This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms lord hailsham, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 23.244 N,3 2.824 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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.

 

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5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Baygitano
8. Bayonne
9. Bokn (possibly)
10. Boma
11. Borgund i (possibly)
12. Broomhill (probably)
13. Chateau yqem
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Einar jarl
17. Gefion
18. General leman (possibly)
19. Gibel-hamam
20. Glocliffe
21. Gorizia
22. Greleen
23. Greta c
24. Gudrun
25. Heroine (probably)
26. Hms amazon
27. Hms bittern
28. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
29. Hms boadicea
30. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
31. Hms formidable
32. Hms harstad
33. Hms hickory
34. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
35. Hms lord hailsham
36. Hms manor
37. Isbjorn
38. Karen marie (probably)
39. Kongshaug (probably)
40. L h carl
41. La blanca (possibly)
42. Lct 381
43. Lofoten (probably)
44. Lord stewart
45. Lst 531
46. Lucinda (possibly)
47. Majorca
48. Marguerite (possibly)
49. Marie des isles
50. Marjolene
51. Minerva (probably)
52. Modavia
53. Moel tryvan
54. Moidart
55. Motano (probably)
56. Nil desperandum (probably)
57. Nyasaland
58. Ocean vagabond
59. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
60. Pergo
61. Pomella
62. Quest
63. Radaas (probably)
64. Reggestroom (probably)
65. Renilde
66. Romsdalen (probably)
67. Rosten (possibly)
68. Rota
69. Rotorua
70. Sarah jayne
71. Siren
72. Sparkling foam (possibly)
73. Ster de zee (possibly)
74. Tandil (probably)
75. Ub 19 (probably)
76. Ull (probably)
77. Ursa (probably)
78. W h dwyer
79. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: HMS LORD HAILSHAM

Length 47.5 meter, width: 7.9 meter, tonnage 445 ton

Cause: built in 1934 by cochrane & sons shipbuilders ltd. purchased in 1939 as an anti-submarine trawler. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 99 nhp, single shaft. torpedoed right fwd by e-boats of the 5th flotilla while escorting convoy wp 300. sank in 2 or 3 minutes. also lost were hms harstad, mv moldavia and lct 381. (n chipchase).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 43 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 27.2.45 27.2.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 502348N, 030312W. HT 30FT. (AUBD 303/87, ESCORT GROUP 6). H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 25.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 502348N, 030312W. HT 30FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST). H3950/70 27.5.71 H3950/70 27.5.71 CHART AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 3315. 16.1.73 16.1.73 AMEND TO USC 28MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 3315. H1270/76 15.7.81 H1270/76 15.7.81 AMENDED TO WK 41MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H2923/83 26.9.84 H2923/83 26.9.84 EXAM'D 14.5.84 IN 502313N, 030245W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. DECCA USED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS. LIES APPROX 070/250DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). BR STD. HH100/351/13 16.9.97 HH100/351/13 16.9.97 DIVED IN 7.97 IN 502313.5N, 030245.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK FOUND TO BE ANTI-SUBMARINE TRAWLER LYING ON STBD SIDE WITH BOWS S. THERE ARE NUMEROUS DEPTH CHARGES AND 20MM SHELLS DATING TO 1942. THE VESSEL HAS A LARGER GUN FORWARD AND IS BADLY DAMAGED CLOSE TO THE BOWS. THE TELEGRAPH INDICATES THAT SHE WAS AT 'FULL STEAM AHEAD' WHEN SUNK. (N CHIPCHASE). NCA. 1.5.13 1.5.13 EXAM'D 18.1.13 IN 5023.244N, 0302.824W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 52.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 7.8MTRS. LIES 043/223 DEGS. BOWS NE, ON ITS SIDE WITH DAMAGE TO THE BOW. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE, BOWS NE, STERN DAMAGED

Position: 50 23.244 N,3 2.824 W

 

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