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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Clansman (possibly)
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Corduff
23. Cormead
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Daisy (possibly)
27. David b summers
28. Db 8 (possibly)
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. El dorado
31. Elnet
32. Ethel radcliffe
33. Excellenz mehnert
34. Farmatyr
35. Fidelio
36. Frumenton
37. Fulgens
38. G and e (possibly)
39. Galatea (possibly)
40. Gasfire
41. Geneva
42. George fisher
43. Georgia (for'd part)
44. Glen derry (probably)
45. Glen tilt (possibly)
46. Glynn
47. Groenlo
48. Gulf breaker
49. H h petersen
50. Helena
51. Hms agate
52. Hms cantatrice
53. Hms christopher (possibly)
54. Hms condor (probably)
55. Hms dhoon (probably)
56. Hms donside (possibly)
57. Hms dungeness
58. Hms evesham (possibly)
59. Hms fontenoy
60. Hms force
61. Hms francolin
62. Hms glen prosen
63. Hms harvest gleaner
64. Hms irvana (part of)
65. Hms jessie nutten
66. Hms kaphreda
67. Hms m a west (probably)
68. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
69. Hms orthos (probably)
70. Hms pelton (probably)
71. Hms speeton (possibly)
72. Hms spider
73. Hms tettenhall
74. Hms tonbridge
75. Hms tugela
76. Hms washington (probably)
77. Hms whooper
78. Hmsm d5
79. Ilse
80. Impulsion
81. Ionian (probably)
82. Kenneth hawksfield
83. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
84. Knitsley (possibly)
85. La perouse (possibly)
86. Langeli (possibly)
87. Leelite
88. Lingfield
89. Mardyke
90. Maria rosa
91. Marianne (probably)
92. Marsworth
93. Mascota (possibly)
94. Mascotte
95. Memento (possibly)
96. Mercurius
97. Meriones
98. Montferland
99. Mudo
100. Murdoch (probably)
101. Nadir
102. Navarra (possibly)
103. Nereus
104. Nominoe
105. Nordborg (possibly)
106. Norman queen
107. Novocastrian
108. Oil trader
109. Ole bull
110. Osprey
111. Oxshott (possibly)
112. Pluton
113. Polaris
114. Prima
115. Regain
116. Ren
117. Reward (possibly)
118. Rhineland
119. Robin iv
120. Robrix
121. Rochester city
122. Rogate
123. Roine
124. Roxanna
125. Rye
126. Scotia
127. Sea rhine
128. Seagull
129. Seaham
130. Sheaf water
131. Silksworth hall (probably).
132. Sir william stephenson
133. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
134. Skodsburg (possibly)
135. Southford
136. St patrick
137. Stad alkmaar
138. Stanmount
139. Sunniside (probably)
140. Taber park
141. Thomas m (possibly)
142. Tidal (possibly)
143. Tregantle (possibly)
144. Trevethoe
145. Tunisiana
146. U 13 (probably)
147. Uc 62 (possibly)
148. Ui-001
149. Vanguard
150. Vigo
151. Viola (possibly)
152. War valley
153. White lady
154. White swan
155. White swan (possibly)
156. Xanthe
157. Yewvalley (possibly)
158. 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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