This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms marsona (s section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 40.399 N,3 55.068 W (57.7756, -3.7598166666667)

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 MARSONA (S SECTION)

Length 38.2 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 276 ton

Cause: 30.8.39 vessel, ex-james christopher. built in 1918 by j p rennoldson & sons ltd, south shields for j marr sons ltd. hired from 30.8.39 and converted into a minesweeper. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 87nhp, single shaft. mined. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1980

Details measurements/cartography: H0742/40 18.10.40 INS WK 22FT [3.5FMS].

- NM 2288/40. H0742/40 18.10.40 TOW G SPH BUOY CLOSE N OF WRECK. - TFNM 2289/40. H0742/40 18.10.40 INS G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G, 098DEG, 3.84M FROM COMARTY LT & SPH LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, 135DEG, 100YDS FROM WRECK NOT YET LIT. - TFNM 2463/40 & TFNM 464/41. H0742/40 31.10.41 INS LT BUOY ON CHARTS. - FNM2553/41. H0742/40 1.1.51 WK IN 574026N, 035457W. DEPTH 43FT [7.1FMS/FT]. (NLB). AMEND WK 43FT ON BA 2167 & WK 7FMS ON BA 3547.

- NM 2491/50. H8153/68 12.6.74 FOUND, BY DCS3, AS PARTLY BURIED OBJECT IN 574031N, 035503W DURING DECCA SURVEY [K6937]. H8153/68 23.10.74 AMEND TO WK 13.1MTRS IN 574031N, 035503W. NC 2167 & 3547. H2671/76 11.3.76 EXAM'D IN 574031N, 035503W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.0 IN GEN EPTH 15.8MTRS. SCOUR 17MTRS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS ENTERPRISE HI 80 & 83/75). H3060/79 2.10.80 LOCATED BY IN TWO SECTIONS, BOTH SCATTERED OVER SEABED & ABOUT 100MTRS APART IN NW/SE DIRECTION. [N SECTION IN 574027N, 035502W SEE RECORD 2071]. LEAST DEPTH 13.9MTRS. S SECTION IN 574025N, 035459W. LEAST DEPTH 14.6MTRS. (WIMPEY LABORATORIES LTD SURVEY REPORT). INS WK 14.6MTRS. BR STD. 22.11.03 EUT POSN: 5740.399N, 0355.068W. NE 1077.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 40.399 N,3 55.068 W

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