This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms snaefell (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 53.873 N,1 8.215 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Atlas (possibly)
4. Atwing (possibly)
5. Aurora
6. Azira
7. Balzac
8. Blairhall
9. Blue dawn
10. Braconash (possibly)
11. British officer (after part)
12. Burnhope (part of)
13. Cairnglen
14. Carlo
15. Carmarthen coast
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
19. Clare (possibly)
20. Clavering (part of)
21. Corsham
22. Cranford (possibly)
23. Cutty 11
24. Denham (probably)
25. Dimitris
26. Dora
27. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
28. Eagle iii
29. Empire bay
30. Eston
31. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
32. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
33. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
34. Eventide
35. Fawn (probably)
36. Fenella
37. Fervent
38. Firelight (possibly)
39. Gateshead (possibly)
40. General havelock
41. Gottfried (possibly)
42. Gran
43. Grit
44. Gudbrand (possibly)
45. H a brightman
46. H c flood (possibly)
47. H c flood (probably)
48. Hans hoth (probably)
49. Harraton
50. Hartley
51. Harvest
52. Hawkwood
53. Hebble (probably)
54. Heckler
55. Hekla (possibly)
56. Helene
57. Helvetia (possibly)
58. Hendrika
59. Hercules
60. Hmms 180
61. Hms ben ardna (probably)
62. Hms elise
63. Hms ethel taylor
64. Hms euston
65. Hms fairplay 2
66. Hms james ludford
67. Hms loch naver
68. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
69. Hms ruthin castle
70. Hms snaefell (probably)
71. Hms southsea
72. Hms star of devoran
73. Hms summer rose
74. Hms william hallet (possibly)
75. Hms witherington
76. Hogarth
77. Humber
78. Ida duncan
79. Ilios (possibly)
80. Ilious
81. Intent
82. Inverlane (part of)
83. Inverlane (stern section)
84. Jenny m (possibly)
85. John m smart (possibly).
86. John miles
87. Jolly girls
88. Jolly girls (possibly)
89. Jonkoping i (possibly)
90. Kalua
91. Kasko
92. Kilkis (possibly)
93. King james (possibly)
94. La basiase (la bastaise)
95. Linden (probably)
96. Llwyngwair (possibly)
97. Loch-na-gar (probably)
98. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
99. Longbird
100. Lucida
101. Lyng
102. Maggie mcleman ii
103. Maindy bridge (possibly)
104. Marcheller (possibly)
105. Margaret sutton
106. Marne (part of)(possibly)
107. Mars
108. Mayoress pelican
109. Mile end (possibly)
110. Montauban
111. Narcissus (possibly)
112. Nike (possibly)
113. Nordheim (possibly)
114. Nyula
115. Ocean
116. Orion (probably)
117. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
118. Ottoland (possibly)
119. Pathfinder
120. Patria
121. Pitwines (probably)
122. Polleon (possibly)
123. Poltava (possibly)
124. Povena
125. Presto (possibly)
126. Presto (possibly)
127. Princess maud (possibly)
128. Protector (possibly)
129. Providence
130. Prunelle
131. Quillota
132. Ragni (probably)
133. Ravensbourne (possibly)
134. Ravnanger (probably)
135. Renen
136. Rfa creosol
137. Richard de larrinaga
138. Rio colorado
139. Rising sun (part of)
140. Rising sun (part of)
141. Rosa (possibly)
142. Rosella (probably)
143. Rotha
144. S t wallsend
145. Saga (possibly)
146. Sargasso (possibly)
147. Scott miller
148. Snowdrop (possibly)
149. Spray
150. Stag 5 (probably)
151. Staithes (possibly)
152. Stangate
153. Stora-korsnas-link i
154. Strinheim
155. Suavity
156. Sunniva (possibly)
157. Swiftly
158. Talisman (possibly)
159. Tatiana (possibly)
160. Teal (probably)
161. Teesdale (possibly)
162. Thames (probably)
163. The stewarts court (probably)
164. Triumph
165. Uc 32 (probably)
166. Vestra
167. Vianna (possibly)
168. Vianna (probably)
169. Victory
170. Wayside flower
171. Winga
172. Winga (possibly)
173. X.l.
174. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: HMS SNAEFELL (PROBABLY)

Length 68.7 meter, draught: 8.1, tonnage 466 ton

Cause: 6.5.1915 ex-barry, ex-barryfield, ex-waverley. built in 1907 by j brown & co, glasgow for the barry railway co, cardiff. one boiler, diagonal triple expansion engines, two paddles. sold in 1911 to p & a campbell ltd as a passenger/cargo vessel. requistioned from 6.5.1915 to 11.1919 for use as a transport for german prisoners of war.. renamed barryfield with the same owner in 1917. renamed again as waverley in 1925. hired for service as a minesweeper from 10.1939. bombed and sunk by german aircraft with loss of 3 lives. armed with one 12 pounder gun. (ww2sl, r young & diver magazine oct '10).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H02481/41 15.9.41 BOMBED AND SUNK 145DEG, 1.5M FROM 20Q BUOY. (CINC ROSYTH, 7.7.41). INS AS NDW PA IN 545400N, 010800W.

- NM 2097/41. H2433/71 21.4.71 POSSIBLE WK IN 545418N, 010815W. NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATION. (ISS, ROS DTD 31.12.70). 18.5.73 AMEND TO WK USC PA 35MTRS. NC 152. H6330/87 11.11.88 EXAMINED 29.5.88 IN 545352N, 010807W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.6 IN GEN DEPTH 50.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 50.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS, LENGTH 22MTRS, BEAM 5MTRS. LIES 055/235DEG AND GIVES STRONG SONAR RETURN. MAY BE PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 414A). AMEND TO WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 2.7.09 EUT POSN: 5453.873N, 0108.215W. NE 152. 22.9.10 PADDLE STEAMER DIVED AND IDENTIFIED, POSN NOT STATED. HELM, CHINA, COMPASS RECOVERED. WK SITTING UPRIGHT ON MUD SEABED. BRIDGE COLLAPSED TO PORT. BOW NOT FOUND HAVING BEEN BLOWN OFF BY AN EXPLOSION. SHELL CASING AMMUNITION, NAVIGATION LAMPS AND A WINDOW FOUND. MAKER'S NAME ALLEY & MACLELLAN, GLASGOW ON HELM & AND ADMIRALTY CREST ON CHINA, IDENTIFIED WRECK AS HMS SNAEFELL. (DIVER MAGAZINE OCT '10)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: POSSIBLY PARTLY BURIED

Position: 54 53.873 N,1 8.215 W

 

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