This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms riant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 40.308 N,5 46.935 W (55.675316666667, -5.7981666666667)

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 RIANT

Length 26.3 meter, width: 4.1 meter, draught: 2.8, tonnage 95 ton

Cause: 27.1.40 built 1919. hired as minesweeper from 11.1939. one boiler, triple-expansion engine, single shaft. sank in bad weather due to a leak. crew of 14 recovered. (c-in-c, rosyth, 27.1.40 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 47 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H605/40 27.1.40 REPORT STATES THAT VESSEL SANK OFF W COAST OF GIGHA, IN 554030N, 054830W APPROX. (C-IN-C, ROSYTH 27.1.40). INS AS NDW PA. BR STD SINKING POSN ALSO REPD AS 554000N, 055000W. THE RIANT WAS ALSO SAID TO BE IN 564030N, 055030W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 19.10.72 NOW SHOWN AS WK USC PA 40FMS [70MTRS]. (TONNAGE KNOWN) NE 2722. H5208/73 9.7.74 NOT LOCATED BY DSC3. (HMS BULLDOG, ROS DTD 21.12.73). DELETE. BR STD. H2894/72 16.12.74 NOT FOUND IN SONAR SEARCH OF AREA. NOT CONSIDERED TO EXIST IN 554000N, 055000W. NORTH AND SOUTH LINES 2C APART, WITH DCS3 STREAMED, 1000FT SCALE IN USE. GENTLY UNDULATING SOFT GREY MUD AND SAND SEABED. (HMS BULLDOG H525, DTD 22.4.74 HI 53/73). AMEND DEAD. HH100/351/22 10.6.05 DIVED IN 5540.303N, 0546.926W [WGD]. LIES 090/270DEGS WITH BOWS W. STANDS 4-5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. INTACT, LIES OVER TO PORT. (D BELLMONT, EMAIL DTD 8.6.05). INS AS WK 30MTRS. BR STD. 10.10.13 EXAM'D 18.11.12 IN 5540.308N, 0546.935W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.90 IN GEN DEPTH 34.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 27.5MTRS, WIDTH 7.0MTRS, HT 3.60MTRS. LIES 047/227 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. INTACT, ON PORT SIDE. (NETSURVEY, HI 1370). AMEND WK 30.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS ?NE, LIST TO PORT

Position: 55 40.308 N,5 46.935 W

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