This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms tiger, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17.037 N,1 21.085 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)
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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 TIGER
Length 64 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 1.5, tonnage 300 ton
Cause: built in 1901 initially by john brown, but was completed by j & g thompson, clydebank. three normand boilers, two triple expansion engines totalling 6400 hp, twin shaft. passage portsmouth for night exercises off st catherine's point and return. sunk in collision with hms berwick, 9800tons after crossing berwick's bows. cut in two and sank. 32 men lost, 22 men recovered. (d c wendes).
Year of registration: 1908
Water depth above wreck: 51 meter
Known since: 1908
Details measurements/cartography: 4.3.70 SUNK OFF ISLE OF WIGHT, OFF ST CATHERINE'S POINT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). POSN 501700N, 012100W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 17.037 N,1 21.085 W