This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms magic, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 24.697 N,0 15.466 W (49.4116167, -0.2577667)

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 MAGIC

Length 67.4 meter, width: 9.8 meter, tonnage 890 ton

Cause: Vessel, built 1942, was sunk off normandy coast by 'human torpedo'. 26 lives lost. (ww2 losses of rn ships & dods).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H03041/44 5.8.44 H03041/44 & H02758/44 DISPERSED WK OF 'MAGIC' LOCATED IN 492446N, 001540W BY HDML 1001. (NOIC ARROMANCHES, 768/41, 27.7.44). CHART AS NDW.

- NM 1684/44. H2415/54 19.4.55 WK 18MTRS [9.75FMS] IN 492442N, 001530W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 1821 & LC 2613. H716/60 11.7.61 INS WK 9FMS 5FT ON NC 2613. 1.10.74 SHOWN AS SW 18MTRS IN 492442N, 001530W ON FR 890. NC 2146. H3898/82 17.5.82 SHOWN AS WK 18.9MTRS [10FMS 2FT] ON FR 6927 [1981 EDN]. BR STD. HH351/351/01 19.12.89 HMS 'MAGIC' IN 492445.1N, 001523.2W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 18.9 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. HT 6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590140). CHART AS WK 18.9MTRS IN 492445N, 001523W. NE 2146. 27.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4924.697N, 0015.466W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 24.697 N,0 15.466 W

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