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 (50.519700, -1.708133)

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 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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