This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms mourne (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 26.893 N,5 29.818 W (49.715066666667, -5.6515333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 MOURNE (POSSIBLY)
Length 91.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, tonnage 1365 ton
Cause: torpedoed by u 767 with the loss of 110 lives.
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 102 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 1994
Details measurements/cartography: H03113/44 15.6.44 SUNK IN 492500N, 053000W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, 15.6.44). INS AS NDW PA. - FNM 1770/44. H0113/45 25.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 491500N, 053000W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45 & 4.7.45). 19.1.77 AMEND TO USC PA 86MTRS. NC 2565. 4.1.78 NOT SHOWN ON FR 6680 [INT 1708] OR IN FR WRECK RECORDS 18.10.76. HH090/637/01 18.11.94 EXAM'D 6.9.94 IN 492653.6N, 052949.1W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 91.1 IN GEN DEPTH 102MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 170/350DEGS. BROKEN INTO TWO ADJACENT SECTIONS WITH SMALL PIECES IN THE VICINITY. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 637). AMEND TO WK 91.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 7.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS
Position: 49 26.893 N,5 29.818 W