Heworth
62. Highwave (probably)
63. Hillglen
64. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
65. Hm torpedo boat no.12
66. Hmml 127 (possibly)
67. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
68. Hms adonis (possibly)
69. Hms arethusa
70. Hms coquette
71. Hms donna nook
72. Hms duchess of hamilton
73. Hms dundalk
74. Hms eros (possibly)
75. Hms forward iii
76. Hms franc tireur
77. Hms hastfen
78. Hms hirose (probably)
79. Hms japan
80. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
81. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
82. Hms leandros
83. Hms lord airedale
84. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
85. Hms ludlow
86. Hms marconi
87. Hms marsa
88. Hms monarch
89. Hms moravia (possibly)
90. Hms nadine
91. Hms new comet (possibly)
92. Hms oriana
93. Hms resono (possibly)
94. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
95. Hms sisapon
96. Hms sisters melville
97. Hms st seiriol
98. Hms tervani
99. Hms tunisian
100. Hms velia (possibly)
101. Hms waveflower
102. Hms william wesney
103. Hmsm e6
104. Hmtb 10
105. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
106. Hnlms 227
107. Hornchurch
108. Ignis (possibly)
109. Ingi
110. Iris (possibly)
111. J c dalble
112. Janny
113. Jim
114. Josefina thorden (after part)
115. Kankakee
116. Khartoum (possibly)
117. Knarsdale
118. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
119. Koningen emma (possibly)
120. Kwasind
121. Lady salisbury
122. Lincairn (possibly)
123. Lindfar
124. Lisette
125. Little world
126. Lonhelen (possibly)
127. Lowland
128. Mac 5 (possibly)
129. Magdapur
130. Mahseer
131. Main topman
132. Marie leonhardt (probably)
133. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
134. Mexico
135. Mi amigo
136. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
137. Moidart
138. Morar
139. Neptune (possibly)
140. Nereus
141. Nico
142. Nicolaos piangos
143. Niore
144. Norhauk
145. Norwich trader
146. Ocean lassie
147. Old charlton
148. Ostprussen (possibly)
149. Paullette
150. Peik
151. Persistant whisper
152. Pescado
153. Peter hamre
154. Petshenga (possibly)
155. Phryne
156. Plawsworth (possibly)
157. Polgarth
158. Port dalhousie (possibly)
159. Prince igor (probably)
160. Princess juliana
161. Profit
162. Protinus (possibly)
163. Quickstep
164. Ravenscraig (possibly)
165. Rhenas (possibly)
166. Rumania
167. Salerno (possibly)
168. Salerno (possibly)
169. Savona (probably)
170. Scimitar
171. Second chance (possibly)
172. Sheaf field
173. Simon bolivar
174. Stad maastricht
175. Storm
176. Sunbeam
177. Sunk beacon (remains)
178. Sunk head tower
179. Sweep ii
180. Tay bar
181. Telegraaf xviii
182. Tergestea
183. Terukuni maru
184. The sultan
185. Thornaby (possibly)
186. Thyra
187. Torchbearer
188. Uc 11 (possibly)
189. Uc 72 (possibly)
190. Vae victis
191. Vancouver
192. Volante (possibly)
193. Volscian (possibly)
194. Walsingham
195. Warrenpoint
196. Wearside
197. White ghost
198. Wychwood (possibly)
199. Yampa (part of)
200. Yampa (part of)
201. Yampa (part of)
202. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
203. Yassou
204. Yewkyle (possibly)
205. Ypapanti

 

Name: HMS JAPAN

Length 34.7 meter, width: 6.6 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 205 ton

Cause: built in 1904 by cochrane & sons, selby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 60hp, single shaft. hired in 1915. mined.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 146 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20200913

