This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms speedy (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 41.101 N,0 59.072 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)

 

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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. Andarina
2. Blue ballard
3. Catford
4. Devonshire (possibly)
5. Euterpe (probably)
6. Fermain (possibly)
7. Fittonia (possibly)
8. Flashlight (probably)
9. Harden
10. Hms cape spartel (probably)
11. Hms cobra
12. Hms linsdell
13. Hms pintail
14. Hms queenworth
15. Hms speedy (probably)
16. Hms st donats
17. Keynes
18. Lapwing (possibly)
19. Larchwood (possibly)
20. London
21. Nieuwland
22. Norfolk (possibly)
23. Norman
24. Ogono
25. Pacific
26. Petroswift
27. Pilsudski
28. Rebono (probably)
29. Rochester (possibly)
30. Royal scott
31. Scotia (possibly)
32. Scotia (possibly)
33. Sea gem
34. Shepherd lad
35. Sioux (probably)
36. Siri maria
37. Tors (possibly)
38. Trignac (possibly)
39. Vereingte (possibly)
40. Victoria
41. Virginian
42. Welsh prince
43. William balls (probably)

 

Name: HMS SPEEDY (PROBABLY)

Length 70.1 meter, width: 8.2 meter, tonnage 810 ton

Cause: Built in 1893 by thornycroft, chiswick. four boilers, steam turbines, twin shaft. mined. was assisting hms linsdell which had also been mined.

Year of registration: 1983

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1983, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: H4465/81 21.3.83 H4465/81 21.3.83 WK 21MTRS IN 534105N, 005909E (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H4465/81 22.11.83 H4465/81 22.11.83 ONE OF 2 WKS, LYING APPROX 200MTRS APART, EXAM'D 1.3.83 IN 534105N, 005911E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.3 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.3MTRS. SECOND WK LIES TO NE IN 534112N, 005915E (APPROX). LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.3MTRS. LENGTH 20MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 74). INS AS WK 20MTRS. BR STD. 21.9.92 21.9.92 DIVED ON. SMALL WARSHIP, LESS THAN 100TONS. 4.7" GUN FOR'D & AFT. 3PDR HOTCHISS GUNS AMIDSHIPS. WOODEN DECKS, METAL HULL. TWIN TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES. 3 MAGAZINES, ALL FULL. STERN WELL BROKEN, NO PROPELLERS. THOUGHT TO BE HMS SPEEDY. (R COLLINSON, TELECON). THE SECOND WK REPORTED BY BEAGLE COULD BE WK OF HMS LINSDELL. HH100/351/06 19.11.92 HH100/351/06 19.11.92 FULL DESCRIPTION OF VESSEL PROVIDED. ALMOST CERTAINLY HMS SPEEDY. A SECOND WRECK LIES ABOUT 200YDS NE OF THIS WK AND A CONVENTIONAL BOILER WAS FOUND ABOUT 50 YDS SE OF SPEEDY. (R COLLINSON, 23.10.92).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 41.101 N,0 59.072 E

 

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