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 (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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