This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms keryado (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 37.786 N,0 4.993 W (50.6297667, -0.0832167)

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 KERYADO (PROBABLY)

Length 39.6 meter, width: 7.6 meter, tonnage 252 ton

Cause: 5.7.40 ex-french minesweeper. requisitioned 5.7.40. mined 6.3.41. 6.3.41 mined 6.3.41 8m s of newhaven whilst en route from dover & portsmouth to swansea. (ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: H423/41 18.3.41 SUNK IN 503930N, 000748E. (MINESWEEPING DIV, ADMIRALTY, 12.3.41). 6.3.41 SANK ABOUT 160 DEG, 8 MILES FROM NEWHAVEN. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 6.3.41). 15.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 503754N, 000418W. LENGTH 220FT, HT 15FT. OIL AND WRECKAGE. (ESCORT GROUP 6). H1965/76 4.12.80 WK EXAM'D 3.5.80 IN 503745N, 000454W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.3 IN GEN DEPTH 34.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 40.5MTRS, BEAM 6.9MTRS. IN TWO PARTS, LYING 050/230 DEGS, BOWS NE. HT OF STERN SECTION 6.8MTRS. IN AREA OF SANDWAVES ABOUT 1.5MTRS HIGH. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 27.5MTRS. BR STD. 4.11.91 DIVED ON. WK OF ARMED TRAWLER LYING UPRIGHT WITH BOW AND STERN INTACT. PORT SIDE AMIDSHIPS COLLAPSED TO SEABED. LENGTH 130FT, BEAM 25FT. GUNSIGHT, MARKED 1918, RECOVERED FROM 12 PDR GUN. THOUGHT PROBABLY TO BE THE 'KERYADO'. (N BLAKE, TELECON). HH100/351/04 13.11.91 INTACT WK OF APPARENTLY AN ADMIRALTY PATROL VESSEL, MINESWEEPER OR CONVERTED TRAWLER WITH 4 INCH GUN ON BOW. 45MTRS LONG. LIES ON EVEN KEEL BUT COLLAPSED TO SEABED ON PORT SIDE. POSSIBLY SWEEP GEAR ON SEABED. DEPTH TO DECK 36MTRS AT LW. COULD BE THE KERYADO. PART GUNSIGHT DATED 1918 RECOVERED. (T W BENNETTO, 2.11.91).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS IN AREA OF SANDWAVES. BOW NE

Position: 50 37.786 N,0 4.993 W

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