This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms lewiston, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 24.505 N,4 46.019 W (52.16015, -4.66815)

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 LEWISTON

Length 46.6 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 440 ton

Cause: sank at moorings while being used as target for missile firings.

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 153 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H2312/72 14.4.87 SANK WHILE SECURED TO MOORING BUOY. LOCATED BY HMS HUBBERSTON 10.4.87 IN 522500N, 044605W AND MARKED BY DHAN BUOY. MAST AND SUPERSTRUCTURE OF VESSEL HAD BEEN REMOVED. (RNO PEMBROKE DOCK, RAE ABERPORTH & HMS HUBBERSTON). CHART AS USC PA 25MTRS.

- NM 1356/87. H2312/72 23.4.87 LOCATED IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. (HMS HUBBERSTON, SIGNAL DTD 22.4.87). H2312/72 18.5.87 HIGHEST POINT IS FUNNEL OVER WHICH LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER WAS 29MTRS. ORIGINAL MOORING BUOY AND BRIDLE, AND BARREL BUOY SECURED NEAR STERN, TO BE REMOVED BY PLYMOUTH CDT. A SURFACE MARKER WILL BE LEFT ATTACHED TO STERN OF WK. (FO PLYMOUTH, SIGNAL 28.4.87 & RNO PEMBROKE DOCK, 30.4.87). NCA HH100/351/01 8.9.89 WK, 150FT LONG, ORIENTATED 002/182 DEG, REPORTED BY LOCAL FISHERMAN IN 522439N, 044600W. POSN BY DECCA. (R S BUFTON, 21.8.89). AMEND TO USC 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/03 11.1.91 LOCATED 31.3.89 IN 522427.5N, 044603W USING DECCA. STANDS 19 TO 20FT HIGH WITH OVERALL DEPTH 122FT. (?LEAST DEPTH). LIES ABOUT NNE/SSW. (D TAYLOR, 1.1.91). AMEND POSN ONLY. BR STD. HH100/351/06 25.8.92 LOCATED 10.5.92 IN 522432N, 044608W. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. SEPARATE LARGE SECTIONS OF WRECKAGE LAY TO S AND SE OF WK. SITE REVISITED 6.8.92 WHEN NO PART OF WK STANDING MORE THAN 3.5MTRS COULD BE FOUND. POSN DETERMINED USING GPS. (V P HAIGH, 8.8.92). NCA. SEP 2014/000169269 12.3.15 EXAM'D 22.11.14 IN 5224.505N, 0446.019W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.1 IN GEN DEPTH 39.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. IN TWO PARTS, MAIN PART WITH LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS, LYING 153/333 DEGS. SMALLER PART WITH LENGTH 12MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 3.52MTRS, LYING 151/331 DEGS IS CLOSE NW. LEAST DEPTH OVER SMALLER PART 35.4MTRS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1450). AMEND WK 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL INTACT, MAST AND BRIDGE PREVIOULY REMOVED

Position: 52 24.505 N,4 46.019 W

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