This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms war sepoy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 6.74 N,1 19.681 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amplegarth
6. Andaman
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Ashley
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Avoca
11. Bobby
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Cabo espartel
15. Carmen
16. Cathay (part of)
17. Cedrington court
18. Charente
19. Christianssund
20. City of dresden (possibly)
21. Colbert
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. Correct
25. D'artagnan
26. De fontaine
27. Diana
28. Dinard
29. Dunbar castle
30. E goodwin ltv
31. Efford
32. Eidsiva (probably)
33. Eleonora
34. Emile deschamps
35. Emma
36. Emma (possibly)
37. Empire lough (probably)
38. Empress of fort william (probably)
39. En avant
40. Falcon (probably)
41. Fearless
42. Flachsee
43. Flandres
44. Francesco ciampa
45. Frons olivae (probably)
46. G-42 (possibly)
47. G-asad
48. Gad 23
49. Gladys
50. Gloire a sainte therese
51. Grit (probably)
52. Grosser kurfurst
53. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
54. Halcyon
55. Harcalo
56. Henry moon
57. Heron
58. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
59. Hmhs anglia
60. Hms alert ?
61. Hms aragonite (part of)
62. Hms aries (possibly)
63. Hms artic trapper
64. Hms blackwater
65. Hms brazen
66. Hms carilon
67. Hms carlton
68. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
69. Hms city of dundee
70. Hms cleon
71. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
72. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
73. Hms fauvette
74. Hms glen boyne
75. Hms kingston galena
76. Hms lord grey
77. Hms lydian
78. Hms marcella
79. Hms napia
80. Hms niger (possibly)
81. Hms northumberland (probably)
82. Hms othello ii
83. Hms peridot
84. Hms restoration (possibly)
85. Hms rodino
86. Hms stirling castle (probably)
87. Hms torbay ii (probably)
88. Hms tourmaline
89. Hms tranquil
90. Hms war sepoy
91. Hms weigelia
92. Hmsm b2
93. Holland
94. Hundvaag
95. Hydaspes (possibly)
96. Ilaro
97. Ira (possibly)
98. Jacob luckenbach
99. James harrod
100. Jokai
101. Josephine willis
102. Kabinda
103. Kadru
104. Katharina kolkmann
105. Kielce
106. Kirsten skou
107. Koenigshaven
108. L'armandeche
109. La fleche
110. Lady stella
111. Latona
112. Le pelerin de la mer
113. Le tregor
114. Leicester
115. Leila najia
116. Leo
117. Lizzonia
118. Loanda
119. Lord hamilton (possibly)
120. Luray victory
121. Lusitania
122. Mahratta
123. Mahratta ii
124. Maloja 1
125. Malta (probably)
126. Merel (part of)(possibly)
127. Mersey
128. Monarch
129. Mrav
130. Murillo
131. Nancy moran
132. Naranco
133. Negrier
134. Newcastle
135. Niki
136. Norman
137. North eastern victory
138. Northfleet
139. Notre dame des trois epis
140. Nunima
141. Opal
142. Ousel (probably)
143. Phoenix
144. Polgrange
145. Portslade (possibly)
146. Preussen
147. Pulborough
148. Rio parana
149. River levan
150. Rochester castle (possibly)
151. Rydal force
152. Rynanna
153. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
154. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
155. Sabac
156. Saint ronan (possibly)
157. Saint ronan (possibly)
158. Sambut
159. Samida
160. Santagata
161. Santagata (?part of)
162. Sea serpent
163. Seine
164. Selma (possibly)
165. Shenandoah
166. Sir russell
167. St cecilia
168. Strathclyde
169. Surrey
170. Teeswood
171. Texaco caribbean (after section)
172. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
173. The queen
174. Toward
175. Traquair (probably)
176. U 11 (possibly)
177. U 16 (possibly)
178. U 48
179. U 8
180. Ub 103 (possibly)
181. Ub 108 (possibly)
182. Ub 109
183. Ub 31 ?
184. Ub 38
185. Ub 55 (probably)
186. Ub 56 (possibly)
187. Ub 58 (possibly)
188. Ub 78
189. Ub-33 (probably)
190. Uc 46
191. Uc 46 (possibly)
192. Uc 63
193. Uc 77 (possibly)
194. Uc 78 or uc 79
195. Unity
196. Vittoria claudia
197. W a scholten
198. Wheatman (possibly)
199. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: HMS WAR SEPOY

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5575 ton

Cause: 26.4.64 built in 1918 by william grey & co. west hartlepool. transferred to the admiralty in 1921. three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. attacked by enemy aircraft and burnt out. filled with concrete and sunk as blockship in the w entrance to dover harbour. sunk so that her forepart touched the wk of spanish prince, which was in the deepest part. disposal work commenced 26.4.64 after which the entrance was clear. (sibi & dods).

