This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms resolvo (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.474 N,0 50.799 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)
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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 RESOLVO (PART OF)
Length 35.8 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 231 ton
Cause: Built in 1913 by cook wellington & gemmel ltd, beverley. hired 1915-1920 and again as a minesweeper from 11.1939. struck a mine but was ran agound at sheerness. became a total wreck. later dispersed. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 3 meter
Known since: 1941, last detected: 1992
Details measurements/cartography: H01759/41 23.5.41 H01759/41 23.5.41 LOCATED IN 512732N, 005051E USING HSA. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 6.5.41). INS AS ST.
- NM 1153/41. H8587/48 1.6.49 H8587/48 1.6.49 NOW DW, MARKED BY G SPH BUOY. (KHM SHEERNESS).
- NM 1114/49. H01759/41 10.11.50 H01759/41 10.11.50 SALVAGE OPS WHICH COMMENCED AUG 1950. POSTPONED FOR WINTER. (C IN C NORE, 1.11.50). H01759/41 7.2.56 H01759/41 7.2.56 DIVING & DISPERSAL IN OPERATION. (STEEPHOLME). H01759/41 6.1.58 H01759/41 6.1.58 DISPERSAL OPS IN PROGRESS. (PLA NM 92/57, STEEPHOLME). H01759/41 10.2.59 H01759/41 10.2.59 EXAM'D 21.10.58 IN 512727.5N, 005053E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR DRIES, FOUL 2FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2FT IN GEN DEPTH 12FT. SEABED SAND. (ECES SWEEP REPORT, 21.10.58). AMEND WK (AWASH) MARKED BY G SPH BUOY.
- NM 2969/58. H3090/55 16.11.64 H3090/55 16.11.64 POSN (A) 512727N, 005039E & POSN (B) 512722N, 005053E. SWEPT (A) CLEAR 3FT, FOUL 5FT; (B) CLEAR 5FT, FOUL 7FT. GEN DEPTH 11FT. SEABED SAND & SHELL. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 20.7.64). AMEND OBSTN 1FM 1FT.
- NM 1680/64. H2984/67 13.9.67 H2984/67 13.9.67 TRAWLER MINED ON CANT SHOAL IN 1940. WK JUST VISIBLE AT LW DATUM. IN 1958 ADMIRALTY DISPERSAL OPS, THE RESULTS OF WHICH ARE UNCERTAIN BUT IT IS BELIEVED THAT SMALL PIECES OF WRECKAGE WERE SPREAD OVER A LARGE AREA. POSN STILL MARKED BY DOCKYARD WK BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 24.5.68 24.5.68 AMEND OBSTN 1FM [LAT]. NE 1185. 14.7.71 14.7.71 AMEND OBSTN 1.8MTRS. NC 3683. 5.3.73 5.3.73 AMEND OSW 1MTR IN 512727N, 005039E. NC 1185. 18.12.92 18.12.92 SHOWN AS OSW 1MTR IN 512726.5N, 005054E [OGB] ON PORT OF SHEERNESS LTD SURVEY MAY-SEP '92 [MPA 1000/1]. AMEND POSN. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5127.474N, 0050.799E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 27.474 N,0 50.799 E