This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms minion, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.653 N,0 13.976 W (50.6442167, -0.2329333)

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 MINION

Length 84.1 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 1042 ton

Cause: Sold for breaking in germany but sank en route. (the nautical magazine, vol.246, no.6, pp.401/402).

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 72 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: 30.12.74 FF/WK REPD IN 503845N, 001348W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1974). H1965/76 9.7.79 DCS3 CONTACT, CLASSIFIED WK, LOCATED IN 503838N, 001347W [OGB]. LYING NE/SW, 100MTRS LONG. NOT EXAM'D. (HMS BULLDOG HI 37A/77). WK LOCATED 7.6.75 IN 503834N, 001352W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.6 IN GEN DEPTH 43.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.6MTRS. SCOUR LYING NE/SW. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). ACCEPT HMS FAWN'S DEPTH IN HMS BULLDOG'S POSN. CHART AS WK 30MTRS IN 503838N, 001347W [OGB]. R/P. H3823/78 21.8.79 WK LOCATED USING DECCA. NOT DIVED ON YET. (E GILES, 16.8.79). H1965/76 11.12.79 EXAM'D 16/17.10.79 IN 503837N, 001353W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. DECCA USED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.9 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS, LENGTH 92MTRS, BEAM 14.5MTRS. LYING 090/270DEGS. LARGE INTACT WK WHICH APPEARS TO BE ON ITS SIDE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. H1965/76 28.11.80 EXAM'D 17.2.80 IN 503837N, 001354W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 89MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS, HT 7.8MTRS. LARGE WK, WITH CONSPIC FUNNEL ON CENTRAL SUPERSTRUCTURE. (HMS BULLDOG HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 35MTRS. R/P. H1310/83/4 19.1.82 DIVED ON AND FOUND TO BE WK OF WW1 TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER, SIMILAR TO 'L CLASS'. HULL IS INTACT & LYING ON EVEN KEEL. BEAM ABT 30FT WIDE. BRIDGE COLLAPSED ONTO FOREDECK. NO SIGNS OF FUNNELS, BUT 3 HOLES WHERE THEY USED TO BE. 2 TORPEDO TUBES FARTHER AFT. (T W BENNETTO, 4.1.83). NCA. H1310/84/32 7.9.84 AFTER FURTHER DIVES IN 1984, CAN CONFIRM AS A BRITISH DESTROYER, BRIDGE TELEGRAPH MADE BY CHADBURNS, LIVERPOOL; AND TALLIES FOR 'WARD ROOM' & 'DEPTH CHARGE TELEGRAPH' HAVE BEEN LIFTED. STERN OF VESSEL HAS BEEN BLOWN OFF (T W BENNETTO, 4.9.84). [COULD POSSIBLY BE HMS LAFOREY - SEE [21090] IN 505530N, 012730E]. NCA. H1310/86/10 3.4.86 EXAM'D 1983. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'NORTH WESTER'. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES, WK NO 047). NCA. H1310/29/86 25.11.86 DIVED AGAIN 11.9.85. HOLES PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE WHERE FUNNELS HAD STOOD NOW THOUGHT TO BE EITHER FOR GUN MOUNTINGS OR TORPEDO TUBES. NO GUNS HAVE BEEN FOUND. (T W BENNETTO). NCA. H1310/88/30 29.6.88 WK IS BROKEN ACROSS AMIDSHIPS. GUNS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED. LEAST DEPTH AT LW - 42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. STERN ALMOST BURIED BY SANDWAVE. APPEARS TO MATCH 'L CLASS' DESTROYER AND, IF SO, CAN ONLY BE HMS LAFOREY. NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE YET. (P A VAN DER BOON). NCA. 15.1.92 SHIP BUILDERS PLATE RECOVERED INDICATING THAT THIS IS REMAINS OF HMS MINION. (THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE, VOL 246, NO 6). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 38.653 N,0 13.976 W

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