This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms warland (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 47.884 N,0 34.15 E (53.6109, 0.26485)
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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 WARLAND (POSSIBLY)
Length 35.7 meter, width: 6.5 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 406 ton
Cause: 24.5.40 built in 1913 by cook, welton & gemmel, beverely for a w baxter & co. hired 1916-1919 as an armed trawler then returned to owners. purchased for the rn from 24.5.40 as an anti-submarine trawler. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 58hp, single shaft. machinery by amos & smith ltd, hull. one 12pdr gun. attacked and sunk by german aircraft.
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 144 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 20160406
Details measurements/cartography: H03214/41 20.2.42 SUNK IN 534804N, 003300E WHEN APPROACHING 62D BUOY. (FO HUMBER 18.2.42). - TFNM 3095/41. H4064/85 27.8.86 LOCATED AND EXAM'D IN 534752N, 003415E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 27.1MTRS, FOUL AT 27.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.7MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 75MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LYING 135/315DEG. (UDI GROUP LTD, HI 321A).
- NM 2646/86. H4064/85 13.1.87 EXAM'D 3.6.86 IN GEN DEPTH 34.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LYING PARALLEL TO SANDWAVES IN VICINITY. (UDI, H525A). NFA HH100/351/22 10.9.04 HAS BEEN DIVED IN 5347.884N, 0034.142E [WGD]. APPEARS TO BE MUCH TOO LARGE TO BE A TRAWLER. NEAT PILE OF RAILS ABOUT 15 FEET HIGH LOCATED, FAR TOO MANY TO BE BALLAST. CLOSE BY APPEARS TO BE IRON RODS IN A GREAT PILE. SINGLE BOILER ABOUT 12 FEET IN DIAMETER AND ONE ENGINE. WK RAN OUT WITH NO DEFINITE BOW OR STERN. VERY BROKEN UP. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 13.7.04). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 7.10.16 EXAM'D 6.4.16; IN 5347.884N, 0034.150E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS, LENGTH 70.3MTRS, WIDTH 22.1MTRS, HEIGHT 6.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 144/324 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL, FAIRLY INTACT WITH BOW AND STERN MISSING. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 28MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: FAIRLY INTACT
Position: 53 47.884 N,0 34.15 E