This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms new dawn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.541 N,1 36.354 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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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8. Baron garioch
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10. Bobbyb
11. Borgny
12. Braat ii
13. Braedale (probably)
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17. Carbon
18. Castle crag
19. Ceres (possibly)
20. Clan macvey
21. Clarinda
22. Cleddy (probably)
23. Coquetdale (probably)
24. Cuba
25. Dulce t
26. Dumfries
27. Empire crusader
28. Ernest lagouve
29. Espagne
30. Everleigh
31. Excelsior (possibly)
32. Fenna (probably)
33. Fluent
34. Hartley (possibly)
35. Hms acheron (bow section)
36. Hms acheron (stern section)
37. Hms albion ii
38. Hms assurance
39. Hms crestflower
40. Hms eleanor (probably)
41. Hms john mitchell
42. Hms listrac (probably)
43. Hms michael clements
44. Hms new dawn
45. Hms pomone
46. Hms sargasso
47. Hms warwick deeping
48. Hms waterlily
49. Hmsm swordfish
50. Hmsm upstart
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57. Juno
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60. Lcvp 120
61. Leny (possibly)
62. Londonier
63. Luciston
64. Margaret smith
65. Mechanician
66. Mendi
67. Messina
68. Michelle
69. Millmer
70. Minca 35
71. Molina
72. Myrtlegrove (probably)
73. Neath (possibly)
74. Neree (possibly)
75. Nichola (probably)
76. Nw68
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83. Sally jane
84. Serrana (bow section)
85. Serrana (stern part)
86. Sheer grace
87. Simla
88. Smyrna
89. Spyros (possibly)
90. Start
91. Teamwork
92. Terlings
93. Tweed
94. U 480
95. Vari solo sailor
96. Varvassi
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99. Volkerak
100. War knight
101. Westville
102. Witte zee
103. Woodham

 

Name: HMS NEW DAWN

Length 26.3 meter, width: 5.6 meter, tonnage 93 ton

Cause: built in 1908 by w v v ligerwood, glasgow for the steam herring fleet ltd. hired for the auxillary patrol force as a minesweeper from nov 1914. tender to hms magpie. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 39 nhp, single shaft. passage poole for the needles for minesweeping. struck mine laid by uc-17. four men lost. (d c wendes).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK AT ENTRANCE TO NEEDLES CHANNEL. (WW1SL). 7.8.53 INS NDW (PA) IN 503600N, 013500W ON NC F6841. 28.4.58 DELETED. BR STD. 14.8.74 INS AS USC PA 15MTRS. NC 2450. H1968/77 17.8.81 EXAM'D 30.9.80 IN 503628N, 013621W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 0.6MTRS. LYING ABOUT 080/260DEGS. (SCESU, HI 81/80). AMEND TO WK 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/88/39 11.8.88 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS WK OF NEW DAWN - BRASS NAME LETTERS RECOVERED FROM BOW. (R W RIMMER, 6.7.88). HH100/351/14 26.3.99 LOCATED IN 5036.500N, 0136.267W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES APROX E/W. VERY BROKEN. HIGHEST POINT IS THE BOILER WHICH STANDS 2-3MTRS. SEABED SAND AND SHINGLE. (M PRITCHARD, 9.3.99). NCA. 25.10.12 EXAM'D 29.1.12 IN 5036.541N, 0136.354W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.95 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 27.65MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 3MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS AS AN ELOGATED MOUND. (EMU, HI 1366). AMEND WK 27.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, APPEARS AS ELONGATED MOUND

Position: 50 36.541 N,1 36.354 W

 

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