This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms john mitchell, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.994 N,1 45.953 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Ajax
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Alexandrovna
6. Aparima
7. Arctic dawn
8. Arfon
9. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
10. Azemmour
11. Balmoralwood
12. Baron garioch
13. Betelgeuse (bow section)
14. Betsy anna
15. Bobbyb
16. Borgny
17. Braedale (probably)
18. Brestois
19. Bretagne
20. Britannia (probably)
21. Campen
22. Carbon
23. Carentan
24. Castlereagh
25. Ceres (possibly)
26. Cheyenne
27. Clan macvey
28. Clarinda
29. Cleddy (probably)
30. Coquetdale (probably)
31. Dagmar
32. Derna (probably)
33. Dulce t
34. Dumfries
35. El kahira
36. Emile miguet
37. Ernest lagouve
38. Espagne
39. Everleigh
40. Excelsior (possibly)
41. Fenna (probably)
42. Fleur de lys
43. Fluent
44. General jackson
45. Georgios kyriakides
46. Goathland
47. Halsewell
48. Hartburn (probably)
49. Hartley (possibly)
50. Heronspool
51. Hms acheron (bow section)
52. Hms acheron (stern section)
53. Hms albion ii
54. Hms assurance
55. Hms eleanor (probably)
56. Hms fame
57. Hms john mitchell
58. Hms michael clements
59. Hms new dawn
60. Hms pomone
61. Hms sargasso
62. Hms warwick deeping
63. Hms waterlily
64. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
65. Hmsm upstart
66. Iona
67. Irex
68. Janna
69. Jgena (possibly)
70. Juno
71. Kafiristan
72. Kolga
73. Kong guttorm (probably)
74. Kyarra
75. Lady of avenel
76. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
77. Lct 809
78. Lcvp 120
79. Leny (possibly)
80. License to kill (possibly)
81. Lil boat
82. Lochavon
83. Louisiane
84. Luxor
85. Magog
86. Margaret smith
87. Mayflower
88. Mechanician
89. Messina
90. Michelle
91. Midland queen
92. Miefield
93. Millmer
94. Molina
95. Myrtlegrove (probably)
96. Nailsea lass
97. Navasota
98. Neree (possibly)
99. Nestlea
100. Nichola (probably)
101. Normandy
102. Nw68
103. Nw96
104. Pescalanza
105. Piedras
106. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
107. Rapana
108. Reindeer
109. Rosehill (probably)
110. Sally jane
111. San fernando
112. Seahawk
113. Security (possibly)
114. Serrana (bow section)
115. Serrana (stern part)
116. Sheer grace
117. Smyrna
118. Southampton
119. Spyros (possibly)
120. Start
121. Surdelo
122. Teamwork
123. Terlings
124. Tiiu
125. Togimo
126. U 480
127. Vari solo sailor
128. Varvassi
129. Venezuela
130. Vera (probably)
131. Vikholmen
132. Waitara
133. War knight
134. Westville
135. Witte zee
136. Woodbury

 

Name: HMS JOHN MITCHELL

Length 26 meter, width: 6.1 meter, tonnage 89 ton

Cause: built of wood in 1913 by s richards & co, lowestoft for the colonial fishing co ltd, lowestoft. hired by the admiralty as a net drifter from feb 1915. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 38 hp (180 ihp), single shaft. machiney by crabtree & co, great yarmouth. 1 x 3pdr gun. sank following collision with ss bjerka. (d c wendes).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 310 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN COLLISION OFF ST ALBAN'S HEAD. (COLLETT). 2.2.07 SINKING POSN GIVEN VARIOUSLY AS 10 MILES SE OF ANVIL POINT OR 5032.0N, 0142.0W. (D C WENDES). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 15.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5029.994N, 0145.953W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.08MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. LENGTH 26MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 310/130 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 24MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, 0.8MTRS DEEP. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL

Position: 50 29.994 N,1 45.953 W

 

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