This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms saucy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 2.196 N,3 10.819 W (56.00645, -3.4027833333333)

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 SAUCY

Length 47.9 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 597 ton

Cause: hired by admiralty for use as rescue tug. mined with loss of 21 lives. (ww2sl & diver magazine jul '06). built 1918 by livingston & cooper of hessle. engine by bellis & morcom of birmingham. photo of vessel. (shipwrecks of the forth & tay, b baird)

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 158 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H0834/40 23.9.40 SANK 277DEGS, 2800YDS FROM INCHKEITH LT. MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, LAID 300DEGS, 100YDS FROM WK. (C-IN-C ROSYTH).

- NM 2460/40, TFNM 2461/40, FNM 2483/41. H0834/40 11.10.45 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 45FT. AREA FOUL. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (C-IN-C ROSYTH, 24.9.45).

- NM 3180/45. H828/67 14.6.67 NOT FOUND. CONSIDERED TO HAVE SILTED OVER. (MYRMIDON, R OF S, 29.5.67). BR STD. H7049/68 10.8.71 SEARCHED FOR WITH SONAR. NOT FOUND. (SOISS, R OF S 13.11.71).

- NM 1151/71. 23.7.92 LOCATED IN 560210N, 031033W, USING DECCA. (R N BAIRD, REGISTER OF WRECKS). NCA. HH264/430/02 9.7.93 WK LOCATED IN 560212N, 031044W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.2 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. (HMS SANDOWN, HN 9.7.93). DIVED & FOUND TO BE A TUG OF WW1 ERA WITH 3.5" GUN FOR'D. BOW IS COMPLETE AND STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN A SCOUR PIT. UPRIGHT WITH MASTS LYING ALONGSIDE ON SEABED. (LT CDR R STEWART, ROSYTH TELECON 19.7.93).

- NM 2812/93. HH264/430/02 7.9.93 LIES IN 560211.5N, 031045W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LENGTH 35-40MTRS OVERALL, BEAM 10MTRS. LIES 158/338DEGS, WITH BOW NW. BOW STANDS APPROX 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED, STERN HAS BROKEN UP. HAS A METAL HULL WITH WOODEN DECK. A CONSIDERABLE SCOUR EXISTS AROUND THE BOW. (HMS SANDOWN, VIA SNO (H), ROSYTH 24.8.93). NFA. 4.7.02 EUT POSN: 5602.196N, 0310.819W. NE 735. 25.7.06 BOW INTACT & WELL PRESERVED, RISING FROM A DEEP SCOUR, WRECK COLLAPSED AFTER THE BRIDGE. WHOLE WRECK DENSELY COVERED IN ANEMONES. SEABED MUD. (DIVER MAGAZINE JUL'06)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SCOUR ROUND BOW, BOWS NW

Position: 56 2.196 N,3 10.819 W

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