This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms pelton (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 31.481 N,2 4.141 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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Astrologer
5. Atle
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Bob read (probably)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Cormead
22. Crichtoun
23. Cross sand ltv
24. Db 8 (possibly)
25. Denewood
26. Django
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. Edernian
29. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
30. El argentino
31. El dorado
32. Elnet
33. Excellenz mehnert
34. Fidelio
35. Firth
36. Frumenton
37. G and e (possibly)
38. Gasfire
39. Geneva
40. George fisher
41. Gipsy (possibly)
42. Girl linda
43. Glen tilt (possibly)
44. Glynn
45. Groenlo
46. Gulf breaker
47. H h petersen
48. Helena
49. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
50. Hms cantatrice
51. Hms christopher (possibly)
52. Hms condor (probably)
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms donside (possibly)
55. Hms evesham (possibly)
56. Hms exmoor
57. Hms fontenoy
58. Hms force
59. Hms glen prosen
60. Hms irvana (part of)
61. Hms jessie nutten
62. Hms kaphreda
63. Hms m a west (probably)
64. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
65. Hms orthos (probably)
66. Hms pelton (probably)
67. Hms speeton (possibly)
68. Hms spider
69. Hms tettenhall
70. Hms tonbridge
71. Hms tugela
72. Hmsm d5
73. Impulsion
74. Kenneth hawksfield
75. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
76. Knitsley (possibly)
77. La perouse (possibly)
78. Langeli (possibly)
79. Lapwing
80. Lapwing (possibly)
81. Liliane (possibly)
82. Lindisfarne (probably)
83. Lingfield
84. Mardyke
85. Maria rosa
86. Marianne (probably)
87. Mascota (possibly)
88. Mascotte
89. Memento (possibly)
90. Merchant
91. Mercurius
92. Mirella
93. Montferland
94. Mudo
95. Murdoch (probably)
96. Navarra (possibly)
97. Nereus
98. Newhaven (possibly)
99. Newland (possibly)
100. Nominoe
101. Nordborg (possibly)
102. Novocastrian
103. Oil trader
104. Otis tarda
105. Philipp m
106. Pluton
107. Prima
108. Quest
109. Regain
110. Ren
111. Reward (possibly)
112. Rhineland
113. Robin iv
114. Robrix
115. Rochester city
116. Rogate
117. Rye
118. Scotia
119. Sea rhine
120. Silksworth hall (probably).
121. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
122. Skodsburg (possibly)
123. Southford
124. St patrick
125. Stad alkmaar
126. Stanmount
127. Strive
128. Sunniside (probably)
129. Taber park
130. Thomas m (possibly)
131. Tidal (possibly)
132. Togston
133. Tregantle (possibly)
134. Trevethoe
135. Tunisiana
136. U 13 (probably)
137. Uc 62 (possibly)
138. Vanguard
139. Viola (possibly)
140. Virgilia
141. War mehtar
142. War valley
143. Wyetown
144. Yewvalley (possibly)
145. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS PELTON (PROBABLY)

Length 42.8 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 358 ton

Cause: built in 1925 by cook, welton & gemmel, beverley. originally owned by f & t ross ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 96nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by c d holmes & co ltd, hull. hired as a minesweeper from 8.1939. torpedoed by e boat alongside no 5 buoy, n of aldeburgh, and sank later. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 86 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20170315

Details measurements/cartography: H01158/41 24.12.40 SUNK BY E BOAT. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 24.12.40.). H01494/41 18.6.41 WK LOCATED IN POSN 523145N 020400E. 400YDS 345DEGS FROM NO.5 BUOY. THOUGHT TO BE PELTON. CLEAR AT 7FMS. (FOIC YARMOUTH 26.5.41). INS AS NDW.

- NM 1411/41. H3730/69 1.6.69 LOCATED IN 523122N, 020406E [OGB] USING HFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 95FT IN GEN DEPTH 108FT. SEABED OF VERY SMALL SAND WAVES. (HMS BULLDOG, HI.38/68). AMEND TO WK 16FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2233/71 27.1.71 EXAM'D IN 523134N, 020412E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30 TO 32MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS EGERIA, HI.12/70). AMEND TO WK 14FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4398/71 16.9.71 EXAM'D IN 513132N, 020413E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31.0MTRS. LIES ABOUT N/S ON FLAT BOTTOM IN LITTLE OR NO SCOUR. (HMS EGERIA, 29.6.71). 5.4.72 AMEND TO WK 26MTRS. NC 1543. H4004/73 11.9.73 SWEPT CLEAR 25.3MTRS, FOUL 26.4MTRS. SEABED SMALL SANDWAVES. (HMS ENTERPRISE). AMEND T SW 25.3MTRS. BR STD. HH090/616/01 25.10.94 EXAM'D 23.6.94 IN 523127.4N, 020414.9E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 23.7, FOUL 24.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.7 IN GEN DEPTH 31.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND SEEMINGLY INTACT. TWO PIECES OF WRECKAGE LIE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY 3.2 AND 2.2MTRS HIGH. (GARDLINE, HI 616).

- NM 3901/94. SEP 2017/000067039 9.8.17 EXAM'D 15.03.17; IN 5231.481N, 0204.141E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 24.64MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 49.2MTRS, WIDTH 12.4MTRS, HEIGHT 8.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 086/266 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 37MTRS, 3.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 005 DEGS. LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 31.481 N,2 4.141 E

 

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