This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms minster, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 27.494 N,1 4.824 W (49.4349, -1.061)

 

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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. A 12
2. A1-38
3. A1-7
4. A2-61
5. A2-66
6. B1-72
7. B1-89
8. B1-90
9. B1-98
10. Bonne sainte rita
11. Capitaine cook
12. Chameau
13. Charles morgan
14. Cornucopia (possibly)
15. Credo du marin
16. Dohe
17. Eden
18. Elsa
19. Empire broadsword
20. Gabrielle annick
21. Grand copaise
22. Hermod
23. Hms minster
24. Hms sesame (probably)
25. Julie
26. L'independant
27. L'otarie
28. La bajole
29. Laura c anderson (possibly)
30. Lct 232
31. Lct 244
32. Lct 524
33. Lct 777
34. Lct 967
35. Le guillemot
36. Lst (possibly)
37. Lst 314
38. Lst 496
39. Lst 523
40. Marie henriette
41. Norfalk
42. Plaston
43. Poussoir
44. Raumboat no.41
45. Sgb 7
46. Soleil levant
47. Suffolk coast (possibly)
48. Turquoise (probably)
49. Uss corry
50. Uss glennon
51. Uss meredith
52. Uss rich
53. Uss tide

 

Name: HMS MINSTER

Length 67.5 meter, width: 10.3 meter, tonnage 707 ton

Cause: hired as a netlayer in 1940. mined. (ww2sl)

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H02730/44 26.7.44 STRANDED WK IN 492730N, 010448W APPROX. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1614/44. H02730/44 13.2.56 NO LONGER SHOWS ABOVE WATER. (PARIS NM 55 42 14).

- NM 277/56. 29.3.61 CONFLICT ON POSN WITH FRENCH NAVAL AUTHORITIES IN MAISON ROYER. POSN OF LCI 232 QUOTED. QUESTION OF SALVAGE & OWNERSHIP. (CP 56929/60). 22.1.76 SHOWN AS DW ED ON FRENCH 6614D. BR STD. H4984/74 25.10.79 SHOWN AS DW ON FRENCH 847 [AUG '79 EDN]. BR STD. H1310/88 7.3.88 DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED AS WK OF HMS MINSTER. FIXED BY TORAN. (J COULON, 20.12.87). PLOTS IN 492800N, 010412W. NCA. 7.3.88 WK, DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, IN 492733N, 010445W. IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14591066). NCA. 10.5.90 DW PD SHOWN IN 492733N, 010445W ON FR 7056 [1986 EDN]. NC 2613. 17.5.07 LIES NE/SW WITH BOWS NE. HIGH POINT IS BOILERS, SOME 4MTRS HIGH. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). NCA. 7.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 4927.492N, 0104.830W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 27.494 N,1 4.824 W

 

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