This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms nestor or hms nomad, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 42.957 N,5 47.01 E (56.7333333, 6.0833333)

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.

Name: HMS NESTOR OR HMS NOMAD

Length 83.8 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 1025 ton

Cause: Sunk during battle of jutland by gunfire from german battle squadron.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20150731

Details measurements/cartography: H3468/20 SUNK IN 564300N, 055800E APPROX. CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BA 2128B. H315/27 12.2.27 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1916). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 2182B. 3.11.55 NOW CHARTED AS NDW IN 564245N, 055800E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) LC 2181. 6.3.72 SHOWN AS NDW IN 564420N, 055900E ON GERMAN 82 [1971 EDN]. NCA, PLOTS IN DANISH WATERS. 31.7.72 WK SHOWN IN 564425N, 055905E [EUR] ON DANISH FISHERIES 5604. NCA. 11.1.84 SHOWN AS NDW ON DANISH 93 [INT 1044] [OCT '83 EDN]. HH100/351/04 29.7.91 WK OF EITHER HMS NESTOR OR HMS NOMAD REPORTED BY DANISH DIVERS TO BE REGULARLY FISHED IN 564307N, 054706E [EUR]. POSN CONSIDERED LIKELY TO BE VERY ACCURATE. (BATTLE OF JUTLAND - 75TH ANNIVERSARY EXPED. REPORT 3.7.91). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000111115 24.7.15 EXAM'D BY BDC 31.7.15 IN 5642.957N, 0547.010E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.66MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 57MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HEIGHT 1.8MTRS. ORIENTATION 015/195 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 7MTRS, DEPTH 0.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 100 DEGS. (HMS ECHO, SNT 03/15). AMEND NDW 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 9.5.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 42.957 N,5 47.01 E

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