Wreck: Hms michael clements (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms michael clements, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.488 N,1 29.041 W (50.358133, -1.484017)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: HMS MICHAEL CLEMENTS
Length 45.1 meter, width: 7.3 meter, tonnage 342 ton
Cause: built in 1917 by cochrane & sons, selby. a 'mersey' type trawler. served as an auxillary patrol vessel. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 590 ihp, single shaft. sank following collision with admiralty patrol trawler hms john catting. no men lost. (d c wendes).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2002
Details measurements/cartography: SONAR CONTACT IN APPROX 502100N, 013000W. POSSIBLE U-BOAT WRECK. (AUBD 304/76). H6899/55 26.6.56 H6899/55 26.6.56 LOCATED IN 502127N, 012858W USING DECCA. BUT LEAST DEPTH NOT ASCERTAINED. SEABED GRAVEL AND SHINGLE. (HMS SCOTT, 2.11.55). CHART AS NDW. NE 2450. 14.8.74 14.8.74 AMEND TO USC 28MTRS. NC 2450. H1270/77 12.5.81 H1270/77 12.5.81 AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. HH090/962/01 12.12.02 HH090/962/01 12.12.02 EXAM'D 26.6.02 IN 5021.488N, 0129.041W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.8 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS. LIES 112/292 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. MAINLY INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO WK 40MTRS. BR STD. 2.2.07 2.2.07 THIS IS MICHAEL CLEMENTS. BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: MAINLY INTACT, BOWS E
Position: 50 21.488 N,1 29.041 W
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