This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms pintail, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.544 N,0 52.655 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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.

 

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Name: HMS PINTAIL

Length 68.3 meter, width: 7.7 meter, draught: 1.8, tonnage 580 ton

Cause: Built in 1939 by w denny & bros. three boilers, twin turbines of 3600hp, twin shaft. mined. crew of 54 all lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20191022

Details measurements/cartography: H02103/41 10.6.41 MINED IN POSN 070 DEG, 4 CABLES FROM 62 BUOY (IN 533315N, 005654E). (C IN C NORE, 10.6.41). IN 533036N, 005248E. (FO HUMBER, 12.6.41). INS AS DW IN 533033N, 005257E.

- NM 1636/41. H02103/41 2.7.41 POSN 533032N 005253E. LEAST DEPTH 37FT [LW]. HEADING 000/180 DEG, WITH HEAVY LIST IN 11FMS. (FO HUMBER). H6384/48 27.7.48 SWEPT CLEAR AT 55FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58FT [MLWS] IN 533033N, 005252E. GEN DEPTH 66FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1948). AMEND TO WK 8FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1663/48. H6384/48 6.12.48 AMEND TO WK PD 8FMS. 1.12.72 AMEND TO SW 8FMS. NE 1503. 16.10.73 AMEND TO SW 16.1MTRS. NC 107. H1270/73 3.11.78 HEAVILY SILTED. (KIRKPATRICK, HUMBER DIVERS, TELECON 24.10.78). H4465/81 21.11.83 EXAM'D 23.2.83 IN 533021N, 005303E (APPROX) [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [2 LOP]. NO E/S ON TOPS OBTAINED. DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER LARGE AREA IN GEN DEPTH 20.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO HEIGHT OBTAINED FROM DCS3. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 74). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. HH090/579/01 10.2.93 EXAM'D IN 533031N, 005243.8E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1 IN GEN DEPTH 19.6MTRS. SCOUR 0.2MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 1.9MTRS, LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 27MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEG IN LOOSE SANDY SEDIMENT WITH A SCATTERING OF MINOR ITEMS NEARBY OUT TO 200MTRS. (SEATEAM, HI 579). AMEND TO WK 18.1MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/19 7.10.02 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK LOOKS AS THOUGH IT HAS BEEN DISPERSED AND IS NOT IN THE SHAPE OF A SHIP. IN THE AREA DIVED NO SIGN WAS SEEN OF BOILERS, ENGINE, PROP SHAFT, GUNS AND THERE WAS VERY LITTLE PLATE. AMMUNITION LOCATED, A PIECE OF CERAMIC PLATE WITH A MOD CREST ON IT AND LOTS OF VALVES. ONE VALVE WAS STAMPED '1939' ALONG WITH A MOD ARROW. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 4.10.02). NCA. SEP 2020/000235095 7.10.20 EXAM'D BY BDC 23.9.20 IN 5330.544N, 0052.655E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20.12MTRS. DEBRIS FIELD; LENGTH 46MTRS, WIDTH 58MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. NFS. (UKHO-BDC & TRITON KNOLL OFFSHORE WIND LTD SURVEY 23.7.18-22.10.19). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH, IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP AND DISPERSED

Position: 53 30.544 N,0 52.655 E

 

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