This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms loyalty, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.719 N,0 44.02 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)

 

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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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Name: HMS LOYALTY

Length 68.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 850 ton

Cause: Ex-hms rattler. renamed in 6.43. an 'algerine' class sweeper. built by harland & wolff 12.45. sunk by homing torpedo fired by u 480.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 86 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H03737/44 10.11.44 SUNK 045DEGS, 3M FROM BUOY IN 501406N, 004230W. (LOI 164). 28.6.90 WK LOCATED IN 501251.7N, 004424.9W [EUR] USING HIFIX. POSN ACCURACY +/-20MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.1 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. STANDS 3MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (FRENCH WK NO.181002120). OGB POSN 501245N, 004424W. CHART AS WK 46MTRS. SHOWN IN CONJUNCTION WITH WKS [19804] & [19805] CLOSE E. BA 2450. HH100/351/04 28.8.91 WK IN 501239N, 004400W POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS HMS LOYALTY (EX 'RATTLER'). LIES ON STBD SIDE WITH BOW W AND STERN VERY BROKEN AND SPREAD OUT. HIGH POINT IS AT BOWS. (S B THOMAS, 20.8.91). HH100/351/05 26.8.92 LOCATED IN 501244N, 004357W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). NCA. HH090/952/01 6.11.03 EXAM'D 8.7.03 IN 5012.719N, 0044.020W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.5 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LIES 086/266 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 266 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND WK 44MTRS. BR STD. 29.8.07 SHOWN AS WK 42MTRS IN 5012.719N, 0044.020W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6857 [INT 1705] [3RD EDN '07, ADOPTION]. NE 2613. 7.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, BOW & STERN VERY BROKEN AND SPREAD OUT

Position: 50 12.719 N,0 44.02 W

 

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