This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms manor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 19.428 N,3 1.668 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 MANOR
Length 39.6 meter, width: 7.2 meter, tonnage 314 ton
Cause: ex-verdunois, ex-manor. built in 1913 by j duthrie torry sb co, aberdeen. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. 1 x 6pdr gun mouted on the bow. hired 1914-19 by the admiralty. requisitioned from 8.1939 as an anti-submarine trawler. torpedoed and sunk during attack on convoy wp 183 by e-boat s-67 of the second flotilla. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 152 cm
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2004
Details measurements/cartography: H113/45 23.4.45 H113/45 23.4.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 501930N, 025900W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). INS AS WK (PA) IN 501906N, 025918W. 20.8.45 20.8.45 SONAR CONTACT REPD IN 502000N, 030100W, APPROX. (AUBD 303/95). HH100/351/07 16.7.93 HH100/351/07 16.7.93 UNCHARTED WK LOCATED IN 501923N, 030136.5W IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. WELL NETTED. (C DAVIES, 23.6.93). INS AS USC 45MTRS.
- NM 2645/93. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 HH100/351/13 10.9.98 DIVED 7.98 IN 501922N, 030136.5E [OGB] USING DECCA. A WELL BROKEN SS WITH ONE BOILER. BOWS AND STERN INTACT. POSSIBLE GUN ON STERN. PROBABLY A WOODEN DECK. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH090/961/01 10.12.03 HH090/961/01 10.12.03 EXAM'D 11.7.03 IN 5019.428N, 0301.668W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.3 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 44MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.1MTRS. LIES 152/332 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 4MTRS TOWARDS 230 DEGS. APPEARS BROKEN CLOSE TO THE CENTRE. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 48MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/21 20.8.04 HH100/351/21 20.8.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. INTACT BOW HAS GUN MOUNTED. ADMIRALTY CROCKERY SEEN. POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FOR HMT MANOR. (N R CHIPCHASE & I TAYLOR). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP
Position: 50 19.428 N,3 1.668 W