This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms nomad or hms nestor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 42.983 N,5 54.658 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 NOMAD OR HMS NESTOR

Length 82.6 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 1025 ton

Cause: Sunk at the battle of jutland by gunfire from a german battle squadron.

Year of registration: 1927

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1927, last detected: 20150605

Details measurements/cartography: H315/27 12.2.27 POSN 564200N, 060000E APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) CHART AS NDW PA (1916). BR STD. 3.11.55 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) LC 2181. 6.3.72 SHOWN AS NDW IN 564140N, 060230E [EUR] ON GERMAN 82 [1971 EDN], & GERMAN WK CHT 82 [1971 EDN]. 31.7.72 SHOWN IN 564135N, 060230E ON DANISH FISHERIES 5604. 10.10.77 NOT SHOWN ON DANISH 93, BUT STILL ON GERMAN WK 82 [1976 EDN]. LIES IN DANISH WATERS. 16.1.84 SHOWN IN 564200N, 060000E [EUR] ON DANISH 93 [INT 1044] [OCT 1983 EDN]. HH100/351/04 29.7.91 WK, EITHER OF HMS NOMAD OR HMS NESTOR REPORTED BY DANISH DIVERS TO BE REGULARLY FISHED IN 564307N, 054706E. POSN CONSIDERED LIKELY TO BE VERY ACCURATE. (BATTLE OF JUTLAND - 75TH ANNIVERSARY EXPED. REPORT 3.7.91). NCA YET. [LATER SEE RECORD 32352]. 22.6.01 SHOWN AS NDW ON DANISH 93 [3RD EDN FEB'01, 1:375,000]. NCA, PRESUMED PA DROPPED DUE TO SCALE. HH100/351/17 2.11.01 LIES IN 5643.009N, 0554.724E [WGD]. CINC REQUESTED. (I MCCARTNAY). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000111115 23.7.15 EXAM'D 5.6.15 IN 5642.983N, 0554.658E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.96MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 55MTRS. LENGTH 93.2MTRS, WIDTH 7.9MTRS, HEIGHT 2.6MTRS. ORIENTATION 050/230 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 30MTRS, DEPTH 0.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 330 DEGS. BROKEN IN TWO, LARGELY UPRIGHT. (HMS ECHO, SNT 03/15). AMEND TO NDW 51MTRS 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

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN IN TWO, LARGELY UPRIGHT

Position: 56 42.983 N,5 54.658 E

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