This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms sword dance, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 28.326 N,2 42.946 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: HMS SWORD DANCE

Length 45.7 meter, width: 8.4 meter, tonnage 530 ton

Cause: built in 1940 by robb. taken up by the admiralty as an anti-submarine trawler. 1 x 4 inch and 3 x 20mm guns. single boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. lost following collision.

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 75 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H2925/83 11.9.84 WK 70MTRS LOCATED IN 582820.88N, 024250.46W [OGB]. WK ABOUT 50MTRS LONG. (BUE SUBSEA, TLX 24.8.84). BR STD. H2925/83 11.1.85 EXAM'D 21.8.84 IN 582821N, 024250W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 70 IN GEN DEPTH 77MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS, LENGTH 55MTRS. LYING 110/290DEG. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). NFA. 8.10.12 EXAM'D 19.5.12 IN 5828.326N, 0242.946W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 68.28 IN GEN DEPTH 75MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 51.3MTRS, WIDTH 9.3MTRS, HT 11.5MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1372). BOWS E. AMEND WK 68MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS E

Position: 58 28.326 N,2 42.946 W

 

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