This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms tugela, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 25.788 N,1 47.518 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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 TUGELA
Length 38.1 meter, width: 6.5 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 233 ton
Cause: Built in 1900 by cook, welton & gemmell, hull. originally owned by e riding steam fishing co. one boiler, triple epxansion engine of 70 nhp, single shaft. machinery by c d holmes & co, hull. hired in 1916. mined off lowestoft. 8 men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161217
Details measurements/cartography: H3946/16 26.6.16 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 522540N, 014730E APPROX. H7452/18 INS ON BA CHARTS. 1923 AMEND DW. H2615/28 28.4.28 NOT FOUND BY TH. (TH). DELETE.
- NM ACTION. H4658/71 29.11.77 NOT FOUND USING DCS3. (HMS ENTERPRISE, ROS DTD 25.10.77). AMENDED TO DEAD. H3098/74 19.12.78 NOT FOUND. PROBABLY DISPERSED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, ROS DTD 13.11.78). NCA. SEP 2016/000091758 19.7.17 EXAM'D 17.12.16; IN 5225.788N, 0147.518E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.82MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 39.7MTRS, WIDTH 15.3MTRS, HEIGHT 1.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 020/200 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 63.3MTRS, WIDTH 15.3MTRS, 1.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 170 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). INS DW 23.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 25.788 N,1 47.518 E