This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms tyne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 25.591 N,0 39.365 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)
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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 TYNE
Length 97.5 meter, width: 10.4 meter, tonnage 3560 ton
Cause: 8.3.1878 ex-mariotis. built of iron in 1878 by armstrong. purchased 8.3.1878. foundered in gale off sheerness while on the sale list. (srn).
Year of registration: 1920
Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1920, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H8227/20 18.11.20 DWP IN 512533N, 003927E. UNWATCHED FLG LT ON MAST. G CONL WK BUOY LIES 305DEGS, 630YDS FROM SHARPNESS SMALL BN. (CAPT SHEERNESS). INS DWP MARKED BY FL.G LT ON MAST, & G CONL BUOY.
- NM 1897/20. H7909/23 11.11.23 LT ON WK EXTINGUISHED. BUOY NOW G CONL, FG. (C IN C NORE). DELETE LT, AMEND BUOY.
- NM 1915/23. H6791/24 11.10.24 INFORMATION RECEIVED THAT WK HAS BEEN DISPERSED. HMS KELLETT WILL EXAMINE AREA. H6791/24 28.10.24 WK LYING HEADING SW WITH AVERAGE DEPTH OF 38FT IN VICINITY WITH TWO OBSTRUCTIONS, ONE AT FORE END & ONE AT AFTER END. NO 16 MOORING BUOY, KETHOLE REACH RAISED FOR SWEEPING OPERATIONS. (HMS KELLET). WK SHOWN AS DANGER LINE WITH SOUNDINGS OF 30 & 31FT AT E & W ENDS RESPECTIVELY. NES 1833, 1834. H6791/24 17.11.24 OBSTRUCTIONS REPORTED REMOVED. AREA WILL BE SWEPT OVER. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SOUNDINGS DELETED. (HO DECISION). NES 1833, 1834. H6791/24 20.11.24 FURTHER SWEEPING SHOWS OBSTRUCTIONS AT LESS THAN 30FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H6791/24 31.12.24 A FURTHER SWEEP CARRIED OUT CONFIRMS OBSTRUCTIONS AT LESS THAN 30FT WITH OTHER DETACHED OBSTRUCTIONS TO NE & SW IN AREA OF 200FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H6791/24 17.1.25 FURTHER SWEEP REPORTED. SWEEP CARRIED AWAY & DEPTH OF 31.75FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H6791/24 3.2.25 SWEEPING SHOWS OBSTRUCTIONS AT 28FT WITH FURTHER OBSTRUCTIONS AT 25 & 26FT AT SHEERNESS END OF WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 20.3.25 FURTHER SWEEPS CARRIED OUT & WIRE FOULED AT 32 & 30FT, BUT CLEARED AT 28FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H6791/24 24.3.25 SWEPT CLEAR AT 28FT, FOUL AT 30FT FOLLOWING PROLONGED DISPERSAL BY RIGDEN BROS. (HMS KELLET, 20.3.25). H3165/25 13.5.25 WK LT BUOY REPLACED BY WK BUOY 310DEGS, 3.32C FROM SHARPNESS SMALL BN. (HN DTD 11.5.25). INS FOUL GROUND, DELETE LT BUOY, & INS G CONL BUOY, DELETE NO.16 MOORED BUOY IN KETHOLE REACH.
- NM 765/25. H6791/24 28.9.25 AREA SWEPT BY KELLETT. FOULED AT 32FT & 30FT CLEARED AT 28FT. BOTTOM APPEARS FOUL WITH WRECKAGE & INCLINED TO SILT. (KHM CHATHAM, LTR). INS DEPTH 28FT IN CENTRE OF AREA OF FOUL GROUND.
- NM 1488/25. H5091/27 15.8.27 VESSELS CAUTIONED AGAINST ANCHORING IN KETHOLE REACH, AS IT IS POSSIBLE PORTIONS OF WRECKAGE MAY BE EMBEDDED IN THE BOTTOM. (KHM SHEERNESS). INS CAUTION REGARDING WRECKAGE.
- NM 1428/27. H5905/27 9.3.28 LIMITS OF PECKED AREA COVERED BY CAUTION AMENDED SLIGHTLY ON SURVEY E1129. 21.8.50 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 4FMS 2FT. (HMS FRANKLIN, 1946). NE 1834 - L. 9.7.56 MARKED BY G CONL BUOY CLOSE W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 1185. H5745/60 30.5.61 BUOY MOVED 305DEGS 360FT. (KELVIN HUGHES & HN). BR STD. H4331/55 4.1.62 BUOY REMOVED. (FO MEDWAY).
- NM 2696/61. 24.5.68 AMEND TO WK 4FMS 1FT (7.6MTRS) [LAT]. NE 1185. 25.4.72 AMEND TO WK 7.6MTRS ON. NC 1834. 19.4.74 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 8.2MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). HH248/350/01 12.3.91 SHOWN AS SW 8.2MTRS ON MPA SURVEY 1004/1 JUL-SEP'87. BR STD. SEP 2017/000086750 4.5.17 SHOALEST DEPTH OF WK 8.54MTRS IN 5125.591N, 0039.365E [WGD]. (MEDWAY PORT AUTHORITY SURVEY 2016). AMEND DW 8.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL
Position: 51 25.591 N,0 39.365 E