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 (50.609017, -1.605900)

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 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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