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 (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Ability
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Afrin (probably)
4. Agamemnon
5. Aircraft
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Annie
8. Atlanticos
9. Balgownie (probably)
10. Baltrader
11. Bella donna
12. Blackhill
13. Bonnington court
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. Clan monroe
20. Coalgas
21. Corcrest
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Dagmar (probably)
26. Denise germaine (possibly)
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Drofli
29. Dulwich
30. Dynamo
31. Edernian
32. Empire bridge
33. Empire ghyll
34. Erna boldt (probably)
35. Estrella (possibly)
36. European gateway (part of)
37. Excelsior
38. F stobart (probably)
39. Faithful star
40. Fleurita
41. Flores (probably)
42. Fort massac
43. Forth
44. Franz fischer (possibly)
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Ghc (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grisdeale
54. Groeswen (probably)
55. Hardingham (probably)
56. Harlington (probably)
57. Harlyn (probably)
58. Harriet
59. Hebe
60. Heworth
61. Hibernia
62. Highwave (probably)
63. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
64. Hm torpedo boat no.12
65. Hmml 127 (possibly)
66. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms arethusa
69. Hms coquette
70. Hms donna nook
71. Hms duchess of hamilton
72. Hms dundalk
73. Hms eros (possibly)
74. Hms forward iii
75. Hms franc tireur
76. Hms hastfen
77. Hms hirose (probably)
78. Hms japan
79. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
80. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
81. Hms leandros
82. Hms lord airedale
83. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
84. Hms ludlow
85. Hms marconi
86. Hms marsa
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms oriana
90. Hms reed (possibly)
91. Hms resono (possibly)
92. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
93. Hms sisapon
94. Hms sisters melville
95. Hms st seiriol
96. Hms tervani
97. Hms tunisian
98. Hms velia (possibly)
99. Hms william wesney
100. Hmsm e6
101. Hmtb 10
102. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
103. Hnlms 227
104. Ignis (possibly)
105. Ingi
106. Iris (possibly)
107. J c dalble
108. Janny
109. Jim
110. Josefina thorden (after part)
111. Kankakee
112. Khartoum (possibly)
113. Knarsdale
114. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
115. Koningen emma (possibly)
116. Kwasind
117. Lady salisbury
118. Lincairn (possibly)
119. Lindfar
120. Lisette
121. Little world
122. Lonhelen (possibly)
123. Lowland
124. Mac 5 (possibly)
125. Magdapur
126. Mahseer
127. Main topman
128. Mangara
129. Marie leonhardt (probably)
130. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
131. Mexico
132. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
133. Moidart
134. Morar
135. Neptune (possibly)
136. Nereus
137. Nico
138. Nicolaos piangos
139. Niore
140. Norhauk
141. Norwich trader
142. Ocean lassie
143. Ocean pride
144. Old charlton
145. Ostprussen (possibly)
146. Pallieter (possibly)
147. Paullette
148. Peik
149. Persistant whisper
150. Pescado
151. Peter hamre
152. Phryne
153. Polgarth
154. Port dalhousie (possibly)
155. Prince igor (probably)
156. Princess juliana
157. Profit
158. Protinus (possibly)
159. Quickstep
160. Ravenscraig (possibly)
161. Resolute
162. Rumania
163. Salerno (possibly)
164. Salerno (possibly)
165. Savona (probably)
166. Second chance (possibly)
167. Sheaf field
168. Simon bolivar
169. Stad maastricht
170. Storm
171. Sunbeam
172. Sunk beacon (remains)
173. Sunk head tower
174. Sweep ii
175. Tay bar
176. Telegraaf xviii
177. Terukuni maru
178. The sultan
179. Thornaby (possibly)
180. Thyra
181. Torchbearer
182. Uc 11 (possibly)
183. Uc 72 (possibly)
184. Vancouver
185. Volante (possibly)
186. Volscian (possibly)
187. Walsingham
188. Wearside
189. White ghost
190. Wychwood (possibly)
191. Yampa (part of)
192. Yampa (part of)
193. Yampa (part of)
194. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
195. Yassou
196. 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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