This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms vimiera (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.577 N,0 55.284 E (51.441933333333, 0.92858333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Ability
2. Actuality
3. Airston (probably)
4. Alf everard (part of)
5. Alf everard (part of)
6. Alice marie
7. Argus
8. Aridity (probably)
9. Astrologer
10. Atherton
11. Azariah (poss)
12. Beacon 'f'
13. Blue mermaid
14. Bolbec (possibly)
15. Bradglen
16. British oak
17. C 128
18. Chieftain
19. Daisy maud
20. Dela
21. Delce
22. Duluth
23. E oaze light vessel
24. East shoebury bn (remains of)
25. Enterprise ranger 2
26. Explorer
27. Fox
28. Georgia
29. Gordon
30. Great nore tower (remains)
31. Great nore towers (remains)
32. Great nore towers (remains).
33. H k daniels
34. Harcourt
35. Hawnby
36. Herland (part of)
37. Herland (part of)
38. Hibernia
39. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
40. Hms aisha
41. Hms amethyst
42. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
43. Hms ash
44. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
45. Hms bulwark
46. Hms capricornus
47. Hms conquistador
48. Hms danube 3
49. Hms desiree
50. Hms drummer
51. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
52. Hms london
53. Hms london
54. Hms new spray
55. Hms princess irene
56. Hms receptive
57. Hms resolvo (part of)
58. Hms restango
59. Hms stella orion
60. Hms tyne
61. Hms venetia
62. Hms vimiera (bow section)
63. Hms vimiera (part of)
64. Hms vimiera (stern)
65. Holba
66. Honiton
67. Hopper number 19
68. Houston city
69. How (probably)
70. Intrepid
71. Janie b
72. Lady jane
73. Lca 551
74. Letchworth
75. Lion (part of)
76. Maitland
77. Malrix (possibly)
78. Maplin light house
79. Maplin survey platform
80. March
81. Margam abbey
82. Mercy
83. Molliette
84. Mudlark
85. Nass beacon (ruins)
86. Nw shingles bn (remains of)
87. Old whitaker bn (remains of)
88. Pinto
89. Pisces
90. Radiant
91. Restless wave (possibly)
92. Revenge
93. Richard montgomery
94. Rosme
95. Rover (possibly)
96. Ryal
97. Selnes
98. Sparsholt
99. Strathearn
100. Strom trooper
101. Sun vii
102. Sunrise (possibly)
103. Supremity
104. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
105. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
106. Thorvin karsven
107. Toreador
108. Treport
109. Uama
110. Van meerlant (part of)
111. Vera
112. Wardie
113. Warp
114. William j taylor (part of)
115. Winifred
116. Winkfield
117. Zarga

 

Name: HMS VIMIERA (BOW SECTION)

Length 95.1 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 1090 ton

Cause: built in 1917 by swan, hunter & wigham richardson, sunderland. a v/w class destroyer. turbing engines of 27000shp, twin shaft. mined. 91 men lost. (ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H0477/42 3.4.42 H0477/42 3.4.42 SUNK IN POSN 077DEG, 6.5M FROM GARRISON PT LT HO. BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS. (A.S.O. SHEERNESS). INS AS DW IN 512830N, 005509E, WITH G CAN CLOSE N.

- NM 698/42 H0477/42 26.7.43 H0477/42 26.7.43 FOREPART IN 512830N, 00512E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 32FT, FOUL AT 33FT. THIS SECTION NOW LIES IN TWO PARTS FOLLOWING DISPERSAL. (HMS TUDNO, 14.7.43). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT. (STILL BUOYED).

- NM 1573/43. H0477/42 20.11.46 H0477/42 20.11.46 WK IN 512830N, 005530E OR 298DEG, 3.28M FROM MIDDLE SAND. CLEAR AT 46FT, FOUL AT 47FT. (CAPT M/S, SHEERNESS, 7.11.46). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 3792/46. H0477/42 1.5.47 H0477/42 1.5.47 DELETE BUOY. (TH HARWICH).

- NM 1005/47. H0477/42 24.5.60 H0477/42 24.5.60 EXAM'D IN 512832N, 005530E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 43FT, FOUL AT 45FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44FT IN GEN DEPTH 46FT. SCOUR DEPTH 52FT. LEAST DEPTH WAS OBTAINED 300FT W OF CHARTED POSN. (HMS SCOTT, 24.4.59). AMEND WK 7FMS 1FT.

- NM 1224/60. 24.1.69 24.1.69 AMEND WK 7FMS [LAT]. NE 1607. 27.9.73 27.9.73 AMEND SW 12.8MTRS. NC 1607. H3531/74 23.12.75 H3531/74 23.12.75 EXAM'D 5.11.75 IN 512831N, 005527E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.5MTRS, FOUL AT 12.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 18MTRS. WRECKAGE IS WIDELY SPTREAD OVER AREA EXTENDING 75MTRS NW OF HIGH POINT. (PLA WK REPORT NO.40/75, 5.11.75).

- NM BLOCK. HH244/351/01 2.4.92 HH244/351/01 2.4.92 EXAM'D 5.8.91 IN 512831N, 005526E [OGB] USING MICROFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 15.2-16.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. WRECKAGE LIES UP TO 75MTRS NW OF HIGH POINT. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (PLA WK NO.201/27, HAVENGORE NO.9/91). NCA. HH244/420/04 21.7.98 HH244/420/04 21.7.98 EXAM'D 3.6.98 IN 512832.5N, 005524.3E [OGB] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 19.3MTRS. RETAIN AS SW 12.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. (PLA WK REPORT 39/98). BR STD FOR POSN.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 14.6.05 14.6.05 SHOWN IN 5128.577N, 0055.284E [WGD] ON PLA 201/23 DTD SEP'03-NOV'04. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 28.577 N,0 55.284 E

 

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