This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms sisters melville, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 7.206 N,1 44.183 E (52.150016666667, 1.8159666666667)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Astrologer
7. Atlanticos
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. Clan monroe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormorant
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Dynamo
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Empire bridge
37. Erna boldt (probably)
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Grisdeale
58. Groenlo
59. Groeswen (probably)
60. Gulf breaker
61. H h petersen
62. Harlington (probably)
63. Harlyn (probably)
64. Harriet
65. Hebe
66. Hendon hall
67. Heworth
68. Hillglen
69. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms arethusa
72. Hms donna nook
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms dundalk
75. Hms eros (possibly)
76. Hms evesham (possibly)
77. Hms forward iii
78. Hms franc tireur
79. Hms harvest gleaner
80. Hms hastfen
81. Hms hirose (probably)
82. Hms holdene
83. Hms japan
84. Hms jessie nutten
85. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
86. Hms lord airedale
87. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
88. Hms ludlow
89. Hms marconi
90. Hms monarch
91. Hms moravia (possibly)
92. Hms nadine
93. Hms new comet (possibly)
94. Hms orthos (probably)
95. Hms resono (possibly)
96. Hms river clyde (possibly)
97. Hms river clyde (possibly)
98. Hms sisters melville
99. Hms st seiriol
100. Hms tervani
101. Hms tugela
102. Hms waveflower
103. Hms whooper
104. Hms william wesney
105. Hmsm e6
106. Hmtb 10
107. Hnlms 227
108. Hornchurch
109. Ignis (possibly)
110. Ionian (possibly)
111. J c dalble
112. Jim
113. Kenneth hawksfield
114. Khartoum (possibly)
115. Knarsdale
116. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
117. Koningen emma (possibly)
118. Kwasind
119. Lady salisbury
120. Lapwing
121. Lapwing (possibly)
122. Lincairn (possibly)
123. Lisette
124. Little world
125. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
126. Lonhelen (possibly)
127. Lord bute
128. Lowland
129. Magdapur
130. Mangara
131. Maria rosa
132. Marie leonhardt (probably)
133. Mascotte
134. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
135. Mercurius
136. Mexico
137. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
138. Moidart
139. Morar
140. Nereus
141. Newhaven (possibly)
142. Nico
143. Nicolaos piangos
144. Norhauk
145. Norwich trader
146. Ocean pride
147. Old charlton
148. Ostprussen (possibly)
149. Palembang (probably)
150. Paullette
151. Pescado
152. Petshenga (possibly)
153. Phryne
154. Plawsworth (possibly)
155. Polgarth
156. Protinus (possibly)
157. Ravenscraig (possibly)
158. Ren
159. Rhenas (possibly)
160. Rhineland
161. Rochester city
162. Savona (probably)
163. Scimitar
164. Sea king
165. Second chance (possibly)
166. Sheaf field
167. Simon bolivar
168. Skodsburg (possibly)
169. Southford
170. St patrick
171. Storm
172. Sunbeam
173. Sunniside (probably)
174. Taber park
175. Tergestea
176. Terukuni maru
177. Thornaby (possibly)
178. Thyra
179. Tidal (possibly)
180. Torchbearer
181. Tunisiana
182. Uc 11 (possibly)
183. Uc 72 (possibly)
184. Vae victis
185. Vancouver
186. Victorious
187. Warrenpoint
188. Wearside
189. White ghost
190. White lady
191. Wychwood (possibly)
192. Wyetown
193. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: HMS SISTERS MELVILLE

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 132 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161212

Details measurements/cartography: 13.2.17 POSN 520700N, 014400E. H4282/26 14.10.26 INS NDW PA (1917) IN 520700N, 014400E.. 1.4.52 AMEND TO NDW. NC 1610. H2371/55 26.8.55 INS LEGEND PA. H4167/59 12.8.60 AMEND TO DWPA. NC 1543. H3273/61 10.11.61 EXAM'D IN 520709N, 014417E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 51FT, FOUL AT 53FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54 IN GEN DEPTH 73FT. SCOUR 80FT. (HMS SCOTT, 10.8.61). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 3FT. BR STD. H3273/61 3.2.62 INS ON 1610.

- NM 237/62. H2917/83 28.3.85 MEDIUM-SIZED WK LOCATED 4.12.84 IN 520710N, 014418E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NOT EXAM'D. POSSIBY TOO LARGE TO BE BE AN ARMED TRAWLER. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. H4580/87 24.10.88 LOCATED IN 520717N, 014413E [EUR]. LENGTH 35MTRS. STANDS OVER 1.5MTRS HIGH. ORIENTATED 140/320 DEGS. (CABLE & WIRELESS MARINE LTD, 15.9.86). NCA. 7.9.89 AMEND TO SW 15.5MTRS. NE 1543. 24.10.08 DIVED IN 5207.210N, 0144.183E [WGD]. A TRAWLER UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. STEAM ENGINE VISIBLE BUT SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. STERN IS SMASHED. STANDS 3-4MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED IN A DEEP SCOUR. (B HICKINBOTTOM, EMAIL DTD 22.10.08). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 21.8.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16; IN 5207.206N, 0144.183E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.76MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 31.9MTRS, WIDTH 6.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 132/312 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 64.22MTRS, 2.55MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 008 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 17.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 7.206 N,1 44.183 E

 

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