This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms new comet (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 8.636 N,1 47.45 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. Clan monroe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Coalgas
23. Corcrest
24. Cormorant
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Denewood
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Dynamo
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Fidelio
45. Firth
46. Fort massac
47. Forth
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Frumenton
51. Gannet (possibly)
52. Gasfire
53. Gena
54. Gerhard
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Golconda (possibly)
57. Grantleyhall (possibly)
58. Grenadier (probably)
59. Groenlo
60. Groeswen (probably)
61. Gulf breaker
62. H h petersen
63. Harlington (probably)
64. Harlyn (probably)
65. Harriet
66. Hebe
67. Hendon hall
68. Heworth
69. Hillglen
70. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
71. Hms adonis (possibly)
72. Hms christopher (possibly)
73. Hms donna nook
74. Hms donside (possibly)
75. Hms eros (possibly)
76. Hms evesham (possibly)
77. Hms forward iii
78. Hms franc tireur
79. Hms harvest gleaner
80. Hms hastfen
81. Hms hirose (probably)
82. Hms holdene
83. Hms japan
84. Hms jessie nutten
85. Hms lord airedale
86. Hms ludlow
87. Hms marconi
88. Hms monarch
89. Hms moravia (possibly)
90. Hms nadine
91. Hms new comet (possibly)
92. Hms orthos (probably)
93. Hms resono (possibly)
94. Hms river clyde (possibly)
95. Hms river clyde (possibly)
96. Hms sisters melville
97. Hms st seiriol
98. Hms tervani
99. Hms tugela
100. Hms waveflower
101. Hms whooper
102. Hms william wesney
103. Hmsm e6
104. Hmtb 10
105. Hnlms 227
106. Hornchurch
107. Ignis (possibly)
108. Ionian (possibly)
109. J c dalble
110. Jamesina
111. Jim
112. Kenneth hawksfield
113. Khartoum (possibly)
114. Knarsdale
115. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
116. Koningen emma (possibly)
117. Kwasind
118. Lady salisbury
119. Lapwing
120. Lapwing (possibly)
121. Lincairn (possibly)
122. Lisette
123. Little world
124. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
125. Lonhelen (possibly)
126. Lord bute
127. Lowland
128. Magdapur
129. Mangara
130. Maria rosa
131. Marie leonhardt (probably)
132. Mascotte
133. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
134. Mercurius
135. Mexico
136. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
137. Mirella
138. Moidart
139. Mudo
140. Nereus
141. Newhaven (possibly)
142. Nicolaos piangos
143. Nominoe
144. Norhauk
145. Norwich trader
146. Novocastrian
147. Ocean pride
148. Old charlton
149. Ostprussen (possibly)
150. Pescado
151. Petshenga (possibly)
152. Phryne
153. Plawsworth (possibly)
154. Polgarth
155. Protinus (possibly)
156. Ravenscraig (possibly)
157. Ren
158. Rhenas (possibly)
159. Rhineland
160. Rochester city
161. Savona (probably)
162. Scimitar
163. Scotia
164. Sea king
165. Sea rhine
166. Second chance (possibly)
167. Skodsburg (possibly)
168. Southford
169. St patrick
170. Stad alkmaar
171. Storm
172. Sunniside (probably)
173. Taber park
174. Tergestea
175. Terukuni maru
176. Thornaby (possibly)
177. Thyra
178. Tidal (possibly)
179. Torchbearer
180. Tunisiana
181. Uc 11 (possibly)
182. Vae victis
183. Vancouver
184. Victorious
185. Warrenpoint
186. White lady
187. Wychwood (possibly)
188. Wyetown
189. Yarmouth
190. Yewkyle (possibly)
191. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS NEW COMET (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1931

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 53 cm

Known since: 1931, last detected: 20161215

Details measurements/cartography: H3052/31 13.3.52 LOCATED 1.9.31 USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 56FT, FOUL 58FT. SEABED 88FT. (HMS KELLETT 1931). INS AS WK 57FT ON WKS CHARTS. 1.4.52 INS AS WK 9FMS 3FT. NC 1610. 1.6.60 AMEND TO SW 9FMS 3FT. NC 1504. H3273/61 10.9.62 WRECK LOCATED IN 520836N, 014733E. LEAST E/S 69FT IN 90FT. (HMS SCOTT 1962). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 11.12.72 AMEND TO SW 17.1MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 9.1.95 EXAM'D 3.8.94 IN 520836.81N, 014734.59E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 21.0, FOUL 21.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1 MTR. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SUPERSTRUCTURE APPEARS TO BE EXTANT. (GARDLINE, HI 616). HH100/351/20 5.8.03 DIVED IN 5208.642N, 0147.640E [WGD]. AN ARMED TRAWLER STANDING UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. MOST OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS INTACT. HIGHEST POINT IS THE GUN WHICH IS ON A PLATFORM JUST ABAFT THE FOC'S'LE. WK IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND UNLIKELY TO COLLAPSE FOR SOME TIME. (B HICKINBOTTOM). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 18.8.17 EXAM'D 15.12.16; IN 5208.636N, 0147.450E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 20.29MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 34.6MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HEIGHT 6.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 053/233 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 136.98MTRS, 2.34MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 022 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 20.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 8.636 N,1 47.45 E

 

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