This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms moravia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 3.39 N,1 48.891 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Annie
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Blackhill
10. Bonnington court
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Claudia (possibly)
19. Coalgas
20. Corcrest
21. Cormorant
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Dynamo
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. Ellewoutsdijk
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Firth
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Frumenton
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Groenlo
57. Groeswen (probably)
58. H h petersen
59. Harlington (probably)
60. Harlyn (probably)
61. Harriet
62. Hebe
63. Hendon hall
64. Heworth
65. Hillglen
66. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms donna nook
69. Hms donside (possibly)
70. Hms duchess of hamilton
71. Hms eros (possibly)
72. Hms forward iii
73. Hms franc tireur
74. Hms harvest gleaner
75. Hms hastfen
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms japan
79. Hms jessie nutten
80. Hms lord airedale
81. Hms monarch
82. Hms moravia (possibly)
83. Hms nadine
84. Hms new comet (possibly)
85. Hms resono (possibly)
86. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms river clyde (possibly)
89. Hms sisters melville
90. Hms st seiriol
91. Hms tervani
92. Hms velia (possibly)
93. Hms waveflower
94. Hms whooper
95. Hms william wesney
96. Hmsm e6
97. Hmtb 10
98. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
99. Hnlms 227
100. Hornchurch
101. Ignis (possibly)
102. Ingi
103. Ionian (possibly)
104. Iris (possibly)
105. J c dalble
106. Jamesina
107. Janny
108. Jim
109. Kenneth hawksfield
110. Khartoum (possibly)
111. Knarsdale
112. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
113. Koningen emma (possibly)
114. Kwasind
115. Lady salisbury
116. Lapwing
117. Lapwing (possibly)
118. Lincairn (possibly)
119. Lisette
120. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
121. Lonhelen (possibly)
122. Lord bute
123. Magdapur
124. Mangara
125. Marie leonhardt (probably)
126. Mascotte
127. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
128. Mexico
129. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
130. Moidart
131. Morar
132. Nereus
133. Newhaven (possibly)
134. Nico
135. Nicolaos piangos
136. Norhauk
137. Norwich trader
138. Ocean pride
139. Old charlton
140. Ostprussen (possibly)
141. Palembang (probably)
142. Paullette
143. Peik
144. Pescado
145. Petshenga (possibly)
146. Phryne
147. Plawsworth (possibly)
148. Polgarth
149. Profit
150. Protinus (possibly)
151. Ravenscraig (possibly)
152. Rhenas (possibly)
153. Rochester city
154. Salerno (possibly)
155. Salerno (possibly)
156. Savona (probably)
157. Scimitar
158. Sea king
159. Second chance (possibly)
160. Simon bolivar
161. Southford
162. St patrick
163. Storm
164. Taber park
165. Tergestea
166. Terukuni maru
167. Thornaby (possibly)
168. Thyra
169. Torchbearer
170. Uc 11 (possibly)
171. Uc 72 (possibly)
172. Vae victis
173. Vancouver
174. Victorious
175. Volscian (possibly)
176. Warrenpoint
177. Wearside
178. White lady
179. Wychwood (possibly)
180. Wyetown
181. Yarmouth
182. Yewkyle (possibly)
183. Ypapanti

 

Name: HMS MORAVIA (POSSIBLY)

Length 39.6 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 306 ton

Cause: built in 1917 by cook, welton & gemmel ltd, beverley for the boston deep sea fishing & ice co. owned at time of loss by the admiralty. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 89hp, single shaft. machinery by amos & smith, hull. one 6pdr gun. mined.

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 94 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 20190701

Details measurements/cartography: H01328/43 2.7.43 WK 6FMS 1FT IN 520330N, 014840W.

- NM 1324/43. H01328/43 6.9.48 EXAM'D AUGUST 1948. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60FT. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 47FT. GEN DEPTH 78FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 5FT.

- NM 1972/48. 7.11.73 AMEND TO WK 14.3MTRS. NC 2052. H4139/76 6.1.77 EXAM'D 6.8.76 IN 520322.2N, 014858.2E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 18.9, FOUL 19.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.9 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR 28MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LYING NE/SW. POSSIBLE BREAK UP AT NE END. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/667/01 15.12.95 EXAM'D 14.7.95 IN 520323.23N, 014853.27E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.2, FOUL 19.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.1 IN GEN DEPTH 25.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.79MTRS. TWO SECTIONS, EACH 30MTRS LONG, 22MTRS WIDE. LIES 040/220 DEGS. TWO SECTIONS SEPARATED BY 20MTRS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY WITH TWO SEPARATE PEAKS. FISHING NETS AND POTS ARE AMONGST THE WRECK. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. HH100/351/11 19.3.96 THIS IS THE WK OF AN ARMED TRAWER, POSSIBLY THE MOROVIA. LIES UPRIGHT WITH A LEAN TO THE STBD SIDE. SUPERSTRUCTURE IS STILL INTACT WITH THE HIGHEST POINT APPROX 5MTRS ABOVE THE SEABED. SUPERSTRUCTURE IS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION AND WILL NOT COLLAPSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. (BOB HICKINBOTTOM). HH100/351/11 26.3.96 SEVERAL SHELL CASES OF ABOUT 3 INCH DIAMETER FOUND. CLOSE TO A SMALL GUN ON THE BOW. (BOB HICKINBOTTOM). SEP 2019/000272653 20.11.19 EXAM'D 01.07.19; IN 5203.390N, 0148.891E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 20.45MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, LENGTH 77.2MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HEIGHT 5.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 094/274 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 59.1MTRS, WIDTH 38.6MTRS, 4.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 033 DEGS. WRECK IN TWO SECTIONS, BOW SECTION 25 MTRS LONG; STERN SECTION 35 MTRS LONG; 30MTRS BETWEEN. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 20.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO SECTIONS, BOW SECTION 25 MTRS LONG; STERN SECTION 35 MTRS LONG; 30MTRS BETWEEN.

Position: 52 3.39 N,1 48.891 E

 

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