Wreck: Hms pyrope (Trawler)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms pyrope, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.065 N,1 25.216 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

Name: HMS PYROPE

Length 39.3 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 295 ton

Cause: built in 1932 by cook welling gemmell ltd. hired as minesweeper from 8.1939. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 89nhp, single shaft. one 12pdr gun. sunk by aircraft. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H0771/40 16.8.40 H0771/40 16.8.40 SUNK 069.5DEGS 3.75MILES FROM MARGATE SAND BEACON. (CAPTAIN M/S SHEERNESS, 15.8.40). INS AS DW.

- NM 2316/40 H0771/40 H0771/40 INS GREEN CON LT BUOY, GPFL(3) G, 15SEC, 215DEGS 0.5CABLES FROM WK. - TFNM 2319/40. H0771/40 21.10.41 H0771/40 21.10.41 INS BUOY ON CHARTS. H0771/40 10.10.42 H0771/40 10.10.42 AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT.

- NM 2231/42. H0771/40 31.12.42 H0771/40 31.12.42 AMEND PERIOD OF LT ON BUOY TO 10SEC.

- NM 2857/42. H0771/40 28.3.44 H0771/40 28.3.44 DELETE LT BUOY.

- NM 663/44. H0771/40 5.12.45 H0771/40 5.12.45 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT, FOUL AT 48FT. LEAST DEPTH 46FT. (CAPTAIN M/S SHEERNESS, 4.12.45). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 4135/45. H926/62 15.3.62 H926/62 15.3.62 SEARCHED FOR, NOT FOUND. (ISS 1961). H351/67 25.1.67 H351/67 25.1.67 SEARCHED FOR, NOT FOUND. (ISS, 26.12.66). 27.1.69 27.1.69 AMEND TO SW 7FMS 3FT [LAT]. NE 1607. H4118/71 25.8.71 H4118/71 25.8.71 LOCATED 20.7.71 IN 512803N, 012520E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 47FT, FOUL 49FT. E/S 50FT. SEABED 55FT. SCOUR 56FT. (MAPLIN SWEEP REPORT 8/71). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 5FT. 13.6.72 13.6.72 AMEND TO SW 14.3MTRS. NC 1828. H3179/74 4.6.74 H3179/74 4.6.74 NOT FOUND. (ISS 1974). NCA. H4118/71 5.5.77 H4118/71 5.5.77 SMALL BUT EASY TO FIND. SWEPT CLEAR 14.8MTRS, FOUL 15.3MTRS. GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR 17MTRS. E/S DEPTH 15.5MTRS. POSN UNCHANGED FROM 1971 REPORT. (PLA WK REPORT 66/76, 29.9.76). H3179/74 5.12.74 H3179/74 5.12.74 LOCATED IN 512802N, 012519E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH 16.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 0.7MTRS. V WELL BROKEN UP. LIES E/W. (HMS EGERIA, ROS DTD 31.10.77). RETAIN PLA SWEPT DEPTH. H3179/74 26.6.80 H3179/74 26.6.80 EXAM'D 7.5.80 IN 512802N, 012520E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.4, FOUL AT 14.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.7 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.4MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 60C/80). BR STD. H3936/88 15.2.90 H3936/88 15.2.90 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI458). 27.1.92 27.1.92 SHOWN AS SW 14.8MTRS ON PLA 205 DTD 21.11.91. HH090/657/01 4.10.95 HH090/657/01 4.10.95 EXAM'D 23.8.95 IN 512801.9N, 012519.5E [OGB] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.4, FOUL 15.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.6 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 657). BR STD. HH090/939/01 12.9.01 HH090/939/01 12.9.01 EXAM'D 22.6.01 IN 5128.066N, 0125.221E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.7, FOUL 15.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.5 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. COVERS 25MTRS BY 25MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL DEFINED AREA OF DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 939). BR STD. HH091/255/01 1.10.07 HH091/255/01 & SEP 2007000071380 1.10.07 EXAM'D 2.6.07 IN 5128.065N, 0125.216E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.4, FOUL 15.6MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.09 IN GEN DEPTH 16.9MTRS. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 1.8MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. A WELL DEFINED AREA OF DEBRIS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1225). SCOUR 0.6MTRS DEEP LEADS 20MTRS TOWARDS 090 DEGS. AMEND SW 15.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEFINED AREA OF DEBRIS

Position: 51 28.065 N,1 25.216 E

 

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