This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms napia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 15.716 N,1 25.072 E (51.4688667, 1.5197833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Alabama (possibly)
6. Albion (probably)
7. Algeria
8. Amplegarth
9. Andaman
10. Angelus (possibly)
11. Archon
12. Ashley
13. Atlantic (possibly)
14. Avoca
15. Avon
16. Balakani
17. Brandenburg
18. Bravore
19. Camisard
20. Carmen
21. Cathay (part of)
22. Cedrington court
23. Christianssund
24. City of brisbane
25. Colbert
26. Constanzia
27. Corhaven
28. Correct
29. D'artagnan
30. Dalryan
31. De fontaine
32. Diana
33. Dinard
34. Dixie
35. Dolcoath (part)
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Duiveland
38. Dunbar castle
39. E goodwin ltv
40. Efford
41. Eidsiva (probably)
42. Eleonora
43. Embla (possibly)
44. Emile deschamps
45. Emma
46. Emma (possibly)
47. Empire lough (probably)
48. Empress of fort william (probably)
49. Empress of midland (possibly)
50. En avant
51. Erins isle (possibly)
52. Falcon (probably)
53. Fearless
54. Filleigh
55. Flachsee
56. Flandres
57. Francesco ciampa
58. Fred everard
59. Frons olivae (probably)
60. Fulmar
61. G 85 (possibly)
62. G-42 (possibly)
63. Gad 23
64. Genimar
65. Grazia (possibly)
66. Grit (probably)
67. Grosser kurfurst
68. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
69. Halcyon
70. Harcalo
71. Hawksdale
72. Hawnby
73. Henry moon
74. Heron
75. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
76. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
77. Hmhs anglia
78. Hms alert ?
79. Hms aragonite (part of)
80. Hms aries (possibly)
81. Hms artic trapper
82. Hms brazen
83. Hms carilon
84. Hms carlton
85. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
86. Hms chestnut (probably)
87. Hms city of dundee
88. Hms cleon
89. Hms desiree
90. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
91. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
92. Hms fauvette
93. Hms flirt
94. Hms glen boyne
95. Hms gracie (probably)
96. Hms guardsman
97. Hms kingston galena
98. Hms lydian
99. Hms marcella
100. Hms mastiff (possibly)
101. Hms myrtle
102. Hms napia
103. Hms niger (possibly)
104. Hms northumberland (probably)
105. Hms othello ii
106. Hms peridot
107. Hms pyrope
108. Hms ray of hope
109. Hms restoration (possibly)
110. Hms rodino
111. Hms stella orion
112. Hms stirling castle (probably)
113. Hms tamarisk
114. Hms torbay ii (probably)
115. Hms tourmaline
116. Hms tranquil
117. Hms venetia
118. Hms war sepoy
119. Hms weigelia
120. Hmsm b2
121. Hundvaag
122. Ilaro
123. Ira (possibly)
124. Irene
125. Jacob luckenbach
126. James harrod
127. Josephine willis
128. Kabinda
129. Kadru
130. Karmt
131. Katharina kolkmann
132. Kielce
133. Kirsten skou
134. Koenigshaven
135. L'armandeche
136. Lady stella
137. Latona
138. Laurl coin
139. Lbv (m)396
140. Le pelerin de la mer
141. Leicester
142. Leila najia
143. Leo
144. Lisbeth m
145. Lizzonia
146. Loanda
147. Lord hamilton (possibly)
148. Luray victory
149. Lusitania
150. Mahratta
151. Mahratta ii
152. Maloja 1
153. Malta (probably)
154. Margam abbey
155. Menapier
156. Merel (part of)(possibly)
157. Mersey
158. Monarch
159. Mrav
160. Mudlark
161. Murillo
162. Nancy moran
163. Newcastle
164. Newlands
165. Niki
166. Norman
167. Norman
168. North eastern victory
169. Nunima
170. Opal
171. Ousel (probably)
172. Paros isle
173. Polgrange
174. Ponzano
175. Portslade (possibly)
176. Preussen
177. Pulborough
178. Quentovic
179. River levan
180. Rubislaw
181. Rydal force
182. Rynanna
183. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
184. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
185. Sabac
186. Saidieh
187. Saint michael veillez sur nous
188. Saint ronan (possibly)
189. Saint ronan (possibly)
190. Sambut
191. San calisto
192. Santagata
193. Santagata (?part of)
194. Sea serpent
195. Selma (possibly)
196. Shenandoah
197. Sir russell
198. Slesvig
199. Spaarndem
200. St cecilia
201. Strathclyde
202. Sun vii
203. Surrey
204. Teeswood
205. Texaco caribbean (after section)
206. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
207. The queen
208. Tongue sand tower (remains)
209. Toward
210. Traquair (probably)
211. Treport
212. Tummel (probably)
213. U 11 (possibly)
214. U 16 (possibly)
215. U 48
216. Uama
217. Ub 108 (possibly)
218. Ub 109
219. Ub 29 (possibly)
220. Ub 31 ?
221. Ub 38
222. Ub 55 (probably)
223. Ub 56 (possibly)
224. Ub 58 (possibly)
225. Ub 78
226. Uc 21 (possibly)
227. Uc 26
228. Uc 46
229. Uc 46 (possibly)
230. Uc 77 (possibly)
231. Ursus (part)
232. W a scholten
233. Westerley star
234. Wheatman (possibly)
235. Will and maggie (probably)
236. Woodtown (possibly)

