This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms p26 (fore section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 31.695 N,0 1.63 W (49.52825, -0.0271667)

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 P26 (FORE SECTION)

Length 74.4 meter, width: 7.3 meter, tonnage 613 ton

Cause: Vessel, built 1915 by tyne iron sb co, sunk in two halves after being mined off le havre. (ships of royal navy vol 1 & ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H5865/17 28.9.17 H5865/17 28.9.17 SANK IN TWO HALVES IN POSNS: [A] 291DEGS, 3.75M; [B] 276DEGS, 2.3M FROM CAP DE LA HEVE LT. (FR NM). CHART AS DW IN 493210N, 000116W & 493103N, 000035E. - FNM 590/17. H3202/21 26.5.21 H3202/21 26.5.21 DW DELETED IN 493103N, 000035E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1788/21. H2962/22 18.5.22 H2962/22 18.5.22 WK 8.5MTRS [4FMS 4FT] IN 493210N, 000115W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SQ.DATE. H4325/22 12.7.22 H4325/22 12.7.22 CONSIDERED NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (FR NM 22 851 26). NCA. H2606/66 23.8.69 H2606/66 23.8.69 FALLS WITHIN FA CENTRED IN 493100N, 000100W APPROX. (FR NM 69 31 17).

- NM 1558/69. H3060/87 17.8.87 H3060/87 17.8.87 WK 11.3MTRS [6FMS] IN 493145N, 000133W. (FR NM 87 24 23).

- NM 2717/87. 28.11.89 28.11.89 SHOWN AS WK 11.3MTRS IN 493145N, 000133W ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]; POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. GEN DEPTH 16MTRS, 'HMS P26' FORE SECTION. LENGTH 20MTRS [65FT]. ORIENTATION 125/305DEGS. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14590055). NCA. [FA NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH CHARTS]. [FOR AFT SECTION SEE WK 24010]. 15.5.07 15.5.07 LIES IN 4931.745N, 0001.550W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 24010

Position: 49 31.695 N,0 1.63 W

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