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 (50.499900, -1.765883)

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.

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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