This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms plumpton (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.583 N,2 55.655 E (51.52005, 3.2163)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 PLUMPTON (PROBABLY)
Length 75 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 810 ton
Cause: Paddler. 'ascot' class. built in 1916 by mcmillan. mined off ostend. (srn).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 3 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H04516/44 5.12.44 DWP SHOWN IN 511440N, 025546E ON SURVEY [E 7213]. NE 125. H1297/58 30.8.62 WK 1.6MTRS IN 511438N, 025544E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 13/97/62). AMEND WK 0FMS 5FT.
- NM 1833/62. 12.1.73 SHOWN AS WK SW 1.6MTRS IN 511437N, 025547E [EUR] ON BELGIUM CHART. NC 125. H1545/64 4.2.83 CARD LT BUOY EST'D IN 511443N, 025511E, TO MARK POSN OF WK IN 511438N, 025510E. (OSTEND NM 154(T)/82). NCA YET. H2731/85 18.6.85 CARD BUOY, EST'D 200MTRS N OF WK, IN 511445N, 025530E. (OSTEND NM 84(T)/85). NCA. HH100/351/01 10.8.89 SANK NEAR OSTEND IN 511438N, 025544E. (R VERPOORTE, 9.5.89) SEP 2010/000139222 1.9.10 NOW WK 1.5MTRS [MLLWS] IN 5114.58N, 0255.66E [WGD]. (BELGIAN NM 17/210/10). BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 1.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5114.583N, 0255.655E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000]. 12.8.15 SHOWN AS SW 1.5MTRS IN 5114.583N, 0255.655E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101. (MAY 2015, COR TO 23.4.15). AMEND SW 1.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 14.583 N,2 55.655 E