This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms st johns, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 20 N,8 20.05 W (55.383583333333, -8.5494166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: HMS ST JOHNS
Length 34.2 meter, width: 6.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 208 ton
Cause: built in 1910 by ccook, wellton & gemmel ltd, beverley. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 50hp, single shaft. on war patrol. hired 1915 and converted into armed patrol sweeper. one 6lb gun. attacked by enemy submarine and sunk by long range gunfire. (sibi).
Water depth above wreck: 80 meter
Known since: 1918
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK OFF TORY ISLAND. (COLLEDGE). POSN 5520.0N, 0820.0W. NCA. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 20 N,8 20.05 W