Details measurements/cartography: H4344/18 12.8.18 POSN 515324N, 013438E. CHARTED BUT LATER DELETED AS NO LONGER DANGEROUS. - FNM 325 & 517/18. H3186/73 11.5.73 EXAM'D IN 515322N, 013433E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SMALL CONTACT - HEIGHT 1 TO 2FT. (HMS NURTON/ISS, 30.3.73). INS FOUL. BR STD. H4358/74 18.2.76 NOT FOUND. (HMS ECHO, HI 12/75). NCA. H4726/77 16.3.79 NOT FOUND. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 4.12.78). NCA. H1955/80 23.3.82 EXAM'D 28.10.81 IN 515328N, 013431E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.3 IN GEN DEPTH 5.5 TO 11MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 1MTR. V SMALL CONTACT ON EDGE OF SAND WAVE. LENGTH APPROX 15MTRS. LYING 120/300 DEGS, APPARENTLY BROKEN UP. (SOISS, HI 25). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H2913/83 18.10.84 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. V SMALL CONTACT BUT GIVES CLEAR SONAR RETURN AGAINST BLAND SEABED. (HMS ECHO, HI 192). NCA. H4024/86 17.2.88 EXAM'D 22.8.87. NOTHING FOUND ON E/S OR SONAR. GEN DEPTH 7.5 TO 11.5MTRS. MAG ANOMALY IN 515328N, 013428E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP], INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF SOME 100 TO 150 TONNES. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 373). NCA. H6335/87 12.7.88 EXAM'D 3.6.88 IN 515328N, 013429E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [5 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.1 IN GEN DEPTHS 10 TO 11MTRS. NOT LOCATED WITH DCS3. MAG ANOMALY INDICATES FERROUS CONTENT OF ABOUT 40 TONS. PROBABLY BROKEN UP AND MOSTLY ENGULFED. (NP 1016, HI 418). NCA. H3933/88 19.9.89 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI 455). NCA. HH090/494/01 24.8.90 EXAM'D 30.7.90 IN 515328N, 013429E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [6 LOP]. BROKEN UP AND BURIED IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. NOT FOUND USING E/S AND NO DCS3 SHADOW OBTAINED. MAG ANOMALY OBSERVED IN VICINITY. A 4MTR SANDWAVE EXISTS NEARBY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 494). NCA. HH090/515/01 12.11.91 NOT FOUND. GEN DEPTH NOW 7MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 515). NCA. HH090/573/01 29.9.93 LOCATED 10.8.93 IN VICINITY OF CHARTED POSN DURING ROUTINE SONAR SEARCH AND ON MAGNETOMETER. STRONG DEFLECTION. NO SONAR HEIGHT OBTAINED. SMALL CONTACT LIKELY TO COVER AND UNCOVER IN SANDWAVES. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 573). HH090/625/01 23.5.94 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 625). HH090/653/01 10.8.95 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3. NO MAGNETOMETER AVAILABLE. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 653). HH090/690/01 20.5.96 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 690). NCA. HH090/742/01 19.5.97 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 742). HH090/768/01 6.7.98 EXAM'D 9.4.98 IN 515328.1N, 013428.0E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.4 IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. AN AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE ALMOST SUBSUMED BY A SANDWAVE OF 4MTRS HT. THE CREST OF THE SANDWAVE IS SHOALER THAN THE WK. CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 768). RETAIN FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/851/01 8.7.99 EXAM'D 5.6.99 IN 5153.515N, 0134.356E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.4 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. NO SCOUR. COVERS 30MTRS BY 30MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AN AREA OF WRECKAGE, ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED, LYING WITHIN AN AREA OF SANDWAVES. THE SANDWAVES ADJACENT ARE SHOALER. INS AS FOUL 9.4MTRS (NP 1016, HI 851). AMEND TO FOUL 9.4MTRS. BR STD. HH090/885/01 2.6.00 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 885). NCA. HH090/935/01 7.6.01 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. GEN DEPTH NOW 13MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 935). NCA. HH090/993/01 1.7.02 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.2MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 993). NCA. HH091/023/01 2.6.03 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. MAGENTIC ANOMALY ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 1023). NCA. SEP 2007/000008875 12.2.07 EXAM'D 26.6.06 IN 5153.506N, 0134.379E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.46 IN GEN DEPTH 11.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 2.0MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. SMALL, INTACT VESSEL LYING ACROSS A SANDWAVE. (MV TRIAD, HN FOR HI 1165). AMEND WK 9.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/165/01 26.3.07 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1165). NFA. HH091/262/01 5.2.09 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1262). NCA. SEP 2014/000153152 30.9.14 EXAM'D 16.7.14 IN 5153.505N, 0134.379E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.75 IN GEN DEPTH 10.6MTRS. SCOUR 0.2MTR DEEP AT WK. LENGTH 37.5MTRS, WIDTH 6.0MTRS, HT 1.85MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. MAINLY BURIED AND BROKEN. (EGS, HI 1459). THREE AREAS OF WRECKAGE WITH MINOR SCOUR. BOWS ?NNW. PROBABLY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. AMEND WK 8.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2013/000024437 18.6.15 EXAM'D 12.10.14 IN 5153.505N, 0134.379E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.65 IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. LENGTH 28.3MTRS, WIDTH 5.9MTRS, HT 2.35MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD 19.3MTRS, ORIENATATION 320DEGS. AMEND DEPTH 8.6MTRS. SEP 2020/000286875 25.11.20 EXAM'D 13.09.20; IN 5153.505N, 0134.382E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.09MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS, LENGTH 14MTRS, WIDTH 3.5MTRS, HT 1.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 146/326 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 5MTRS TOWARDS 320DEGS. WRECK IS MOSTLY COVERED BY A SANDWAVE, TWO SEPERATE PORTIONS ARE UNCOVERED. (A-2-SEA, HI 1690). AMEND DW 9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 53.505 N,1 34.382 E

 

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