This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms jasper (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 10.514 N,3 37.748 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 JASPER (POSSIBLY)
Length 44.2 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 592 ton
Cause: ex-balthasar. built in 1932. purchased as a/s trawler 11.1935. one 4 inch gyn. torpedoed by e-boat. (srn & ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 128 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: 1.12.42 1.12.42 SUNK IN APPROX 501015N, 034830W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). 5.2.44 SWEEP FOULED ON OBSTN IN POSN 174DEGS, 3.2M FROM START POINT, AT A DEPTH OF 17FT. (M/S 16 - SIG DTD 5.2.44). WHILE LOOKING FOR HMS CHORLEY - SEE [18020]. 9.5.74 9.5.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 28FMS IN 501006N, 033800W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1613. H1270/77 12.5.81 H1270/77 12.5.81 AMEND TO USC PA 45MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). R/P. H2015/81 5.10.81 H2015/81 5.10.81 EXAM'D 9.7.81 IN 501029N, 033741W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.6 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS. ABOUT 50MTRS LONG, INTACT & LYING APPROX 120/300DEGS. (HMS HERALD, HI 45). AMEND TO WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/01 25.8.89 HH100/351/01 25.8.89 THOUGHT LIKELY TO BE WK OF HMS JASPER THOUGH NO ARMAMENT SEEN. LIES WITH 45DEG LIST TO PORT. LENGTH FROM BOW TO REAR OF DECKHOUSE ABOUT 25-30MTRS. BEAM ABOUT 8MTRS. NO HOLDS. LEAST DEPTH AS CHARTED. (A HILLGROVE, 19.7.89). NCA. HH091/059/01 29.4.05 HH091/059/01 29.4.05 EXAM'D 5010.514N, 0337.748W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 55.3 IN GEN DEPTH 63.4MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 128/308 DEGS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 128/308 DEGS. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 55MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, 45DEG LIST TO PORT, SCOUR 128/308 DEGS
Position: 50 10.514 N,3 37.748 W