This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms tranio, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 57.119 N,1 53.847 E (52.7504, 2.0371)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: HMS TRANIO
Length 38.1 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 275 ton
Cause: Built of wood in 1918 by hepple & co ltd, south shields. owned at time of loss by the admiralty. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 61hp, single shaft. machinery by morcom ltd, birmingham. sank after being attacked and bombed by german aircraft.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 20190120
Details measurements/cartography: H02313/41 13.7.41 LOCATED IN POSN 171 DEG, 1350YDS FROM 56B BUOY. SWEPT CLEAR AT 45FT [MLWS]. 12FT SECTION OF FOREMAST RECOVERED IN SWEEP. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 9.7.41). INS NDW IN 525705N, 015406E.
- NM 2157/41. H02994/41 16.9.41 FINAL POSN 525705N, 015406E. (FOIC YARMOUTH). H5580/68 9.8.68 EXAM'D 18.11.67 IN 525708N, 015355E [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65 IN GEN DEPTH 71FT. SEABED SANDWAVES. SCOUR DEPTH 94FT. MEDIUM SIZE WK GIVING GOOD SONAR RESPONSE BUT DIFFICULT TO LOCATE AMONG SANDWAVES. LENGTH ABOUT 150FT AND LYING APPROX 075/255 DEG. NOT SWEPT. (HMS MYRMIDON). AMEND TO WK 11FMS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 1549/68. H5580/68 11.12.72 AMEND TO WK 19.6MTRS. NC 106. HH090/604/01 16.11.93 EXAM'D 7.7.93 IN 525705.5N, 015357.3E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.8, FOUL AT 21.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.2 IN GEN DEPTH 23 TO 26MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 27.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. CLEARLY DEFINED WK LYING 150/330 DEG, ON ITS SIDE. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 604). BR STD. HH090/616/01 21.10.94 EXAM'D 7.6.94 IN 525705.2N, 015357.9E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 21.5, FOUL 21.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.8 IN GEN DEPTH 30.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.0MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 616). RETAIN SW 20.5MTRS. HH100/351/09 16.3.95 FISHING VESSEL ABOUT 25MTRS LONG AND UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. HAS SLIGHT LIST TO PORT. ALL SUPERSTRUCTURE IS INTACT AND SHOWS NO SIGN OF COLLAPSING. (BOB HICKINBOTTOM). SEP 2020/000100123 19.5.20 EXAM'D 20.01.19; IN 5257.119N, 0153.847E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.31MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HEIGHT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 145/325 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 61MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, 3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 223 DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT, BROKEN IN TWO. WRECK LIES UP AGAINST A LARGE SAND WAVE. MASTS AND STRUCTURE CAN BE SEEN ON DECK. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL OBJECT 22MTRS TO THE SOUTH OF THE MAIN WRECK. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, SLIGHT LIST TO PORT
Position: 52 57.119 N,1 53.847 E