This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms vanguard, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 12.78 N,5 46.32 W (53.371616666667, -5.6589166666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: HMS VANGUARD

Length 85.3 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 6034 ton

Cause: built 1870 by cammel laird, birkenhead. compound engines of 5812 nhp, twin shaft. 10 x 9 inch, 4 x 40 pounder & 20 smaller guns. passage kingstown for cork. ran into fog when 6 miles off kingstown and visibility reduced to 50 yards. was next ahead of hms iron duke when helm was put to port to avoid a large sailing vessel. she swung out of line and across the bows of iron duke. iron duke went astern but struck with her ram bow hard on the port quarter. vanguard flooded slowly by the stern and sank in 59 minutes. the captain and officers attended to the safety of the crew and no lives were lost. however they paid little attention to saving the ship. captain dawkins appeared before a court martial and was found guilty, severely repremanded and dismissed the service. (sii).

Year of registration: 1875

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1875, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: 11.9.1875 WK IN 531306N, 054627W, WITH G BUOY 150YDS WNW & LTV, G, 0.5M ESE. (COMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LTS).

- NM 125/1875. 27.11.1875 LTV MOVED 2C ESE OF WK, & INS 2ND LTV 2C WNW OF WK. (COMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LTS).

- NMS 169 & 174/1875. 9.10.1876 FOG SIGNAL 'GONG' ADDED TO LTV ESE OF WK. (COMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LTS).

- NM 125/1876. 12.7.1879 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 10FMS. BUOY & LT VESSELS REMOVED. (COMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LTS).

- NM 101/1879. PRE 1955. NOW CHARTED AS NDW. H6872/68 27.10.69 WK SOLD TO S WIGNALL PRODUCTIONS LTD. SURVEY OF WK TO BE CONDUCTED IN 1970. H1935/80 4.2.83 EXAM'D 22.3.82 IN 531246N, 054617W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.7 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SCOUR 8MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 14MTRS. LARGE WK, LYING E/W, IN A DEPRESSION IN THE SEABED WHICH IS TOO LARGE TO BE A SCOUR. GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR CONTACT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). DCS3 TRACES INDICATE POSSIBILITY OF MAST STILL STANDING. INS AS WK 27.5MTRS.

- NM 652/83. H1935/80 15.11.83 EXAM'D 26.10.83 IN 531246N, 054615W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.7 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. SCOUR 10MTRS DEEP. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 15.6MTRS, VERTICAL HT 19.8MTRS, LENGTH 93MTRS, BEAM 14MTRS. LYING 080/260 DEGS, PARTLY ON ITS SIDE IN A SCOUR. HIGHEST POINT, THE MAST, IS TO THE N OF THE MAIN WK AND CLEARLY VISIBLE ON HYDROSEARCH. LEAST DEPTH WAS OBTAINED BY CONNING SHIP OVER MAST AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ANY SHOALER DEPTHS EXIST OVER WK. (HMS BULLDOG, 31.10.83). ACCEPT E/S LEAST DEPTH. AMEND TO WK 21.5MTRS.

- NM 3099/83. 5.6.85 APPLICATIONS TO PURCHASE WK MADE BY E K HOULIHAN, DUBLIN AND ALSO BY SEASALV MARINE LTD, PENZANCE. (NRE 31B/2653, 31.5.85). CONTRACT WITH S WIGNALL WAS APPARENTLY CANCELLED IN OCT 1970. H6872/68 24.9.85 INVITATION TO PURCHASE WRECK BY TENDER ISSUED. (DC/RE, 19.8.85). 28.1.98 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SOLD TO SALVAGE COMPANY IN 1987, & WAS THEN UPRIGHT & IN GOOD CONDITION. (K MCDONALD, LTR DTD 28.12.97). 25.8.09 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. (GSI SURVEY CV08_03 DTD 2008). 8.2.13 LIES IN 5312.778N, 0546.312W [WGD]. LENGTH 93MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 15MTRS. LIES E/W ON A SANDY SEABED WITH SLIGHT LIST TO STBD. (WARSHIPS, U-BOATS & LINERS - INSS 2012). AMEND POSN. SEP 2014/000061894 26.3.14 LEAST DEPTH 45MTRS. (IRISH WK RECORDS). NCA. 10.4.14 LIES IN 5312.738N, 0546.320W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 29.97 IN GEN DEPTH 45.9MTRS. (IRISH WK RECORDS, REVISED LIST). AMEND WK 29.5MTRS. SEP 2015/000263012 4.3.16 WK 29.538MTRS IN 5312.780N, 0546.320W [WGD]. (GSI IRELAND WK RECORDS, CV08_03). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PARTLY ON ITS SIDE IN A SCOUR

Position: 53 12.78 N,5 46.32 W

 

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