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 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 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