Wreck: Hms nessus (Destroyer)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms nessus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 37.026 N,2 31.217 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: HMS NESSUS
Length 82.9 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 1022 ton
Cause: built in 1915 by swan hunter & wigham richardson, wallsend-on-tyne. s turbines of 25000shp, twin shaft. 3 x 4 inch guns. sank after collision with cruiser amphitrite in dense fog whilst patrolling in north sea. (dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 151 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: 16.9.18 POSN 583600N, 023300W APPROX. (CINC GRAND FLEET). INS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BR STD. H3875/26 18.6.26 NOW SHOWN AS NDW (1918). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BR STD. 27.7.60 AMEND TO NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 2179. 30.9.80 AMEND TO WK USC PA 50MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN) NE 115. HH091/217/01 - SEP 2007/000086983 21.11.07 EXAMINED 31.5.07 IN 5837.0259N, 0231.2174E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 59.6 IN GEN DEPTH 63.8MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTR DEEP EXTENDS 22MTRS TOWARDS 320 DEGS. LENGTH 68.5MTRS, WIDTH 8.8MTRS, HT 4.2MTRS. LIES 151/331 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. APPEARS TO HAVE STERN MISSING. POSSIBLY NESSUS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1218). AMEND WK 59MTRS N REVISED POSN.
- NM 5820/07. 6.11.08 DIVED ON 2.11.08 AND CONFIRMED AS A WW1 WARSHIP. CROCKERY WITH ADMIRALTY ANCHOR RECOVERED. (K HEATH, TELECON 6.11.08) 19.10.10 4 INCH GUN LIES ON SEABED, WITH SHELL CASR NEARBY. OTHER MUNITIONS INCLUDING DEPTH CHARGES VISIBLE. (DIVER MAGAZINE NOV '10)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PROBABLY STERN MISSING & UPRIGHT, BOWS NW
Position: 58 37.026 N,2 31.217 W
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