This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms vervain, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 47.64 N,7 9.131 W (51.7992, -7.1254)

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.

Name: HMS VERVAIN

Length 58.8 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 925 ton

Cause: ex-hms broom (flower class corvette). built in 1941 by harland & wolff. torpedoed by german submarine u 1276.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H109/45 OIL SLICK IN 514730N, 070900W. (WESTERN APPS LIST, WAGO 524). WK OF 'HM SHIP' IN 514918N, 070630W APPROX. (C IN C W. APPRS, AUBD 319/63). NCA. 13.3.78 INS AS WK USC PA 55MTRS. NC 2049. HH100/351/20 8.9.03 WK LOCATED BY E/S ONLY IN 5147.640N, 0709.121W [WGD]. SMALL, THIN ECHO STANDING 12MTRS FROM SEABED. LIKE A NET FROM A SINGLE BUOY. NO SIGN OF WRECKAGE AROUND POINT. CINC REQUESTED. (G GOOCH, FAX DTD 3.9.03). AMEND USC 55MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/22 12.10.05 CONFIRMED AS DEFINITELY SUNK BY U1276 [SEE 11533]. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT BY LT CMDR DAVID HARRIES SERVING ABOARD HMS PEACOCK WHO RECOVERED ITEM OF CLOTHING FROM U1276. (LT CMDR D HARRIES/G FURSE TELECON 12.10.05). SEP 2007/000054498 25.7.07 DIVED 4.8.06 IN 5047.640N, 0709.131W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY E/S. LIES N/S WITH BOWS S. UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED AND COMPLETELY BROKEN. HIGHEST POINT IS THE BOILERS. MUNITIONS SCATTERED ON SEABED. COLUMN OF TRAWL NET STANDS 20MTRS HIGH TO THE E OF THE WK. (G GOOCH, FAX DTD 17.7.07). AMEND USC 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 20.10.11 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. 9.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED & COMPLETELY BROKEN, NETTED

Position: 51 47.64 N,7 9.131 W

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