Wreck: Hms topaze (Trawler)
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 (55.679117, -4.986167)
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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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Shipwreck details
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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