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 (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Hillglen
68. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
69. Hms adonis (possibly)
70. Hms arethusa
71. Hms donna nook
72. Hms donside (possibly)
73. Hms eros (possibly)
74. Hms evesham (possibly)
75. Hms forward iii
76. Hms franc tireur
77. Hms hastfen
78. Hms hirose (probably)
79. Hms holdene
80. Hms japan
81. Hms jessie nutten
82. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
83. Hms lord airedale
84. Hms ludlow
85. Hms marconi
86. Hms monarch
87. Hms moravia (possibly)
88. Hms nadine
89. Hms new comet (possibly)
90. Hms orthos (probably)
91. Hms resono (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms river clyde (possibly)
94. Hms sisters melville
95. Hms tervani
96. Hms tugela
97. Hms waveflower
98. Hms whooper
99. Hms william wesney
100. Hmsm e6
101. Hmtb 10
102. Hnlms 227
103. Hornchurch
104. Ignis (possibly)
105. Ionian (possibly)
106. J c dalble
107. Jim
108. Kenneth hawksfield
109. Khartoum (possibly)
110. Knarsdale
111. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
112. Koningen emma (possibly)
113. Kwasind
114. Lady salisbury
115. Lapwing
116. Lincairn (possibly)
117. Lisette
118. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
119. Lonhelen (possibly)
120. Lord bute
121. Lowland
122. Magdapur
123. Mangara
124. Maria rosa
125. Marie leonhardt (probably)
126. Mascotte
127. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
128. Mercurius
129. Mexico
130. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
131. Moidart
132. Morar
133. Nereus
134. Newhaven (possibly)
135. Nico
136. Nicolaos piangos
137. Norhauk
138. Norwich trader
139. Ocean pride
140. Old charlton
141. Ostprussen (possibly)
142. Palembang (probably)
143. Paullette
144. Pescado
145. Petshenga (possibly)
146. Phryne
147. Plawsworth (possibly)
148. Polgarth
149. Protinus (possibly)
150. Ravenscraig (possibly)
151. Ren
152. Rhenas (possibly)
153. Rhineland
154. Rochester city
155. Savona (probably)
156. Scimitar
157. Second chance (possibly)
158. Simon bolivar
159. Skodsburg (possibly)
160. Southford
161. St patrick
162. Storm
163. Sunbeam
164. Sunniside (probably)
165. Taber park
166. Tergestea
167. Terukuni maru
168. Thornaby (possibly)
169. Thyra
170. Tidal (possibly)
171. Torchbearer
172. Uc 11 (possibly)
173. Uc 72 (possibly)
174. Vae victis
175. Vancouver
176. Victorious
177. Warrenpoint
178. Wearside
179. White ghost
180. White lady
181. Wychwood (possibly)
182. Wyetown
183. 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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