This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms narborough, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 46.226 N,2 55.896 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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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 NARBOROUGH
Length 82.6 meter, width: 8.2 meter, tonnage 994 ton
Cause: an m class destroyer. built in 1916 by j brown, clydebank. three boilers, s turbines of 25000np, twin shaft. passage from east coast war patrol. wrecked in a violent gale and snow storm, together with hms opal. one man survived from both ships.
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: POSN 584615N, 025548W. OPAL IN SAME POSN AT CLETT OF CLURA, WINDWICK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) H1939/26 24.3.26 WRECKS LYING CLOSE UNDER CLIFFS, HEADING IN NORTHERLY DIRECTION ABOUT 80YDS FROM EACH OTHER. NORTHERN VESSEL A MASS OF BROKEN IRON WORK ON LEDGE OF ROCK. SOUTHERN VESSEL LESS BROKEN & IN DEEPER WATER. NO MAST OR FUNNELS SHOWING & BOTH ALMOST ENTIRELY SUBMERGED AT HW. POSN 584615N, 025548W. (EXTRACT FROM N.L. 4432/18(X3003/18)). INS AS 2 DW (1918). BR STD. C.P. 26977/36 21.9.36 WRECKS NOW OWNED BY MESSRS SOUTHERLAND AND MAWAT. H5465/58 5.3.58 AMEND TO DW. NC 2162. H1310/86/20 7.8.86 NORTHERLY AREA OF WK SITE DIVED. MUCH SCATTERED WRECKAGE AND 3 INCH SHELL CASES, WELL BATTERED AND ERODED BY TIDAL ACTION, LITTER THE SEABED. NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION. GEN DEPTH 11MTRS - ROCKY BOTTOM SLOPING SEAWARDS. (B. WINFIELD, 26.7.86). AMEND TO NDW. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF BROKEN UP WRECKAGE
Position: 58 46.226 N,2 55.896 W