This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms lord st vincent (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 50.447 N,1 25.794 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)
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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 LORD ST VINCENT (PART OF)
Length 28 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 115 ton
Cause: built in 19129 by j chambers ltd, lowestoft. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 50nhp, single shaft. hired as armed patrol vessel from 9.1939. converted into a boom defence vessel from 9.1940. mined. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1941, last detected: 1988
Details measurements/cartography: H02410/41 15.8.41 INS DW.
- NM 1890/41. H02410/41 15.8.41 INS G CAN BUOY CLOSE NW OF WRECK. - TFNM 1912/41. H02410/41 17.10.41 INS BUOY.
- NM 2447/41. H02410/41 19.6.44 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR 18FT, FOUL 19FT. A/S AND E/S SWEEPS CARRIED OUT. (SHEERNESS, 19.6.44). H02410/41 22.8.44 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR 23FT, FOUL 24FT. POSN 515025N, 012600E. (FOIC HARWICH, 22.8.44). AMEND TO WK 3FMS 5FT.
- NM 2040/44 H02410/41 6.12.48 SWEPT CLEAR AT 31, FOUL AT 33FT. GENERAL DEPTH 36FT. POSN 515020N, 012604E. (SMLS, 6.12.48). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 1FT.
- NM 2583/48. H02410/41 3.4.59 SWEPT CLEAR AT 24FT, FOUL A 25FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29FT. GEN DEPTH 33FT. SCOUR 37FT. (ECES, 28.10.58). AMEND TO WK 4FMS IN 515025N, 012600E.
- NM 752/59. H783/62 6.7.62 NOT SWEPT. SCOUR ONLY FOUND - ABOUT 100FT FROM 1958 POSN. (HMS ECHO, 1961). H4005/68 14.3.68 WRECK NOT LOCATED. (HMS ENTERPRISE). H6681/49 25.6.68 NO SONAR CONTACTS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31FT IN GENERAL DEPTHS 32-35FT. SCOUR DEPTH 35FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 1594/68). OTHER SECTION OF THIS WK LIES IN 515016N, 012610E. 12.6.69 AMEND TO WK 3FMS 5FT [LAT]. NE 1975. 9.1.73 AMEND TO WK 7.0MTRS. NC 1975. H2101/74 29.1.76 SEARCHED FOR BY TRANSIT SONAR. NOTHING FOUND. (HMS EGERIA, HI 13/75). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. H4024/86 12.2.88 LOCATED DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH IN 515025N, 012554E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. NOT EXAM'D. CONTACT ABOUT 30MTRS IN DIAMETER AND GIVES NO SHADOW. MAG ANOMALY INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF 55 TONNES. (NP 1016, HI 373). RETAIN FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/575/01 19.8.94 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 575). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: CIRCULAR AREA 30MTRS IN DIAMETER, WRECKAGE
Position: 51 50.447 N,1 25.794 E