This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms port napier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 15.956 N,5 41.251 W (57.029766666667, -5.79445)

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 PORT NAPIER

Length 109.7 meter, width: 21 meter, tonnage 9600 ton
Load: armament

Cause: merchant vessel converted for mine-laying. sank following a fire while loading mines, and running aground in loch alsh. (diver magazine, jul'06)

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 305 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H01135/40 4.1.41 STF IN 571559N, 054111W. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 3047/40. H01135/40 26.6.53 NOW CHARTED AS DWP, LYING NW/SE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2251. H01135/40 7.10.54 BEACON ESTABLISHED 109DEG, 8.13C FROM RUDHA ARD TRESNISH TRIG MARK, OR 111.5DEG, 11.8C FROM KYLE AKIN LT. (FLAG OFFICER, SCOTLAND).

- NM 2181/54. 7.11.68 RN BOMB & MINE DISPOSAL TEAM HAVE SALVAGED 600 MINES AND 4000 ROUNDS AMMUNITION FROM WK. VESSEL LYING ON HER SIDE AND THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OF MINES REMAINING UNDERNEATH. (WAR RISK INSURANCE, BOT, TELECON REFERRING TO LETTER, NO.268/2 TO COMCLYDE). 13.1.69 D OF C (N) WILL NOT SELL VESSEL DUE POSSIBLE DANGER FROM MINES/EXPLOSIVES. SOME DOUBT REMAINS AS TO EXACT NUMBER OF MINES ONBOARD WHEN VESSEL SANK. (N/CP85.56668/68). 6.5.69 BEACON NOT OBSERVED ON AIR PHOTOGRAPH OF WK. (PHOTOGRAMMETRY). 8.12.69 DIVED ON. SEVERAL PARTS OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE FOUND LYING SOUTH OF THE WK. THE DECK OF THE WK IS LITTERED WITH LOOSE CABLES. (NOTTINGHAM MINES RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION GROUP, 1.12.69). H2877/70 8.7.71 WK POSN NOW 571558N, 054111W. BOW, 210DEG, 6140FT, AND STERN, 206DEG, 6160FT, FROM DONALD MURCHINSON'S MONUMENT. POSITION OF BEACON IS 109.5DEG, 5100FT FROM RUDHA ARD TRESNISH TRIANGULATION MARK. (HMS HECLA, REPORT OF SURVEY DTD 18.2.70). H1288/75 10.11.75 POSN 571558N, 054111W CONFIRMED. WK LIES IN GEN DEPTH OF 60FT AND DRIES 8-10FT. IT IS IN ONE PIECE, LYING ON ITS SIDE, AND STILL HAS AMMUNITION ONBOARD. (R R WEBB, 12.10.75). NC 2540. 5.4.82 LARGELY INTACT, LYING ON STBD SIDE. SOME PORT SIDE PLATING BLOWN OFF, OTHERWISE STRUCTURALLY SAFE. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL II). H4458/80 22.11.83 BN MARKING WK IS MISSING. (HMS LONDONDERRY, HN 3/83).

- NM 3165/83. HH100/351/03 12.10.90 LIES IN 20MTRS ON HER SIDE. PROPELLERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY AN UNAUTHORISED SALVOR. NAVAL SALVAGE TEAM IN HMS BARGLOW REMOVED 526 MINES IN 1955/6 AND DETONATED THE REMAINING 16 IN SITU. WK IS POPULAR WITH SPORT DIVERS. APPLICATION MADE FOR PERMISSION TO REMOVE PROP. SHAFTS, WIRE CABLE FROM DECK AND OTHER FITTINGS. (DISPOSAL SALES (CONTRACTS 3) MEMO, 2.10.90 AND ENCLOSED LETTER FROM NORTH EAST DIVERS, 1.5.90). NCA. HH272/610/04 DELETE E AND W CARDINAL LT BUOYS. (HMSML GLEANER).

- NM 2390/95. 30.9.99 WK LIES ON HER SIDE WITH BOWS TOWARDS THE SHORE. LARGELY INTACT. DECK PLANKING STILL IN PLACE AS ARE MANY GUNS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, SEP '99). NCA. 1.2.00 INTACT AND UPRIGHT MINE ANCHOR TROLLEY LIES ON SEABED OFF THE STERN OF WK. WRECKAGE VISIBLE CLEAR OF THE SURFACE AT ALL BUT HIGH TIDE. STATED TO BE MARKED BY E & W CARD BUOYS. DIAGRAMS AND PHOTOS. (DIVER MAGAZINE FEB'2000). AMEND TO STP. BR STD. HH272/610/06 3.2.00 CONFIMED THAT BUOYS DO NOT EXIST. (HM OFFICE, KYLE OF LOCHALSH). NCA. 25.7.06 LIES ON STARBOARD SIDE ON SANDY SEABED. BOW, RAILINGS & GUN-TURRETS COVERED IN MARINE LIFE. SHALLOWER PARTS OF WRECK SUCH AS INTACT MASTS ARE COLONISED BY KELP. (DIVER MAGAZINE JUL '06) 6.10.07 [EUT] POSN: 5715.951N, 0541.252W. NE 2540. SEP 2020000229367 23.4.19 EXAM’D 23.4.19 IN 5715.937N, 0541.196W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH -2.62MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 163.9MTRS, WIDTH 40.4MTRS, HT 13MTRS. ORIENTATION 305/125 DEGS. (MERITAITO, HI 1568). INTACT, LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE. SOME SCATTERED DEBRIS TO THE SOUTH. AMEND TO AREA ST DRIES 2.7MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LIES ON STARBOARD SIDE

Position: 57 15.956 N,5 41.251 W

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