This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms saumarez (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 39 38.44 N,19 59.437 E (39.573833333333, 2.3321666666667)

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 SAUMAREZ (BOW SECTION)

Length 110.3 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 1750 ton

Cause: built in 1942. was mined by albanians while passing through the corfu channel. the bow section was blown off, the remainder of the vessel was towed to malta & later scrapped. hms volage was also mined in what became known as 'the corfu incident'.

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter

Known since: 1946, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H7489/46 3.12.46 NDW IN 393720N, 195554E, OR 072DEG, 2M FROM CONSPIC MONUMENT ON VIDHO I. (C IN C, MED). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. 5.3.65 NDW SHOWN IN 393901N, 195807E ON GREEK 010. NE 725. 24.2.89 NDW PA SHOWN IN 393825N, 195923E [EUR] ON GREEK 21 [1988 EDN]. NC 206. 28.6.12 SHOWN IN 3938.440N, 1959.437E [EUR] ON GREEK 211 [2006 EDN, 1:150,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 39 38.44 N,19 59.437 E

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