This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms warwick , the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.953 N,5 25.337 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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.

 

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2. Alster (possibly)
3. Aud
4. Austria (possibly)
5. Bard (possibly)
6. Besse (probably)
7. Bessemer city (probably)
8. Bolette (possibly)
9. Brava
10. Carasa (possibly)
11. Cheerful
12. Christos markettos
13. Courtown
14. Cristina
15. Dageid
16. Denebola
17. Dundee (probably)
18. Dux (possibly)
19. Enrico parodi
20. Fanny lambert
21. Gemini
22. Genevieve (possibly)
23. Gleno
24. Hampshire
25. Hanover
26. Helene (probably)
27. Hms warwick
28. Hmy viva 2
29. Hugin
30. Humbergate (probably)
31. Hunsgrove
32. Juanita
33. Kintuck
34. Kynance (probably)
35. Lake edon
36. Lake owens
37. Lia'g
38. Lombard (possibly)
39. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
40. Lyminge
41. Madeline
42. Marcelle
43. Mefjord (possibly)
44. Morning star
45. Nile
46. Norma (possibly)
47. Onega
48. Orfordness
49. Peer gynt (possibly)
50. Petersham
51. Portugal
52. Prestige
53. Primo ?
54. Princess royal
55. Quarnero
56. Rossmore (possibly)
57. Saxon briton
58. Secil japan (bow section)
59. Secil japan (stern section)
60. Shanes castle
61. Shoreham (probably)
62. St chamond
63. St george
64. St george (possibly)
65. St joseph
66. Stabil (possibly)
67. Sten (possibly)
68. Tagona
69. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
70. Traute sarnow
71. Tyrhaug
72. U 1021 (possibly)
73. U 400 (possibly)
74. Union crystal (possibly)
75. Veghtstroom (possibly)
76. Vesuvius
77. Vine branch (possibly)
78. War baron (probably)
79. Warnow (possibly)
80. Zone (probably)

 

Name: HMS WARWICK

Length 95.1 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 1100 ton

Cause: built in 1917 by hawthorn leslie & co. three boilers, steam turbines, twin shaft. four 4 inch, two 2 pdr guns. six 21 inch torpedo tubes. torpedoed and sunk by u 413. 67 men lost.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: 15.11.44 WK LOCATED IN 503030N, 052500W, APPROX. (AUBD 301/118). NCA. 10.1.69 FASTENER REPD IN 502919N, 052511W USING DECCA. ALMOST CERTAINLY A WRECK. (R DAVIS, TELECON). NCA. H2979/74 28.2.79 2 FFS REPD IN 502908N, 052521W AND 502936N, 052547W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). H4557/79 16.9.81 WK REPD IN 503000N, 052516W USING DECCA. (E J WATTS, AUG 1981). NCA. HH100/351/07 6.7.93 WK OF HMS WARWICK DIVED 9.5.93 IN 502950.5N, 052513W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 55 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. LIES BROKEN IN TWO SECTIONS ON FLAT ROCK AND SAND AND FAIRLY WELL BROKEN UP. ONLY ENGINES AND BOW SECTION STAND MORE THAN 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. STERN SECTION, NOT DIVED, LIES APPROX 50MTRS TO THE SOUTH. 2 4" GUNS AND MANY SHELL CASES FOUND AMONGST THE WRECKAGE. (G PEACHAM, 30.6.93). CHART AS USC PA 50MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/08 15.11.93 DIVED 1993 IN 502955N, 052539.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. NO SCOUR. BROKEN AFT OF ENGINES. STERN LIES 2M W IN 502924N, 052954W. BOILERS HAVE COLLAPSED. (G J POUND, 27.10.93). NFA. HH090/799/01 30.7.01 EXAM'D 30.7.01 IN 5029.953N, 0525.337W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.3 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. COVERS AN AREA OF 39 BY 17MTRS, ORIENTATED 035/215 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VERY BROKEN UP AND IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE A TRUE ORIENTATION. (NP 1008, HI 799). BR STD. 9.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP, AN AREA OF WRECKAGE

Position: 50 29.953 N,5 25.337 W

 

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