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 (51.4419333, 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 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