This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms sargasso, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.182 N,1 42.488 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Ajax
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Alexandrovna
6. Aparima
7. Arctic dawn
8. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
9. Azemmour
10. Balmoralwood
11. Baron garioch
12. Betelgeuse (bow section)
13. Betsy anna
14. Bobbyb
15. Borgny
16. Braedale (probably)
17. Brestois
18. Bretagne
19. Britannia (probably)
20. Campen
21. Carbon
22. Carentan
23. Castle crag
24. Castlereagh
25. Ceres (possibly)
26. Cheyenne
27. Clan macvey
28. Clarinda
29. Cleddy (probably)
30. Coquetdale (probably)
31. Derna (probably)
32. Dulce t
33. Dumfries
34. El kahira
35. Emile miguet
36. Empire crusader
37. Ernest lagouve
38. Espagne
39. Everleigh
40. Excelsior (possibly)
41. Fenna (probably)
42. Fleur de lys
43. Fluent
44. Georgios kyriakides
45. Goathland
46. Hartley (possibly)
47. Heronspool
48. Hms acheron (bow section)
49. Hms acheron (stern section)
50. Hms albion ii
51. Hms assurance
52. Hms eleanor (probably)
53. Hms fame
54. Hms john mitchell
55. Hms michael clements
56. Hms new dawn
57. Hms pomone
58. Hms sargasso
59. Hms warwick deeping
60. Hms waterlily
61. Hmsm upstart
62. Iduna
63. Indutionmare
64. Iona
65. Irex
66. Janna
67. Jgena (possibly)
68. Joannis millas
69. Juno
70. Kafiristan
71. Kong guttorm (probably)
72. Kyarra
73. Lady of avenel
74. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
75. Lct 809
76. Lcvp 120
77. Leny (possibly)
78. Lil boat
79. Lochavon
80. Louisiane
81. Luxor
82. Magog
83. Margaret smith
84. Mayflower
85. Mechanician
86. Messina
87. Michelle
88. Midland queen
89. Miefield
90. Millmer
91. Minca 35
92. Molina
93. Myrtlegrove (probably)
94. Nailsea lass
95. Navasota
96. Neree (possibly)
97. Nestlea
98. Nichola (probably)
99. Normandy
100. Nw68
101. Nw96
102. Pescalanza
103. Piedras
104. Pool fisher
105. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
106. Reindeer
107. Rosehill (probably)
108. Sally jane
109. San fernando
110. Security (possibly)
111. Serrana (bow section)
112. Serrana (stern part)
113. Sheer grace
114. Smyrna
115. Southampton
116. Spyros (possibly)
117. Start
118. Surdelo
119. Teamwork
120. Terlings
121. Tiiu
122. Togimo
123. U 480
124. Vari solo sailor
125. Varvassi
126. Venezuela
127. Vera (probably)
128. Vikholmen
129. Waitara
130. War knight
131. Westville
132. Witte zee
133. Woodbury
134. Woodham

 

Name: HMS SARGASSO

Length 37.5 meter, tonnage 223 ton

Cause: ex-atlantis, ex-maingary. built in 1926 by alex stephen & sons ltd, glasgow as a m yacht for lord michelham. twin sulzer oil engines of 129nhp, twin shaft. hired as danlayer 10.1939. mined. 2 lives lost. (sibi & n r chipchase).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 314 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H01957/43 15.6.43 HMS SARGASSO REPORTED SUNK IN 503132N, 014212W. DEPTH OVER WK NOT LESS THAN 9FMS BUT DEFINITELY LESS THAN 11FMS [MLWS] RECORDED. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH). 7.8.53 CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 503132N, 014212W ON F6841. H5149/55 12.6.56 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA ON NC 2454. H3950/70 6.10.70 NOW CHARTED AS WK 16.5MTRS ON NC 2615. H2555/74 22.3.74 NOTHING FOUND SURING SONAR SEARCH. ASSUMED TO HAVE DISINTEGRATED. (SCES, [K6874/2]). CHART AS USC 17MTRS. NC 2045. H1270/77 12.8.77 DELETE FROM ALL SCALES. (SCES, SURVEY [K6874/2]). BR STD. HH090/962/01 17.12.02 EXAM'D 11.8.02 IN 5031.175N, 0142.478W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.4 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HULL BROKEN. CENTRE PART MAY BE BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS WK 35MTRS. BR STD. HH100/35/21 9.10.03 DIVED 8.2003. WK IS IN TWO HALVES. BOW SECTION LIES ON PORT SIDE AND STERN IS UPRIGHT. VESSEL HAS 2 X 5 CYLINDER OIL ENGINES AND TWIN SCREWS. GUN PEDESTAL ON THE STERN ABAFT THE ENGINES. 20MM SHELLS DATED 1942 SEEN. ALL BRITISH FITTINGS ARE MARKED: 'CLARKS COWES'. NAVY CROCKERY. (N R CHIPCHASE & I TAYLOR, SKIN DEEP DIVING). NCA. HH100/351/21 26.8.04 CONFIRMED AS HMS SARGASSO, TM DANLAYER. ADMIRALTY INQUIRY RECORDS GIVE SINKING POSN AS 5031.32N, 0142.33W. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 25.2.05 STERN SECTION UPRIGHT, WITH WOODEN DECKING STILL IN PLACE, STANDING 3-4MTRS HIGH. TWIN 3 BLADED PROPELLERS & 2 DIESEL ENGINES IN PLACE. AMMUNITION VISIBLE. MIDDLE SECTION MORE COLLAPSED. BOW INTACT WITH CAPSTAN & ANCHOR, BUT BROKEN FROM REST OF WK & LISTING TO STARBOARD. (DIVER MAGAZINE FEB '05). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 15.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5031.182N, 0142.488W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.08MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 45.89MTRS, WIDTH 8.3MTRS, HT 4.78MTRS. ORIENTATION 314/134 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 50.16MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, 2.16MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 261 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL BROKEN, COLLAPSED AT CENTRE

Position: 50 31.182 N,1 42.488 W

 

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