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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Bovey tracy
13. Boy karl
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. City of kobe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Cormead
21. Crichtoun
22. Cross sand ltv
23. Denewood
24. Django
25. Dronning maud (possibly)
26. Edernian
27. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
28. El argentino
29. El dorado
30. Excellenz mehnert
31. Fidelio
32. Firth
33. Frumenton
34. Gasfire
35. Geneva
36. George fisher
37. Gipsy (possibly)
38. Girl linda
39. Glen tilt (possibly)
40. Glynn
41. Groenlo
42. Gulf breaker
43. H h petersen
44. Helena
45. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
46. Hms christopher (possibly)
47. Hms condor (probably)
48. Hms dhoon (probably)
49. Hms donside (possibly)
50. Hms evesham (possibly)
51. Hms exmoor
52. Hms fontenoy
53. Hms force
54. Hms glen prosen
55. Hms irvana (part of)
56. Hms jessie nutten
57. Hms kaphreda
58. Hms m a west (probably)
59. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
60. Hms orthos (probably)
61. Hms pelton (probably)
62. Hms speeton (possibly)
63. Hms spider
64. Hms tettenhall
65. Hms tonbridge
66. Hms tugela
67. Hmsm d5
68. Impulsion
69. Kenneth hawksfield
70. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
71. Knitsley (possibly)
72. La perouse (possibly)
73. Langeli (possibly)
74. Lapwing
75. Liliane (possibly)
76. Lindisfarne (probably)
77. Lingfield
78. Mardyke
79. Maria rosa
80. Marianne (probably)
81. Mascota (possibly)
82. Mascotte
83. Memento (possibly)
84. Merchant
85. Mercurius
86. Mirella
87. Montferland
88. Mudo
89. Murdoch (probably)
90. Navarra (possibly)
91. Nereus
92. Newhaven (possibly)
93. Newland (possibly)
94. Nominoe
95. Nordborg (possibly)
96. Novocastrian
97. Oil trader
98. Otis tarda
99. Philipp m
100. Pluton
101. Prima
102. Quest
103. Regain
104. Ren
105. Reward (possibly)
106. Rhineland
107. Robin iv
108. Robrix
109. Rochester city
110. Rogate
111. Rye
112. Scotia
113. Sea rhine
114. Silksworth hall (probably).
115. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
116. Skodsburg (possibly)
117. Southford
118. St patrick
119. Stad alkmaar
120. Stanmount
121. Strive
122. Sunniside (probably)
123. Taber park
124. Thomas m (possibly)
125. Tidal (possibly)
126. Togston
127. Tregantle (possibly)
128. Trevethoe
129. U 13 (probably)
130. Vanguard
131. Viola (possibly)
132. Virgilia
133. War mehtar
134. War valley
135. Wyetown
136. Yewvalley (possibly)
137. 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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