This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms racehorse, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 3.13 N,4 37.8 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abydos
2. Afton
3. Amber rose
4. Aurora
5. Bessie
6. Blue star
7. Briar
8. Cardea
9. Carmelite (possibly)
10. Cevic
11. Citrine
12. Clan macmaster
13. Conovium (probably)
14. Crois bhride
15. Darro
16. Don boscoe
17. Dundalk
18. Eileen
19. Elizabeth hyam
20. Ellen sheant
21. Fenella ann
22. Florence
23. G-azjy
24. Ginger
25. Glendun
26. Grinder
27. Hms racehorse
28. Jane brown
29. Lady louisa
30. Lily
31. Liverpool
32. Madge wildfire
33. Mary heeley
34. Mayfield
35. Melfort
36. Merisia
37. Mfv polaris
38. Moonlight
39. Moonlight (possibly)
40. Noel du marin
41. Oona hall
42. Opal (possibly)
43. Our brighter dawn
44. Our lassie
45. Our queen
46. Passages
47. Pt1 or pt2
48. Rian
49. Ringwall
50. Saint mirren (possibly)
51. Skerries
52. Thracian
53. Tumi joy 2
54. Viking
55. Waltham (probably)
56. William hanbury

 

Name: HMS RACEHORSE

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: H1286/75 12.8.75 H1286/75 12.8.75 WK OF OF HMS RACEHORSE REPD IN 540318N, 043742W. LYING ON ROCKY BOTTOM WITH SMALL GULLIES. A FEW CANNON & CANNON BALLS LYING AROUND THE BASE OF THE HEADLAND. WK OWNED BY THE ISLE OF MAN BSAC, WHO PURCHASED WK IN THE LATE 1960S FOR ú10 FROM THE ADMIRALTY AND DIVE ON IT REGULARLY. (A NEWTON, LTR DTD 22.7.75). H1291/82 15.2.81 H1291/82 15.2.81 AREA WITHIN 350MTRS OF 540307.2N, 043743.8W DESIGNATED AS RESTRICTED AREA FOR THE PROTECTION OF THIS WK UNDER TERMS OF WRECK AND SALVAGE ACT 1979. (ISLE OF MAN GOVT. CIRCULAR NO.12/82 & MANX SHIPPING NOTICE 38/82). BR STD. HH090/706/01 20.9.96 HH090/706/01 20.9.96 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3, MAGNETOMETER AND E/S. (GARDLINE, HI 706). NCA. 6.1.03 6.1.03 PRESS ARTICLE REGARDING HISTORIC WRECK STATUS HELD IN PRESS ARTICLES BRANCH FOLDER.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 3.13 N,4 37.8 W

 

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