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 (51.0759833, 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. Cabo espartel
15. Carmen
16. Cathay (part of)
17. Cedrington court
18. Charente
19. Christianssund
20. City of dresden (possibly)
21. Colbert
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. Correct
25. D'artagnan
26. De fontaine
27. Dinard
28. Dotterel
29. Dunbar castle
30. Efford
31. Eidsiva (probably)
32. Electra
33. Eleonora
34. Emile deschamps
35. Emma
36. Emma (possibly)
37. Empire lough (probably)
38. Empress of fort william (probably)
39. En avant
40. Eustratios (probably)
41. Excellence pleske
42. Falcon (probably)
43. Fearless
44. Flachsee
45. Flandres
46. Francesco ciampa
47. Frons olivae (probably)
48. G-42 (possibly)
49. G-asad
50. Gad 23
51. Gladys
52. Gloire a sainte therese
53. Grit (probably)
54. Grosser kurfurst
55. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
56. Halcyon
57. Harcalo
58. Henry moon
59. Heron
60. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
61. Hmhs anglia
62. Hms aragonite (part of)
63. Hms aries (possibly)
64. Hms artic trapper
65. Hms blackwater
66. Hms brazen
67. Hms carilon
68. Hms carlton
69. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
70. Hms city of dundee
71. Hms cleon
72. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
73. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
74. Hms fauvette
75. Hms glen boyne
76. Hms kingston galena
77. Hms lydian
78. Hms marcella
79. Hms myrmidon
80. Hms napia
81. Hms niger (possibly)
82. Hms northumberland (probably)
83. Hms othello ii
84. Hms peridot
85. Hms restoration (possibly)
86. Hms rodino
87. Hms stirling castle (probably)
88. Hms torbay ii (probably)
89. Hms tourmaline
90. Hms tranquil
91. Hms war sepoy
92. Hms weigelia
93. Hmsm b2
94. Holland
95. Hundvaag
96. Hydaspes (possibly)
97. Ilaro
98. Ira (possibly)
99. Jacob luckenbach
100. James harrod
101. Jokai
102. Josephine willis
103. Kabinda
104. Kadru
105. Katharina kolkmann
106. Kielce
107. Kirsten skou
108. Koenigshaven
109. L'armandeche
110. La fleche
111. Lady stella
112. Latona
113. Le pelerin de la mer
114. Le tregor
115. Leicester
116. Leila najia
117. Leo
118. Lizzonia
119. Loanda
120. Lord hamilton (possibly)
121. Luray victory
122. Lusitania
123. Mahratta
124. Mahratta ii
125. Maloja 1
126. Malta (probably)
127. Merel (part of)(possibly)
128. Mersey
129. Milbanke (probably)
130. Moise
131. Monarch
132. Mrav
133. Murillo
134. Nancy moran
135. Naranco
136. Negrier
137. Newcastle
138. Niki
139. Norman
140. North eastern victory
141. Northfleet
142. Notre dame des trois epis
143. Nunima
144. Opal
145. Ousel (probably)
146. Phoenix
147. Polgrange
148. Portslade (possibly)
149. Preussen
150. Pulborough
151. River levan
152. Rochester castle (possibly)
153. Roode zee (possibly)
154. Rydal force
155. Rynanna
156. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
157. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
158. Sabac
159. Saint ronan (possibly)
160. Saint ronan (possibly)
161. Salbya (possibly)
162. Sambut
163. Samida
164. Santagata
165. Santagata (?part of)
166. Sea serpent
167. Seine
168. Selma (possibly)
169. Shenandoah
170. Sir russell
171. St cecilia
172. Strathclyde
173. Surrey
174. Teeswood
175. Texaco caribbean (after section)
176. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
177. The queen
178. Tokufuku maru
179. Toward
180. Traquair (probably)
181. Trooper
182. U 11 (possibly)
183. U 16 (possibly)
184. U 48
185. U 8
186. Ub 103 (possibly)
187. Ub 108 (possibly)
188. Ub 109
189. Ub 31 ?
190. Ub 38
191. Ub 55 (probably)
192. Ub 56 (possibly)
193. Ub 58 (possibly)
194. Ub 78
195. Ub-33 (probably)
196. Uc 46 (possibly)
197. Uc 63
198. Uc 77 (possibly)
199. Uc 78 or uc 79
200. Unity
201. Vittoria claudia
202. W a scholten
203. Wheatman (possibly)
204. 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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