This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms tonbridge, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 37.225 N,1 46.004 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aberhill
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Ala
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Alto (possibly)
9. Artemisia
10. Astrologer
11. Avonwood
12. Axminster (probably)
13. Barkis
14. Barrhill
15. Begona no 5
16. Boulderpool (after part)
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Cardanel
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. City of kobe
23. Clansman (possibly)
24. Claudia (possibly)
25. Corduff
26. Cormead
27. Crichtoun
28. Cross sand ltv
29. David b summers
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. El dorado
32. Ems
33. English trader
34. Ethel
35. Ethel radcliffe
36. Excellenz mehnert
37. Fidelio
38. Frumenton
39. Fulgens
40. Galatea (possibly)
41. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
42. Gasfire
43. Geneva
44. George fisher
45. Georgia (for'd part)
46. Glen derry (probably)
47. Glynn
48. Groenlo
49. Gulf breaker
50. H h petersen
51. Helena
52. Hms agate
53. Hms christopher (possibly)
54. Hms condor (probably)
55. Hms dhoon (probably)
56. Hms dungeness
57. Hms evesham (possibly)
58. Hms fontenoy
59. Hms force
60. Hms francolin
61. Hms glen prosen
62. Hms irvana (part of)
63. Hms kaphreda
64. Hms m a west (probably)
65. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
66. Hms orthos (probably)
67. Hms pelton (probably)
68. Hms speeton (possibly)
69. Hms spider
70. Hms tettenhall
71. Hms tonbridge
72. Hms tugela
73. Hms washington (probably)
74. Hmsm d5
75. Ilse
76. Impulsion
77. Ionian (probably)
78. King egbert
79. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
80. Knitsley (possibly)
81. La perouse (possibly)
82. Langeli (possibly)
83. Leelite
84. Lingfield
85. Mardyke
86. Maria rosa
87. Marianne (probably)
88. Marsworth
89. Mascota (possibly)
90. Memento (possibly)
91. Mercurius
92. Montferland
93. Mudo
94. Murdoch (probably)
95. Nadir
96. Navarra (possibly)
97. Nereus
98. Nominoe
99. Nordborg (possibly)
100. Norman queen
101. Novocastrian
102. Oil trader
103. Ole bull
104. Osprey
105. Otter
106. Oxshott (possibly)
107. Pacific (possibly)
108. Pluton
109. Polaris
110. Prima
111. Regain
112. Ren
113. Reward (possibly)
114. Rhineland
115. Robin iv
116. Robrix
117. Rochester city
118. Rogate
119. Roine
120. Roxanna
121. Rye
122. Scotia
123. Sea rhine
124. Seagull
125. Seaham
126. Sheaf water
127. Silksworth hall (probably).
128. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
129. Skodsburg (possibly)
130. St patrick
131. Stad alkmaar
132. Stanmount
133. Sunniside (probably)
134. Taber park
135. Thomas m (possibly)
136. Tidal (possibly)
137. Tregantle (possibly)
138. Trevethoe
139. U 13 (probably)
140. Ui-001
141. Vanguard
142. Viola (possibly)
143. Walkure
144. War valley
145. Whintown (possibly)
146. White swan
147. White swan (possibly)
148. Willowpool
149. Xanthe
150. Yewvalley (possibly)
151. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS TONBRIDGE

Length 67.1 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 683 ton

Cause: Built 1924 by d & w henderson & co ltd, glasgow as a cross channel ferry for the southern railway co. hired as an auxillary net-layer from 10.1940. two triple expansion engines of 166nhp, twin shaft. requisitioned by the admiralty for service as auxiliary net-layer. bombed & sunk by german aircraft off great yarmouth. 32 men lost. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 22 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20170707

Details measurements/cartography: H02962/41 30.8.41 SUNK, WITH NO PART SHOWING ABOVE MLWS, ON SW HEADING. POSN: 523710N, 014604E. (YARMOUTH, DTD 1941). PFNM ISSUED. 14.10.41 CHARTED AS DW.