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1926, last detected: 20201109

Details measurements/cartography: H6345/26 FOUL AREA IN SHAPE OF VESSEL WITH 4FR LTS IN LINE ALONG CENTRE OF SHAPE. (ADMIRALTY). NOTE. H7393/30 10.11.30 EASTERN BLOCK SHIP DRIES 4FT BETWEEN LT BEACONS, WHILE THERE IS A LEAST DEPTH OF 12FT AT OUTER BEACON. WESTERN BLOCK SHIP, LEAST DEPTH BETWEEN BEACONS 11FT, DEPTH OUTER BEACON 18FT. (HMS KELLETT, 1.11.30). H1107/31 23.2.31 REMOVAL TO COMMENCE ON 2.3.31. (HM DOVER). - TNM 297/31 ISSUED. H955/32 12.2.32 SHIP CUT INTO THREE & WILL SOON BE RAISED. (HM DOVER). TNM CANCELLED. H955/32 20.5.33 SALVAGE OF WESTERN BLOCK SHIP. ONE PORTION OF THE WK WAS REMOVED TO THE INSIDE OF THE OUTER HARBOUR BEARING 22DEGS, 325FT FROM THE END OF THE WESTERN JETTY OF THE CAMBER. A SECOND PORTION ABOUT 150FT IN LENGTH WAS REMOVED TO THE EASTWARD END OF THE EASTERN ARM, A TRACING OF WHICH IS HELD. (HM DOVER, 17.5.33). H955/32 15.6.33 PORTION LYING AT THE END OF WESTERN JETTY LIFTED & TAKEN FURTHER INSHORE TO THE WEST SIDE OF THIS PIER. TRACING HELD. (HM DOVER, 10.6.33). H955/32 10.7.33 BOTH OF THESE PORTIONS ARE JUST AWASH AT LWST & EACH PORTION IS APPROX 145X43FT WIDE. (HM DOVER, 6.7.33). NOTE. H5678/34 29.9.34 PORTION LYING WEST OF WEST JETTY REMOVED. (HMS KELLETT, 25.9.34). H0573/41 7.4.41 WK IN 510645N, 011953E IS IN 3 SECTIONS; 1.311DEGS, 400FT, 2.245DEGS, 330FT, 3.229DEGS, 630FT, ALL FROM LT ON SW END OF DETACHED MOLE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H5141/49 1.12.49 SHAPE OF AND DEPTH OVER REMAINING WRECKAGE IN W ENTRANCE TO DOVER HARBOUR SHOWN ON SURVEY [E8591]. H5141/49 26.4.50 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. (DOVER, 22.4.50). H5141/49 16.2.52 SHAPE & DEPTHS OF REMAINING WKGE IN W ENTRANCE TO DOVER HBR SHOWN ON 1950 SURVEY [E8726]. H3899/60 11.4.61 FORE PART OF 'WAR SEPOY' LYING ALONGSIDE 1914 BLOCK SHIP 'SPANISH PRINCE' [13622]. BOW TO SEAWARD. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 21FT. LENGTH OF PORTION EXTENDED FROM 172FT TO APPROX 200FT DUE TO COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE. TOTAL WEIGHT OF SCRAP METAL ABOUT 950 TONS CONDITION OF WK MUCH DETERIORATED SINCE 1951. AGREEMENT BETWEEN ADMIRALTY & DOVER HBR BRD ON THE REMOVAL OF 'WAR SEPOY' STATES THAT: [1] ADMIRALTY WILL REMOVE AFTER END AS CHARGE TO NAVY VOTE. [2] THE HARBOUR BOARD WILL MAKE NO FURTHER CLAIM ON THE ADMIRALTY FOR REMOVAL OF FORE PART. (ADMIRALTY SALVAGE OFFICER, JUL'60, REFERENCE TO AGREEMENT GF 570/59). H1280/77/32 29.9.77 WK REMOVED ON 26.4.1964, & THE WESTERN HARBOUR ENTRANCE WAS OPENED FOR TRAFFIC. (R A LEE, LTR DTD 14.1.77). 27.9.79 SHOWN AS FA, LEAST DEPTH 8.8MTRS ON DHB SURVEY [K1875/21]. NE 1698. 11.1.85 LEAST DEPTH SHOWN AS 9.2MTRS ON DOVER HBR BRD SURVEY SEP'83-JAN'84 [K1875/27]. 25.3.88 SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 8.8MTRS ON DOVER HBR BRD SURVEY OF 1987. 3.5.90 SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 8.2MTRS ON DBH SURVEY 3 [6], JUL-AUG'89. NE 1698. 9.10.96 SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 9MTRS ON DHB SURVEY 3 [13] DTD JUNE 1996. NE 1698. HH242/410/07 18.2.98 LEAST DEPTH 8.4MTRS IN 510640.5N, 011946.3E [OGB]. (DOVER HARBOUR BOARD DIGITAL SURVEY DHB3, [UKHO BATHY ID 19985010]).

