This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms lavender, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 55.02 N,7 19.05 W (51.867, -7.5675)
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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 LAVENDER
Length 81.4 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1200 ton
Cause: built in 1915 by a macmillan & sons. triple-expansion engine, 2400ihp. 2 x 4.7inch guns, 2 x 3 pdr. torpedoed and sunk. official complement 93. (dods).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 63 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1977
Details measurements/cartography: 10.3.70 10.3.70 SUNK IN 515500N, 071900W [OSI]. (NHB). NCA. SUNK IN 513400N, 061500W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H4852/75 22.3.77 H4852/75 22.3.77 SEARCHED FOR IN 513400N, 061500W WITH DCS3 AND SIMRAD SONAR WITHIN 2.5M OF POSN. NOTHING FOUND. (HMS HERALD, HI 20/76). ACCEPT NHB POSN. POSN FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 55.02 N,7 19.05 W