This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms topaze, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 40.747 N,4 59.17 W (55.861316666667, -4.9531166666667)

 

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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. Akka
2. Amy (possibly)
3. Arab (possibly)
4. Beagle
5. Brent 1
6. Brent 2
7. Brent 3
8. Brent 4
9. C22
10. Caledonian (possibly)
11. Captayannis
12. Carronade
13. Champion
14. Copia
15. Cormorant 1
16. Cormorant 2
17. Cormorant 3
18. Cumbrae
19. D 36
20. D46
21. D5
22. Derwent
23. Eagle (possibly)
24. Eilean dhu
25. Elf 3
26. Elf 4
27. Ellida
28. Endeavour
29. Equinox
30. Europa
31. Fairy
32. Franleon
33. Glen shiel
34. Greenock
35. Hms arsenal (probably)
36. Hms dasher
37. Hms seagull
38. Hms topaze
39. Hmsm sealion
40. Iona i
41. Isabella of wigton (probably)
42. Janet mcnicol
43. Jeniver
44. Jubilee star
45. Kintyre
46. Lady gertrude
47. Laurrandine
48. Liz of ashton (possibly)
49. Lochshiel (possibly)
50. Marjorie seed
51. Mary anning
52. Moonlight
53. Nellie bywater
54. Ocean (possibly)
55. Osprey (fore part)
56. Ovington (probably)
57. Penola
58. Portland (possibly)
59. Princess of wales (fore section)
60. Rhoda (possibly)
61. Spray (possibly)
62. St dunstan
63. Strathdee
64. Tuscan
65. Urd (possibly)
66. Wallachia

 

Name: HMS TOPAZE

Length 47.9 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 608 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: vessel, [ex-melbourne], built 1935 with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine, 1 boiler, single shaft. armed with one 4inch gun. sank following a collision with battleship hms rodney. used for anti-submarine duties. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 74 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1984

Details measurements/cartography: H01746/41 15.8.41 INS NDW IN 554042N, 045930W.

- NM 1953/41. H1789/62 17.12.62 NOT LOCATED BY SONAR. GEN DEPTH OF ABOUT 40FMS. (HMS SHACKLETON, SEPT 1962). H7551/68 17.1.69 NOT LOCATED. (HMS HYDRA, HI 27/68). NCA YET. 22.9.72 AMEND TO WK USC 28MTRS. NC 2491. H1922/76 25.2.76 NOT LOCATED USING DCS3. DELETE. (HMS HECLA, ROS DTD 6.2.76). BR STD. H2885/85 13.5.85 WK LOCATED 7.4.84 IN 554045N, 045906W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61 IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, APPROX. LYING BROKEN IN TWO PARTS, WITH ABOUT 12MTRS BETWEEN THEM. THE LARGER PART LIES 315/135DEGS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 165B). BR STD. 11.11.05 EUT POSN: 5540.747N, 0459.170W. BA 2491 [6TH EDN, SEP'03].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, ABOUT 12MTRS APART

Position: 55 40.747 N,4 59.17 W

 

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