 

Name: HMS NAPIA

Length 27.5 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 155 ton

Cause: 6.12.39 ex-doralia '38. built in 1914 by j p rennoldson & sons, south shields. hired for examination service 6.12.39. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 90hp, single shaft. passage from ramsgate. mined. later dispersed.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20190503

Details measurements/cartography: H0183/39 5.2.40 WK IN POSN 008DEGS, 2.3 MILES FROM DEAL PIER LT. (FO DOVER). CHART AS DW IN 511540N, 012510E. - FNM 335/40. H0278/39 19.2.40 INS G CAN BUOY CLOSE E OF WK. (VA DOVER). - FNM 456/40. (VA DOVER). H183/39 23.4.40 INS DW WITH G CAN BUOY CLOSE E.

- NM 1045/40. H0278/39 1.3.43 AMEND BUOY TO G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S. - FNM 424/43. H0278/39 13.4.50 DISPERSED TO WITHIN 1FT OF THE SEABED. (C-IN-C NORE, 13.4.50). H0278/39 30.6.50 SWEPT 21 & 28.4.50 IN 511542N, 012512E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 12FT, FOUL AT 13FT. GEN DEPTH 20FT. (SML 324, 15.5.50). AMEND TO SW 2FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1225/50. H927/59 3.10.60 LEAST E/S DEPTH 18FT. (ECES, 1959). NCA. 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS SW 1FM 4FT [LAT]. NE 1828. 13.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 3MTRS. NC 1828. H2100/74 8.8.74 WK IN 511541N, 012511E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. SCOUR 6.5MTRS. (ISS, 30.4.74). NCA. H4793/87 30.12.87 EXAM'D 17.10.87 IN 511541N, 012511E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.5 IN GEN DEPTH 6.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 7.1MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.5MTR. APPARENTLY DISPERSED OVER AREA 45 X 30MTRS WITH NO PARTICULAR ORIENTATION. MAGNETIC ANOMALY INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF SOME 50TONNES. RETAIN CHARTED SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 379). NCA. HH090/647/01 1.2.96 EXAM'D 11.9.95 IN 511541.0N, 012510.4E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.3 IN GEN DEPTH 5.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.0MTR. NO DCS3 HT. AREA OF WRECKAGE 30 BY 10MTRS. LIES 140/320DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VERY BROKEN UP. (NP 1016, HI 647). BR STD. 20.1.11 [WGD] POSN: 5115.717N, 0125.071E. SEP 2019/000022679 27.6.19 EXAM'D 3.5.19; IN 5115.716N, 0125.072E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5.82MTRS, LENGTH 85.20MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 135 DEGS. QUIET DEGRADED/BROKEN UP, WK SUNK IN SEDIMENTS. POSSIBLE BOILER STICKING UP AS SHOALEST DEPTH. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1585). AMEND DW 5.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP, NOW AN AREA OF WRECKAGE

Position: 51 15.716 N,1 25.072 E

 

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