- NM 709/98. 3.1.01 SHOWN AS FA, LENGTH 225MTRS, WIDTH 100MTRS AT THE WIDEST POINT, LEAST DEPTH 8.3MTRS IN 5106.682N, 0119.750E [OGB] ON DOVER HBR BOARD SURVEY DHB3-22 DTD 14.7.20. NE 1698. 17.2.05 SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 9.5MTRS IN 5106.710N, 0119.649E [EUT] ON DOVER HARBOUR BOARD SURVEY DHB3-32 DTD OCT 2004. NE 1698. HH091/093/01 12.5.05 EXAM'D 7.10.04. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.1MTRS IN 5106.720N, 0119.604E [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 11.5MTRS. SCOUR 14.1MTRS. LENGTH 88.0MTRS, WIDTH 25.3MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 132MTRS TOWARDS 055 DEGS. VESSEL-SHAPED FOUL AREA. MAX VERTICAL EXTENT 3.2MTRS BY SBES NOT CONFIRMED BY WIRE SWEEP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1093). NCA. 24.2.11 SHOWN AS FOUL AREA WITH DEPTH 8.7MTRS AT SW END ON BA 2698. [EDN 12 DTD 20.1.11]. SEE CHART FOR DETAILS. 15.9.15 EXTENT OF FOUL AREA TAKEN FROM MBES SURFACE FROM HMS GLEANER HI 1448. AMEND FOUL AREA LIMITS SHOALEST DEPTH 8MTRS. SEP 2018/000049341 29.3.18 FOUL AREA EXAM'D 14.1.18. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.970 MTRS.(DOVER HARBOUR BOARD). AMEND TO OBSTN AREA 8.9MTRS. CHANGE CONFIRMED BY DHB BY EMAIL dd 27.3.18. SEP 2018/000188933 3.8.18 EXAM'D 28.6.18 IN 5106.715N 119.651E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.870 MTRS.(DOVER HARBOUR BOARD SURVEY). AMEND TO OBSTN AREA 8.8MTRS. SEP 2020/000289407 4.12.20 EXAM'D 9.11.20; IN 5106.712N, 0119.670E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS, LENGTH 157MTRS, WIDTH 134MTRS, HEIGHT 2.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 000 DEGS. (UKHO, H525.2 FEATURE REPORT). NFS. RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH IN AMENDED OBSTRN AREA. SEP 2022/000028393 24.11.21 EXAM'D 24.11.21; IN 5106.712N, 0119.670E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.97MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS, LENGTH 6.3MTRS, WIDTH 4.4MTRS, HEIGHT 2.13MTRS. (UKHO, H525.2 FEATURE REPORT). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPICTION
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: EXTENT OF FOUL AREA TAKEN FROM CSAR SEE ALSO WK ID[82090]

Position: 51 6.74 N,1 19.681 E

 

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