This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms lord stonehaven, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.197 N,4 8.432 W (50.1442, -4.17415)
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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.
Name: HMS LORD STONEHAVEN
Length 47.5 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 444 ton
Cause: built in 1934. hired as anti-submarine trawler from 8.1939. sunk during an german e-boat attack. probably torpedoed. (srn).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 1 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: 2.10.42 SANK 090DEGS, 6M FROM EDDYSTONE LT. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, 2.10.42). 20.8.70 WK, KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'STANHOPE', IN 501116N, 040822W USING DECCA. CLAIMED TO GIVE AN E/S TRACE 40FT HIGH GIVING DEPTH OF APPROX 24FMS. IN GEN DEPTH 31FMS. (MR CALKIN, 18.8.70). CHART AS WK 24FMS. BA 1267. H4267/70 7.12.70 WK REPD IN 501121N, 040820W USING DECCA. ASSUMED SAME WK AS REPORTED BY MR CALKIN ABOVE. NCA. H4808/72 29.12.72 WK IN 501109N, 040818W USING DECCA. (MR CALKIN, 1972). NCA. H4808/72 7.11.73 WK LOCATED IN 501109N, 040821W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. (HMS HECATE, 1973). NE 1267. H1280/76/31 26.3.76 FASTENER IN 501117N, 040820W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 29.1.76). NCA. H4808/72 18.5.81 REPD AS LARGE WK IN 501102N, 040815W. (HMS BOSSINGTON, WK SURVEY, APR '81). RETAIN HMS HECATE'S POSN. NCA. H1946/80 24.8.81 IN 501109N, 040821W USING HIFIX 6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. LYING N/S, ABOUT 50MTRS LONG. APPEARS PARTIALLY BROKEN UP AND TO BE LYING IN 2 MAIN PARTS, THE SHOAL TO THE S. (HMS FOX, HI 16). NFA. H1310/87/5 26.2.87 DIVED ON. LYING UPRIGHT AND IS INTACT FROM THE BOWS TO THE BRIDGE. AFT OF THIS VERY LITTLE REMAINS. SHELL CASES DATED 1917 FOUND. THOUGHT TO BE TOO SMALL TO BE THE 'STANHOPE' AND ALMOST CERTAINLY IS THE 'LORD STONEHAVEN'. (J BERNARD). NCA. HH100/351/22 7.7.05 HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS LORD STONEHAVEN BY THE BUILDER'S PLATE. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. SEP 2021/000052671 7.10.20 EXAM’D 2020; IN 5011.197N, 0408.432W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 52.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. LENGTH 48.4MTRS, WIDTH 9.4MTRS, HT 5.6MTRS. ORIENTATION 001/181 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 6.5MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, 1.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 000 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 9.7MTRS, TOWARD 159 DEGS. UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY BROKEN UP.(CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1679 - H525-17582). AMEND NDW 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 11.197 N,4 8.432 W