This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms m a west (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 34.045 N,1 46.219 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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.

 

1. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alice taylor
4. Alster
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Artemisia
7. Astrologer
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Barrhill
12. Begona no 5
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. City of kobe
19. Clansman (possibly)
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Corduff
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. David b summers
26. Dronning maud (possibly)
27. El dorado
28. Ethel radcliffe
29. Excellenz mehnert
30. Farmatyr
31. Fidelio
32. Frumenton
33. Fulgens
34. Galatea (possibly)
35. Gasfire
36. Geneva
37. George fisher
38. Georgia (for'd part)
39. Glen derry (probably)
40. Glen tilt (possibly)
41. Glynn
42. Groenlo
43. Gulf breaker
44. H h petersen
45. Helena
46. Hms agate
47. Hms christopher (possibly)
48. Hms condor (probably)
49. Hms dhoon (probably)
50. Hms donside (possibly)
51. Hms dungeness
52. Hms evesham (possibly)
53. Hms fontenoy
54. Hms force
55. Hms francolin
56. Hms glen prosen
57. Hms irvana (part of)
58. Hms jessie nutten
59. Hms kaphreda
60. Hms m a west (probably)
61. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
62. Hms orthos (probably)
63. Hms pelton (probably)
64. Hms speeton (possibly)
65. Hms spider
66. Hms tettenhall
67. Hms tonbridge
68. Hms tugela
69. Hms washington (probably)
70. Hms whooper
71. Hmsm d5
72. Ilse
73. Impulsion
74. Ionian (probably)
75. Kenneth hawksfield
76. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
77. Knitsley (possibly)
78. La perouse (possibly)
79. Langeli (possibly)
80. Leelite
81. Lingfield
82. Mardyke
83. Maria rosa
84. Marianne (probably)
85. Marsworth
86. Mascota (possibly)
87. Mascotte
88. Memento (possibly)
89. Mercurius
90. Montferland
91. Mudo
92. Murdoch (probably)
93. Nadir
94. Navarra (possibly)
95. Nereus
96. Nominoe
97. Nordborg (possibly)
98. Norman queen
99. Novocastrian
100. Oil trader
101. Ole bull
102. Osprey
103. Oxshott (possibly)
104. Pluton
105. Polaris
106. Prima
107. Regain
108. Ren
109. Reward (possibly)
110. Rhineland
111. Robin iv
112. Robrix
113. Rochester city
114. Rogate
115. Roine
116. Roxanna
117. Rye
118. Scotia
119. Sea rhine
120. Seagull
121. Seaham
122. Sheaf water
123. Silksworth hall (probably).
124. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
125. Skodsburg (possibly)
126. Southford
127. St patrick
128. Stad alkmaar
129. Stanmount
130. Sunniside (probably)
131. Taber park
132. Thomas m (possibly)
133. Tidal (possibly)
134. Tregantle (possibly)
135. Trevethoe
136. U 13 (probably)
137. Ui-001
138. Vanguard
139. Viola (possibly)
140. War valley
141. White lady
142. White swan
143. White swan (possibly)
144. Xanthe
145. Yewvalley (possibly)
146. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS M A WEST (PROBABLY)

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 310 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H01842/41 23.5.41 BOMBED IN 523405N, 014535E. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 23.6.41). PFNM ISSUED. H01842/41 2.8.41 INS AS DW.

- NM 1814/41. H05317/44 AMEND TO WK 19FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 113/45. H01842/41 3.6.49 WIRE SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL - AREA OF RADIUS 600FT FROM REPD POSN SWEPT CLEAR AT 33FT. GENERAL DEPTH 36FT. (SML 4, 23.5.49). AMEND TO WK 33FT.

- NM 1145/49. H1333/60 10.5.60 POSN DRIFT SWEPT. AREA CLEAR AT 33FT, FOUL AT 34FT IN 523402N, 014541E. POSN BY HSA. NOT FOUND BY E/S BUT SCOUR, DEPTH 40FT, EXISTS NEAR POSN. (ECES, 1959). AMEND POSN.

- NM 1046/60. H2358/65 2.9.65 NOT FOUND. (SURVEY [K4594]). AMEND TO FOUL.

