This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms speeton (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 30.935 N,1 52.601 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alice taylor
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Astrologer
7. Atle
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Begona no 5
12. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Cormead
22. Cresta
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Daisy (possibly)
26. David b summers
27. Db 8 (possibly)
28. Denewood
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. El dorado
34. Elnet
35. Ethel radcliffe
36. Eva witte
37. Excellenz mehnert
38. Farmatyr
39. Fidelio
40. Firth
41. Frumenton
42. Fulgens
43. G and e (possibly)
44. Gasfire
45. Geneva
46. George fisher
47. Gipsy (possibly)
48. Glen tilt (possibly)
49. Glynn
50. Groenlo
51. Gulf breaker
52. H h petersen
53. Helena
54. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
55. Hms cantatrice
56. Hms christopher (possibly)
57. Hms condor (probably)
58. Hms dhoon (probably)
59. Hms donside (possibly)
60. Hms evesham (possibly)
61. Hms exmoor
62. Hms fontenoy
63. Hms force
64. Hms glen prosen
65. Hms harvest gleaner
66. Hms irvana (part of)
67. Hms jessie nutten
68. Hms kaphreda
69. Hms m a west (probably)
70. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
71. Hms orthos (probably)
72. Hms pelton (probably)
73. Hms speeton (possibly)
74. Hms spider
75. Hms tettenhall
76. Hms tonbridge
77. Hms tugela
78. Hms washington (probably)
79. Hms whooper
80. Hmsm d5
81. Ilse
82. Impulsion
83. Kenneth hawksfield
84. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
85. Knitsley (possibly)
86. La perouse (possibly)
87. Langeli (possibly)
88. Lapwing
89. Lapwing (possibly)
90. Lindisfarne (probably)
91. Lingfield
92. Mangara
93. Mardyke
94. Maria rosa
95. Marianne (probably)
96. Marsworth
97. Mascota (possibly)
98. Mascotte
99. Memento (possibly)
100. Mercurius
101. Mirella
102. Montferland
103. Mudo
104. Murdoch (probably)
105. Nadir
106. Navarra (possibly)
107. Nereus
108. Newhaven (possibly)
109. Newland (possibly)
110. Nominoe
111. Nordborg (possibly)
112. Novocastrian
113. Ocean pride
114. Oil trader
115. Osprey
116. Otis tarda
117. Pluton
118. Polaris
119. Prima
120. Regain
121. Ren
122. Reward (possibly)
123. Rhineland
124. Robin iv
125. Robrix
126. Rochester city
127. Rogate
128. Roxanna
129. Rye
130. Scotia
131. Sea king
132. Sea rhine
133. Seagull
134. Sheaf water
135. Silksworth hall (probably).
136. Sir william stephenson
137. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
138. Skodsburg (possibly)
139. Southford
140. St patrick
141. Stad alkmaar
142. Stanmount
143. Sunniside (probably)
144. Taber park
145. Thomas m (possibly)
146. Tidal (possibly)
147. Togston
148. Tregantle (possibly)
149. Trevethoe
150. Tunisiana
151. U 13 (probably)
152. Uc 62 (possibly)
153. Ui-001
154. Vanguard
155. Vigo
156. Viola (possibly)
157. Virgilia
158. War mehtar
159. War valley
160. White lady
161. White swan
162. White swan (possibly)
163. Wyetown
164. Xanthe
165. Yewvalley (possibly)
166. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS SPEETON (POSSIBLY)

Length 18 meter, width: 3.4 meter, tonnage 205 ton

Cause: sunk by mine off lowestoft whilst on admiralty service. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 180 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20161218

Details measurements/cartography: 31.12.15 SANK IN 523300N, 015100E APPROX. (MS 31.12.15). H5371/51 18.9.51 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEEP SMLS 323AND 325 12.7.51 IN 523055N, 015243E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 80FT FOUL AT 82FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 90FT IN GEN DEPTH 94FT ON THE S SIDE AND 99FT ON THE N SIDE WITH A SCOUR ON EITHER SIDE 20FT DEEPER. HEIGHT ABOVE SEA BED 14FT. A SMALL WRECK. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 31.8.51). CHART AS WK 13FMS [24MTRS]. BR STD. H1942/80 2.9.82 EXAM'D 25.2.82 IN 523054N, 015243E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.2 IN GEN DEPTH 29.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 5MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.8MTRS, LENGTH 18MTRS, BEAM 3.4MTRS. LYING 028/208DEGS. APPARENTLY WK OF SMALL FV LAYING IN A SCOUR. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/000091758 20.7.17 EXAM'D 18.12.16; IN 5230.935N, 0152.601E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.94MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 12.2MTRS, WIDTH 4.6MTRS, HEIGHT 4.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 180/000 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 40MTRS, 2.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 003 DEGS. WRECK IS SMALL AND BROKEN. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 28.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 30.935 N,1 52.601 E

 

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