Wreck: Hms myrtle (Trawler)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms myrtle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.663 N,1 18.293 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: HMS MYRTLE

Length 42.8 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 550 ton

Cause: ex-st irene. built in 1928 by cook, wellington & gemmel ltd, beverley. purchased by the admiralty in march 1039 as a mine sweeper. triple expansion engine, single shaft. 1 x 12pdr gun. mined.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H0577/40 27.6.40 INS DW. - FNM 1611/40. H0577/40 23.11.45 AMEND TO WK 1FM 5FT.

- NM 3824/45. 18.12.45 AMEND POSN TO 512836N, 011825E. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS).

- NM 4147/45. 15.5.46 DELETED.

- NM 1636/46. H2133/70 30.1.70 NOT FOUND BY SONAR SEARCH 30.10.69 WITHIN 5CABLES RADIUS OF LISTED POSN. (HMS ECHO, HI 51/70). NCA. SEP 2008/00002461 2.3.07 EXAM'D 13.7.06 IN 5128.662N, 0118.288E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.00 IN GEN DEPTH 8.7MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. SCATTERED DEBRIS EXTENDING 25MTRS NE/SW FROM LARGEST OBJECT IN A SANDWAVE FIELD. 4 MAIN OBJECTS, ALL <2MTRS SQUARE, STANDING <0.6MTR ABOVE BED LEVEL. CHART AS OBSTN 8MTRS. (PLA WK RECORD 207/24 DTD 11.1.07). INS OBSTN 8MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000185395 12.8.20 EXAM'D 18.6.20 IN 5128.664N, 0118.293E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.98MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. (PLA REPORT OF SURVEY DD 20.7.20). AMEND 8.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2021/000220646 17.8.21 EXAM'D BY BDC 20.7.21 IN 5128.663N, 0118.292E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.68MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10.2MTRS. LENGTH 33.8MTRS, WIDTH 18.6MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. NFS. (PLA SURVEY DTD 20.7.21). AMEND 8.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SCATTERED DEBRIS, 4 MAIN OBJECTS, EACH <2MTRS SQUARE

Position: 51 28.663 N,1 18.293 E

 

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