This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms marconi, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 54.864 N,1 30.26 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Atlanticos
6. Balgownie (probably)
7. Baltrader
8. Bonnington court
9. British fortune (probably)
10. Cairnside
11. Carica milica
12. Cedarwood (possibly)
13. Churston
14. Clan monroe
15. Coalgas
16. Corcrest
17. Cormount (probably)
18. Coureur des mers
19. Cressdene (possibly)
20. Dagmar (probably)
21. Denise germaine (possibly)
22. Disa (possibly)
23. Dulwich
24. Dynamo
25. Edernian
26. Empire bridge
27. Empire ghyll
28. Erna boldt (probably)
29. Estrella (possibly)
30. European gateway (part of)
31. F stobart (probably)
32. Faithful star
33. Fleurita
34. Flores (probably)
35. Fort massac
36. Forth
37. Franz fischer (possibly)
38. Friargate (possibly)
39. Friargate (possibly)
40. Gannet (possibly)
41. Gena
42. Gerhard
43. Ghc (possibly)
44. Golconda (possibly)
45. Grantleyhall (possibly)
46. Grisdeale
47. Groeswen (probably)
48. Hardingham (probably)
49. Harlington (probably)
50. Harlyn (probably)
51. Harriet
52. Hebe
53. Hibernia
54. Highwave (probably)
55. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
56. Hm torpedo boat no.12
57. Hmml 127 (possibly)
58. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
59. Hms adonis (possibly)
60. Hms arethusa
61. Hms coquette
62. Hms donna nook
63. Hms duchess of hamilton
64. Hms eros (possibly)
65. Hms forward iii
66. Hms franc tireur
67. Hms hastfen
68. Hms hirose (probably)
69. Hms japan
70. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
71. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
72. Hms leandros
73. Hms lord airedale
74. Hms ludlow
75. Hms marconi
76. Hms marsa
77. Hms nadine
78. Hms new comet (possibly)
79. Hms oriana
80. Hms reed (possibly)
81. Hms resono (possibly)
82. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
83. Hms sisapon
84. Hms sisters melville
85. Hms tervani
86. Hms tunisian
87. Hms velia (possibly)
88. Hms william wesney
89. Hmsm e6
90. Hmtb 10
91. Hnlms 227
92. Ignis (possibly)
93. Ingi
94. J c dalble
95. Janny
96. Jim
97. Josefina thorden (after part)
98. Kankakee
99. Khartoum (possibly)
100. Knarsdale
101. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
102. Koningen emma (possibly)
103. Kwasind
104. Lady salisbury
105. Lincairn (possibly)
106. Lindfar
107. Lisette
108. Lonhelen (possibly)
109. Lowland
110. Mac 5 (possibly)
111. Magdapur
112. Mahseer
113. Main topman
114. Mangara
115. Marie leonhardt (probably)
116. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
117. Mexico
118. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
119. Moidart
120. Morar
121. Neptune (possibly)
122. Nereus
123. Nico
124. Nicolaos piangos
125. Niore
126. Norhauk
127. Norwich trader
128. Ocean pride
129. Old charlton
130. Ostprussen (possibly)
131. Pallieter (possibly)
132. Paullette
133. Peik
134. Persistant whisper
135. Pescado
136. Peter hamre
137. Phryne
138. Polgarth
139. Port dalhousie (possibly)
140. Prince igor (probably)
141. Princess juliana
142. Profit
143. Protinus (possibly)
144. Quickstep
145. Ravenscraig (possibly)
146. Salerno (possibly)
147. Salerno (possibly)
148. Savona (probably)
149. Second chance (possibly)
150. Simon bolivar
151. Stad maastricht
152. Storm
153. Sunbeam
154. Sunk beacon (remains)
155. Sunk head tower
156. Sweep ii
157. Tay bar
158. Telegraaf xviii
159. Terukuni maru
160. The sultan
161. Thornaby (possibly)
162. Thyra
163. Torchbearer
164. Uc 11 (possibly)
165. Uc 72 (possibly)
166. Vancouver
167. Volscian (possibly)
168. Walsingham
169. Wearside
170. White ghost
171. Wychwood (possibly)
172. Yassou
173. Ypapanti

 

Name: HMS MARCONI

Length 41.5 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 322 ton

Cause: Built in 1916 by cochrane & sons. selby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 86hp, single shaft. hired as minesweeper 1917-1919 and again from 3.1940. sank following a collision. (sibi & ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H03280/41 17.10.41 INS DW WITH A G CAN BUOY GP FL(2)G 10 SEC CLOSE NW.

