Wreck: Hms jasper (probably) (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms jasper (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 12.732 N,2 25.713 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: HMS JASPER (PROBABLY)
Length 30.8 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 221 ton
Cause: ex-rayvernol. built in 1912 by cochrane, cooper & schofield, beverley. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 50 nhp, single shaft. machiney by amos & smith, hull. purchased from the kingston steam fishing co ltd in 194 and coverted into a minesweeper. detonated a german-laid mine. 11 men lost.
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: 26.8.15 POSN 581300N, 022130W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H3875/26 18.6.26 INS NDW(1915)(PA) ON 1823. H04081/44 21.10.44 NSC, WK, REPD IN 581124N, 022412W. PROBABLY JASPER. 29.8.78 INS AS USCPA 40 MTRS. NC 115. H3060/79 23.9.82 WK LOCATED 31.7.82 IN 581246N, 022540W [EUR] USING PULSE/8 [3 LOP]. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 58 TO 60MTRS. LENGTH ABOUT 35MTRS. LYING APPROX N/S. (RACAL-DECCA, 9.9.82). AMEND TO WK 54MTRS IN 581246N, 022540W. BR STD. 3.10.12 EXAM'D 3.7.12 IN 5812.732N, 0225.713W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 54.58 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 3.4MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT & UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1372). BOWS E. AMEND POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, ?BOWS E
Position: 58 12.732 N,2 25.713 W
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