This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms monarch (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 6.092 N,6 24.051 W (49.34725, -6.2956333333333)

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 MONARCH (POSSIBLY)

Length 166.1 meter, width: 27.1 meter, tonnage 22500 ton

Cause: sunk as target off scillies. (ships of the royal navy, j j colledge).

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 122 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H4847/71 11.5.72 WK IN 490712N, 062054W [OGB] USING DECCA. HEIGHT 40FT IN GEN DEPTH 400FT [UNREDUCED]. (RISDON BEAZLEY, ULRICH HARMS, 13.4.72). CHART AS WK 57FMS [104MTRS]. BR STD. H4847/71 8.6.72 WARSHIP, UPSIDE DOWN, FITTED WITH SIX INCH ARMOUR PLATING ON SIDE. PROPELLERS REMOVED ALONG WITH TAIL SHAFTS AND ALL FOUR A-BRACKETS. PROBABLY IN THIS CONDITION WHEN SANK UNDER TOW TO BREAKERS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, ULRICH HARMS, 1.6.72). [CONSIDER THIS MUST BE HMS MONARCH SUNK AS TARGET SHIP OFF SCILLIES - W.O.]. NCS111/1052 1.11.77 ENQUIRY REGARDING PURCHASE OF WRECK MADE BY A C CROTHALL. HH091/052/01 1.11.05 EXAM'D 1.8.05 IN 4906.092N, 0624.051W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 99 IN GEN DEPTH 118MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 168MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 18MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS 050 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE OVERTURNED VESSEL WITH SMALL SECTION OF STERN SEPARATED FROM HULL. CONSIDER THIS TO BE MONARCH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 1052). AMEND WK 99MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, SMALL SECTION OF STERN SEPARATE, BOWS NE

Position: 49 6.092 N,6 24.051 W

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