This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms torbay ii (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 5.866 N,1 17.766 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Africa
3. Agen
4. Amplegarth
5. Andaman
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Ashley
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Avoca
10. Blanc nez
11. Bobby
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Brendonia
15. Cabo espartel
16. Carmen
17. Cathay (part of)
18. Cedrington court
19. Charente
20. Christianssund
21. City of dresden (possibly)
22. Colbert
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. D'artagnan
27. De fontaine
28. Dinard
29. Dorothy j (possibly)
30. Dotterel
31. Dunbar castle
32. Efford
33. Eidsiva (probably)
34. Electra
35. Eleonora
36. Emile deschamps
37. Emma
38. Emma (possibly)
39. Empire lough (probably)
40. Empress of fort william (probably)
41. En avant
42. Eustratios (probably)
43. Excellence pleske
44. Falcon (probably)
45. Fearless
46. Flachsee
47. Flandres
48. Francesco ciampa
49. Frons olivae (probably)
50. G-42 (possibly)
51. G-asad
52. Gad 23
53. Gladys
54. Gloire a sainte therese
55. Grit (probably)
56. Grosser kurfurst
57. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
58. Halcyon
59. Harcalo
60. Henry moon
61. Heron
62. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
63. Hmhs anglia
64. Hms aragonite (part of)
65. Hms aragonite (part of)
66. Hms aries (possibly)
67. Hms artic trapper
68. Hms blackwater
69. Hms brazen
70. Hms carilon
71. Hms carlton
72. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
73. Hms city of dundee
74. Hms cleon
75. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
76. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
77. Hms fauvette
78. Hms glen boyne
79. Hms kingston galena
80. Hms lydian
81. Hms marcella
82. Hms myrmidon
83. Hms napia
84. Hms niger (possibly)
85. Hms northumberland (probably)
86. Hms othello ii
87. Hms peridot
88. Hms restoration (possibly)
89. Hms rodino
90. Hms stirling castle (probably)
91. Hms torbay ii (probably)
92. Hms tourmaline
93. Hms tranquil
94. Hms war sepoy
95. Hms weigelia
96. Hmsm b2
97. Holland
98. Hundvaag
99. Hydaspes (possibly)
100. Ilaro
101. Ira (possibly)
102. Jacob luckenbach
103. James harrod
104. Jokai
105. Josephine willis
106. Kabinda
107. Kadru
108. Katharina kolkmann
109. Kielce
110. Kirsten skou
111. Koenigshaven
112. L'armandeche
113. La fleche
114. Lady stella
115. Latona
116. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
117. Le pelerin de la mer
118. Le tregor
119. Leicester
120. Leila najia
121. Leo
122. Lighter 83
123. Lizzonia
124. Loanda
125. Lolworth
126. Lord hamilton (possibly)
127. Luray victory
128. Lusitania
129. Mahratta
130. Mahratta ii
131. Maloja 1
132. Malta (probably)
133. Merel (part of)(possibly)
134. Mersey
135. Milbanke (probably)
136. Moise
137. Monarch
138. Monica (possibly)
139. Mrav
140. Murillo
141. Nancy moran
142. Naranco
143. Negrier
144. Newcastle
145. Niki
146. Norman
147. North eastern victory
148. Northfleet
149. Notre dame des trois epis
150. Nunima
151. Ocean king (possibly)
152. Opal
153. Ousel (probably)
154. Phoenix
155. Polgrange
156. Portslade (possibly)
157. Preussen
158. Pulborough
159. River levan
160. Rochester castle (possibly)
161. Roode zee (possibly)
162. Rooswijk
163. Rydal force
164. Rynanna
165. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
166. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
167. Sabac
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Saint ronan (possibly)
170. Salbya (possibly)
171. Sambut
172. Samida
173. Santagata
174. Santagata (?part of)
175. Sea serpent
176. Seine
177. Selma (possibly)
178. Shenandoah
179. Sir russell
180. Spanish prince
181. St cecilia
182. St claire (possibly)
183. Strathclyde
184. Surrey
185. Teeswood
186. Texaco caribbean (after section)
187. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
188. The queen
189. Tokufuku maru
190. Toromoree
191. Toward
192. Traquair (probably)
193. Trooper
194. U 11 (possibly)
195. U 16 (possibly)
196. U 48
197. U 8
198. Ub 103 (possibly)
199. Ub 108 (possibly)
200. Ub 109
201. Ub 12 (possibly)
202. Ub 31 ?
203. Ub 38
204. Ub 55 (probably)
205. Ub 56 (possibly)
206. Ub 58 (possibly)
207. Ub 78
208. Ub-33 (probably)
209. Uc 46 (possibly)
210. Uc 63
211. Uc 77 (possibly)
212. Uc 78 or uc 79
213. Unity
214. Vittoria claudia
215. W a scholten
216. Wheatman (possibly)
217. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: HMS TORBAY II (PROBABLY)

Length 25 meter, tonnage 83 ton

Cause: built in 1910. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. hired as torbay between 1915-1919. hired again from 11.1939 as an armed auxillary patrol vessel. 1 x 3 pdr gun. bombed & sunk by german aircraft. (ww2sl, srn & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H01002/40 10.12.40 SANK IN 510554N, 011752E BY RANGE & BRG FROM FC POST. (VA DOVER). - FNM 2976/40. H5824/60 3.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 71FT. FIXED BY DECCA. (HMS SCOTT, 30.3.60). H5824/60 14.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP, CLEAR AT 51FT, FOUL AT 53FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62 IN GEN DEPTH 77FT. POSSIBLY A ROCK. FIXED BY HSA. (HMS SCOTT, 11.5.61).

- NM 1637/61. H4453/72 29.3.78 LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.4MTRS. TO BE EXAM'D FURTHER. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 39/77). NCA YET. H4199/78 9.8.78 LOCATED ON 8.11.77 IN 510549N, 011752E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.9 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR DCS3 HT 4MTRS. SMALL WK LYING 100/280DEGS. LENGTH 25MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). BR STD. HH090/685/01 25.10.96 EXAM'D 24.9.96 IN 510551.6N, 011746.8E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.6, FOUL AT 21.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.5 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. IN ONE PIECE WITH NO DEBRIS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES IN AN AREA OF SANDWAVES WITH GEN HT 3MTRS AND ORIENTATION 160/340DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 685). AMEND TO SW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 10.2.06 [EUT] POSN: 5105.860N, 0117.780E. BA 323 [INT 1564] [5TH EDN, DEC' 05]. 1.2.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5105.866N, 0117.766E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.53MTRS. LENGTH 31MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 2MTRS. INTACT, LYING WITH A LIST TO PORT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). LIES 090/270 DEGS WITH BOWS E. PROBABLY COLLAPSED. RETAIN SW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS E, LISTS 45 DEGS TO PORT, COLLAPSED

Position: 51 5.866 N,1 17.766 E

 

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