- NM 2445/41 & FNM 2447/41. H03280/41 25.11.41 AMEND POSN.

- NM 2793/41. H3280/41 18.9.43 AMEND TO WK 4FMS WITH A G CAN BUOY GP FL(2) G CLOSE NW.

- NM 1977/43. H0393/42 30.10.43 DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2339/43. H03280/41 19.12.50 AMEND TO WK 3FMS 1FT WITH A G CON BUOY GP FL 3G 10SEC. (TH).

- NM 2460/50. H03280/41 30.10.51 WIRE DRIFT SWEEP BY SMLS 325 AND 323 17.9.51. CLEAR AT 22, FOUL AT 23FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25 IN GEN DEPTH 27FT. SCOUR DEPTH 42FT. SCOUR LIES 232 DEG, 710FT FROM WK BUOY. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 26.10.51). AMEND TO WK 3FMS 4FT.

- NM 186/52. H03280/41 19.1.53 DELETE BUOY. (TH).

- NM 125/53. H1144/65 3.8.65 LEAST E/S DEPTH 23 IN 27FT. MODERATE A/S CONTACT. POSN 515446N, 013030E. (HMS ECHO, 29.10.64). H2134/70 24.2.70 EXAM'D 13.6.69 IN 515447N, 013029E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 7.2, FOUL 7.6MTRS. GEN DEPTH 8.9MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 9.8MTRS. POOR SONAR CONTACT. (HMS ENTERPRISE). AMEND TO SW 4FMS (SW 3FMS 5FT LAT). BR STD. H3186/73 8.5.73 EXAM'D IN 515448N, 013030E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.1 IN GEN DEPTH 10.8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 9.4MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE). H4358/74 11.2.76 EXAM'D IN 515448N, 013030E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.8 IN GEN DEPTH 8.5MTRS (HEAVY SEA RUNNING). NO SCOUR. LIES 065/245 DEG. LENGTH APPROX 50MTRS. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (HMS ECHO, HI 12/75). AMEND TO WK 6.8MTRS.

- NM 471/76 H4726/77 16.3.79 LOCATED IN 515448N, 013028E [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.5 IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. SCOUR 8.9MTRS. INVESTIGATION RATHER INCONCLUSIVE. VICINITY OF WK DOMINATED BY SANDWAVE ORIENTATED NW/SE AND IT IS PROBABLE LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED WAS OVER THIS RATHER THAN THE WK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 60B/78). NCA. H2007/81 16.2.81 EXAM'D 26.11.80 IN 515446N, 013026E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 7.6, FOUL AT 7.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.6 IN GEN DEPTH 8.5MTRS. LYING NW/SE ON TOP OF A BANK AND IS ENCOMPASSED BY A RIDGE 0.5MTRS HIGH TO THE N. ABOUT 27MTRS LONG. HEAVILY SILTED. (HMS ECHO, HI 68B/80). AMEND TO SW 7.6MTRS. BR STD. H1955/80 25.3.82 EXAM'D 17.11.81 IN 515450N, 013024E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 7.5, FOUL AT 7.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.8 IN GEN DEPTH 8-9MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR, DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LYING 040/220DEGS. LENGTH 33MTRS, BREADTH 10MTRS APPROX. (SOISS, HI 25). NCA. H2913/83 18.10.84 NOT LOCATED. NO SPECIAL SEARCH MADE. (HMS ECHO, HI 192). NCA. H4024/86 17.2.88 EXAM'D 4.9.87 IN 515450N, 013023E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.6 IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 10.5MTR. DCS3 HT 1.4MTRS (?). GROUP OF SMALL SONAR CONTACTS OVER AREA SOME 85 X 50MTRS WITH NO SPECIFIC ORIENTATION. LIES ON W EDGE OF BANK WHICH HAS LEAST DEPTH 7.3MTRS. ANOTHER 200MTRS SE HAS DEPTH 6.9MTRS. MAG ANOMALY INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF MAX OF 11 TONNES. (NP 1016, HI 373). RETAIN AS SW 7.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF SMALL SONAR CONTACTS, WRECKAGE

Position: 51 54.864 N,1 30.26 E

 

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