This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms swallow, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 28.437 N,0 27.336 W (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amsteldam
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Angelo rose
8. Ard aidhm
9. Ardens (probably)
10. Ardgantoch
11. Athos
12. Aucuba (possibly)
13. Audax
14. Avance (probably)
15. Balfron (probably)
16. Ballater
17. Ballogie
18. Battersea
19. Beaumanoir (probably)
20. Berwick (possibly)
21. Black prince (possibly)
22. Bonhomme richard
23. Botha (possibly)
24. Brentwood
25. Bur
26. Cap palos (part of)
27. Castleford (probably)
28. Commercial
29. Constantia
30. Corsican prince
31. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
32. Creteblock
33. Crimdon (possibly)
34. Defiant
35. Deptford
36. Disperser
37. Doris burton (probably)
38. Eaglescliffe (probably)
39. Earl percy
40. Eli
41. Ellida (probably)
42. Erich lea
43. Ferruccio
44. Florence (possibly)
45. Florentia
46. Fred everard
47. Garthwaite
48. Gem (bow section)
49. Gem (stern section)
50. Gimle
51. Glamorganbrook
52. Glengarry (probably)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Glow (part of) (possibly)
55. Gwalia (possibly)
56. Hannah
57. Harrow (probably)
58. Hercules
59. Hercules
60. Highgate
61. Hms banyers
62. Hms desire (possibly)
63. Hms desire (possibly)
64. Hms dromio
65. Hms garmo (probably)
66. Hms locheil
67. Hms lord ridley
68. Hms swallow
69. Hms thalia
70. Hornsund (probably)
71. Houghton
72. Hurstwood
73. Jane
74. Jerv
75. Lady ann
76. Lady helen
77. Lampada (probably)
78. Lanthorn
79. Leersum (probably)
80. Lerwick (probably)
81. Linaria (probably)
82. London
83. Lowtyne (possibly)
84. Lucy
85. M c holm
86. Madame renee
87. Manx queen
88. Marchioness of londonderry
89. Marie stuart
90. Martina
91. Melanie (probably)
92. Membland (possibly)
93. Merrie islington
94. Modemi (possibly)
95. Moorlands
96. Moorwood (possibly)
97. Namorado field jacket
98. Norenda (possibly)
99. Norhilda
100. Novillo
101. Oakwell
102. Onslow
103. Pandora
104. Paul
105. Phare (probably)
106. Philander (probably)
107. Polanna
108. Polruan
109. Princess olga (possibly)
110. Quaggy (probably)
111. Rema
112. Rikard nordraak
113. Runswick
114. Rutil
115. Saint ninian
116. Sapphire (probably)
117. Sarah thinnesen
118. Scotia
119. Sir francis
120. Sixty-six
121. Skane
122. Sna ii
123. Southborough
124. Springhill
125. Sumus (probably)
126. Suntrap (probably)
127. Tangistan
128. Taurus (probably)
129. Trelyon
130. Ub 30
131. Ub 41
132. Ub 75
133. Uc 70
134. Vaaren
135. Vaaren (possibly)
136. Victo (bow section)
137. Victo (stern section)
138. Victoria (probably)
139. Wallsend
140. Westowrie
141. Woodstock (bow section)
142. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: HMS SWALLOW

Length 36.7 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 243 ton

Cause: built 1897 by edwards shipbuilding co. ltd., with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 70nhp, 1 boiler, single shaft. machinery by neme co ltd., sunderland. originally owned by kelsall brothers and beeching ltd, requistioned by royal navy for use as a mine sweeper. sank following collision with norwegian ss audax between whitby and robin hood's bay. (ships of the royal navy, sibi, shipwrecks of ne coast, wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 64 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 5M SE OF WHITBY IN 542630N, 002600W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) H4069/72 4.12.75 WK LOCATED IN 542818N, 002712W. POSN BY DECCA. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). INS AS WK USC 28MTRS.

- NM BLOCK. H6331/87 25.1.89 EXAM'D 8.7.88 IN 542826N, 002713W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.2 IN GEN DEPTH 49-50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 065/245DEG, DECAYED AND BROKEN UP, WITH HIGH POINT AT W END. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 30.8.01 EUT POSN: 5428.444N, 0027.320W. NE 129. 17.4.09 WRECK POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS HMS SWALLOW. IDENTITY BASED ON MATCHING MACHINERY, LENGTH, POSN OF LOSS, NAVAL CROCKERY RECOVERED AND MATCHING BOW GUN AND AMMUNITION. (C RACEY, E-MAIL 14.4.09) SEP 2017/000002822 24.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5428.437N, 0027.336W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. LENGTH 39.7MTRS, WIDTH 6.85MTRS, HT 3.58MTRS, ORIENTATION 064/244 DEGS. WK BROKEN UP. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 28.437 N,0 27.336 W

 

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