- NM 1613/65. H3570/67 29.11.67 NOTHING LOCATED WITHIN 5 CABLES OF POSN. (HMS ECHO, R-OF-S DTD 15.9.67). DELETED. BR STD. H4213/71 23.2.72 NOT FOUND. (SOISS, R-OOF-S DTD 13.8.71). H4403/71 7.11.73 TWO CONTACTS ON TRANSIT SONAR IN 523405N, 014551E. POSN BY HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. INDICATES PROBABLE FOUL AREA. NOT FOUND BY E/S. (HMS EGERIA). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. H4403/71 29.1.76 NOT FOUND. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 16/75). H4658/71 10.11.77 NOT FOUND. PROBABLY COMPLETELY BURIED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 55/77). H4403/71 15.11.79 NOT FOUND. (SOISS, HI 63B/79). DELETED. BR STD. H2548/88 28.10.88 FOLLOWING REPORT FROM RACAL SURVEY, EXAM'D WK IN 523401N, 014620E ON 24.10.88 USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.9 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. SONAR TRACE SHOWS ILL-DEFINED OBJECT OF APPROX 15MTRS HORIZONTAL EXTENT E/W. SONAR EXAMINATION NOT ACHIEVED DUE PROXIMITY OF CORTON SAND AND STRONG N/S TIDAL STREAM. (NP 1008, H525 24.10.88). INS AS WK 11.9MTRS.

- NM 3406/88. HH090/513/01 13.6.91 EXAM'D 28.4.91 IN 523401N, 014620E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 11.9, FOUL AT 12.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.3 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.6MTR. SCOUR DEPTH 15MTRS. DISTINCT CONTACT, LYING 350/170DEGS AND GIVING GOOD SONAR SHADOW. (NP 1016, HI 513). AMEND TO SW 11.9MTRS. BR STD. HH090/513/01 15.7.91 FOLLOWING RE-ASSESSMENT OF TIDAL REDUCTION, WK NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 11.5MTRS. OTHER DATA UNCHANGED. (NP 1016, HI 513). BR STD. HH090/734/01 28.4.97 EXAM'D 27.3.97 IN 523401.0N, 014619.7E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 11.9, FOUL 12.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.7 IN GEN DEPTH 14.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS. IN ONE PARTIALLY BURIED PIECE. (NP 1016, HI 734). INS AS SW 11.7MTRS. BR STD. HH090/848/01 2.6.99 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. IN ONE PIECE, PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 848). NCA. HH091/111/01 10.8.05 EXAM'D 20.4.05 IN 5234.045N, 0146.219E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 12.5, FOUL 12.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.7 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 50MTRS TOWARDS 170/350 DEGS. LENGTH 31MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 1111). RETAIN SW 11.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/220/01 28.8.07 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.98MTRS. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1220). NCA. HH091/260/01 23.10.08 EXAM'D 4.6.08 IN 5234.045N, 0146.220E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.04 IN GEN DEPTH 15.0MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 50MTRS TOWARDS 190 DEGS. LENGTH 23MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 3.0MTRS. LIES 130./310 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1260). NCA. 23.2.11 EXAM'D 14.8.10 & 16.11.10 IN 5234.046N, 0146.219E [WGD]. SWEPT CLEAR 12.1, FOUL 12.3MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.89MTRS (11.67MTRS IN WATER COLUMN). NO SCOUR. LENGTH 22MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 130/210 DEGS. APPEARS PARTLY BROKEN UP, UPRIGHT AND PART COVERED BY SEDIMENT. (MMT, HI 1338). SWEEP SIGNIFICANTLY SHOALER THAN M/B DEPTH. RETAIN SW 11.7MTRS. NCA. SEP 2017/000186964 22.4.18 EXAM'D 14.7.17; OBSERVED IN 5234.045N, 0146.219E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.89MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 14MTRS. WK LENGTH 24.6MTRS, WIDTH 8.0MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 128/308DEGS. SCOUR TRENDING ON NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE, LENGTH 28.6MTRS, DEPTH 1.73MTRS TOWARDS 159DEGS. RECTANGULAR WK WITH CYCLINDRICAL FEATURE IN CENTRAL SECTION. [EGS, HI 1545]. AMEND DW 11.8MTRS. SEP 2021/000000486 10.10.20 EXAM'D 10.10.20; OBSERVED IN 5234.045N, 0146.219E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.94MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 15MTRS. WK LENGTH 17.2MTRS, WIDTH 4.52MTRS, HT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 310DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 21.6MTRS, DEPTH 1.2MTRS, WIDTH 19.19MTRS, ORIENTAION 360DEGS. [FPV MORVEN, HI 1687]. NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 34.045 N,1 46.219 E

 

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