This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms warspite, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.113 N,5 28.891 W (50.118550, -5.481517)

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 WARSPITE

Length 195.1 meter, width: 31.7 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 30600 ton

Cause: built in 1913 by devonport dockyard. twenty four boilers, steam turbines of 75000 hp, quarduple shafts. broke away from tug while being towed portsmouth for the clyde for breaking. grounded and was later beached. scrapped in situ over a period of five years.

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 69 cm

Known since: 1947, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H5257/56 17.8.56 BEACHED IN PENZANCE BAY IN 1950(?). SALVAGE OPS SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE HULK HAS FINALLY BEEN REMOVED AND NOTHING REMAINS. (MOT DOCKET M1844/50, HM CG ST JUST). H5868/56 11.10.56 EXAM'D 1.9.56. WRECKAGE OF 2 BOILERS AND PLATING REMAIN IN POSN 294DEGS, 1080FT FROM ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT FS. WRECKAGE CLEAR AT 8FT [LWST]. (TH, 18.9.56). CHART AS OBSTN 1FM 2FT.

- NM 2559/56. H3481/65 19.11.65 METAL OF BOILERS IS IN RELATIVELY GOOD CONDITION, RESTING ON HARD SAND. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8FT. POSN 312.5DEG, 1100FT FROM ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT FS. (HYDROGRAPHIC SCHOOL, ST BUDEAUX, 20.7.65). H3481/65 18.6.70 CHART AS OBSTN 2.4MTRS IN 500705N, 052851W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2345. H3843/86 3.6.88 SOUNDED BUT NOT SWEPT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 362A). NO RESULTS FORWARDED. HH100/351/16 28.12.00 DIVED IN 5007.116N, 0528.850W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH BY E/S. STANDS 7.4MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND. TWO HUGE, VERTICAL BOILERS FORM THE MAIN PART OF THE WK, WITH HULL PLATING AND SCATTERED DEBRIS IN BETWEEN. VERY PROMINENT FEATURE ON E/S. (G LOCKETT, 18.12.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/246/01 13.5.09 LOCATED IN 5007.1136N, 0528.8895W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST DEPTH 4.98MTRS. LENGTH 13MTRS BY 5MTRS OVERALL, WITH MORE PROMINENT FEATURE SOME 7MTRS BY 5MTRS. MX HT ABOVE SEABED APPROX 1.7MTRS. (SDC DIGITAL BATHY, EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA FROM HI 1246 [M4807, NETSURVEY]. APPEARS HIGHER IN SUPPLIED IMAGES. RETAIN OBSTN 2.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HI1770 28.06.23 EXAM'D 31.08.22 IN 5007.113N, 0528.891W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7.2MTRS. LENGTH 16.15MTRS, WIDTH 15.58MTRS, HT 3.05MTRS, ORIENTATION 069/249 DEGS. WRECK REMAINS ARE PARTIALLY INTACT AND BURIED, NO SCOUR BUT A DEBRIS FIELD SURROUNDING THE MAIN FEATURE. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1770). AMEND DW 4.15MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO BOILERS REMAIN, WRECK REMAIN ARE PARTIALLY INTACT AND BURIED, NO SCOUR BUT A DEBRIS FIELD SURROUNDING THE MAIN FEATURE

Position: 50 7.113 N,5 28.891 W

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