This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms taipo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 41.476 N,0 18.13 E (50.717333, 0.608783)

 

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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 TAIPO

Length 38.1 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 247 ton

Cause: hired by admiralty. sunk by mine off the royal sovereign ltv. (ww1sl & ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20150701

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK OFF ROYAL SOVEREIGN LTV. (COLLEDGE). HH232/351/01 12.11.91 UNCHARTED WK, APPARENTLY PRE-WW1 STEEL STEAM TRAWLER, LOCATED IN 504127N, 001814E [OGB] USING DECCA. DIVED ON - BROKEN UP BUT NOT DISPERSED. BOW HAS BROKEN OFF AND STANDS 4-5MTRS HIGH, POINTING TO THE SURFACE. OVERALL LENGTH ABT 30MTRS. BOILER HEIGHT 3MTRS. LIES ALONG TIDE WITH BOW E ON A ROCKY SEABED. (T W BENNETTO, 2.11.91). GEN DEPTH ABOUT 22MTRS. CHART AS WK 16MTRS.

- NM 3385/91. HH100/351/05 8.5.92 LOCATED IN 504139N, 001809E [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). HH100/351/05 5.6.92 SMALL WK IN 504126N, 001812.5E [WGD]. 50-60FT LONG. (E 28, 12.5.92). NCA. HH100/351/05 16.7.92 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS HMS TAIPO - OIL LAMP BEARING NAME RECOVERED. LIES IN 504129N, 001808E IN 20MTRS. BOW SECTION LIES ON PORT SIDE, MIDSHIPS IS BROKEN AND STERN IS UPSIDE DOWN. ORIENTATED W/E. (S HOWLAND, 29.6.92). NCA. SEP 2015/000083465 25.11.15 EXAM'D 01.07.15, WK SHOWN IN 5041.476N, 0018.130E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.38MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21.7MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 1476). AMEND DW 16.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP BUT NOT DISPERSED

Position: 50 41.476 N,0 18.13 E

 

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