- NM 2407/41. 24.12.46 LEAST DEPTH 19 IN GEN DEPTH 66FT. SLIGHT SCOUR. (HMS SCOTT, DTD 24.12.46). AMEND TO WK 19FT.

- NM 161/47. 28.7.48 DRIFT SWEPT - CLEAR AT 45FT, FOUL AT 47FT. SURROUNDING DEPTH 60FT. POSN 523710N, 014558E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, DTD 28.7.48). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT.

- NM 1841/48. H3930/61 17.4.63 NOT LOCATED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, OCT 1962).H1927/69 10.1.69 EXAM'D 11.6.68 IN 523711N, 014605E [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55FT IN GEN DEPTH OF 52-67FT. SCOUR 62FT. (HMS EGERIA, HI 40/68). H4852/74 18.12.74 NOT LOCATED. (ISS, HI NO 11/74). NCA. 30.7.74 AMENDED TO SW 13.5MTRS. NC 1543. H1960/79 31.3.81 EXAM'D 13.10.80 IN 523711N, 014606E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.2 IN GEN DEPTHS 17.5-20MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING ENE/WSW. ABOUT 60MTRS LONG. (HMS EGERIA. HI 62B/80). AMEND TO WK 16.2MTRS. BR STD. H29008/83 18.12.84 EXAM'D 10.10.84 IN 523712N, 014606E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.5, FOUL AT 16.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.2 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTR. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. LIES ENE/WSW. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 188). H4021/86 4.8.87 EXAM'D 29.5.87 IN 523712N, 014607E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.0 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 23MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.6MTRS. LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. INTACT, LYING 140/320DEGS, BOWS PROBABLY SE. MAGNETOMETER INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF 550 TO 850 TONNES. (NP 1016, HI 370). AMEND TO WK 16MTRS. BR STD. HH090/487/01 26.6.90 EXAM'D 18.4.90 IN 523711.7N, 014606.1E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [6 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 25.5MTRS. WELL-BROKEN UP AND LYING NW/SE IN AREA OF SAND RIPPLES. LEAST DEPTH WAS OBTAINED ON HIGH POINT, POSSIBLY NETS ATTACHED TO MAIN BODY OF WK. LENGTH 40MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. NO DISTINCT SONAR SHADOW OBTAINED. (NP 1016, HI 487). HH090/569/01 9.7.93 EXAM'D 2.5.93 IN 523712.1N, 014607.1E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 15.4, FOUL AT 15.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 22.7MTRS. NO SONAR SHADOW OBTAINED. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 045/225DEGS & SCOUR EXTENDS 45MTRS TO THE NW. A STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY OBSERVED. (NP 1016, HI 569). AMEND TO SW 15.4MTRS. BR STD. HH090/846/01 13.5.99 EXAM'D 8.4.99 IN 5237.213N, 0145.985E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.1, FOUL 15.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.5MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. MEDIUM MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SCOUR 40MTRS TOWARDS 270DEGS. PARTIALLY BURIED WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 846). AMEND TO SW 15.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/110/01 17.8.05 EXAM'D 27.4.05 IN 5237.224N, 0146.005E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.7, FOUL 16.1MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.21 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. SCOUR 2.2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 315 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND BROKEN ON THE SE EDGE. (NP 1016, HI 1110). AMEND SW 15.7MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2017/000186964 25.4.18 EXAM'D 7.7.17; LOCATED IN 5237.225N, 0146.004E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 15.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. LENGTH 71.2MTRS, WIDTH 18.8MTRS, HT 6.31MTRS, ORIENTATION 022/202DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 80.1MTRS, DEPTH 2.6MTRS TOWARDS 167DEGS. NUMEROUS IRREGULAR FEATURES IN VARIOUS STATES OF DECAY AND BURIAL. [EGS, HI 1545]. AMEND WK 15.1MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN

Position: 52 37.225 N,1 46.004 E

 

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