This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms washington (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 42.1 N,1 44.861 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Ala
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Alto (possibly)
9. Artemisia
10. Astrologer
11. Axminster (probably)
12. Barkis
13. Barrhill
14. Begona no 5
15. Bertha
16. Bob read (probably)
17. Boulderpool (after part)
18. Boulderpool (fwd part)
19. Camilla weston
20. Cardanel
21. Castle galleon
22. Cd 14 (probably)
23. Chevington
24. City of kobe
25. Clansman (possibly)
26. Corchester
27. Cordene
28. Corduff
29. Cormead
30. Courier (probably)
31. Crichtoun
32. Cross sand ltv
33. Daisy (possibly)
34. Dashwood
35. David b summers
36. Db 8 (possibly)
37. El dorado
38. Elnet
39. Ems
40. English trader
41. Ethel
42. Ethel radcliffe
43. Excellenz mehnert
44. Fulgens
45. G and e (possibly)
46. Galatea (possibly)
47. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
48. Geneva
49. George fisher
50. Georgia (for'd part)
51. Glen derry (probably)
52. Glynn
53. Gulf breaker
54. Hector gannet
55. Hms agate
56. Hms cantatrice
57. Hms christopher (possibly)
58. Hms cloughton wyke
59. Hms condor (probably)
60. Hms dhoon (probably)
61. Hms dungeness
62. Hms evesham (possibly)
63. Hms fontenoy
64. Hms force
65. Hms francolin
66. Hms glen prosen
67. Hms irvana (part of)
68. Hms kaphreda
69. Hms m a west (probably)
70. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
71. Hms speeton (possibly)
72. Hms spider
73. Hms tettenhall
74. Hms tonbridge
75. Hms tranio
76. Hms tugela
77. Hms washington (probably)
78. Hmsm c 11
79. Hmsm d5
80. Ilse
81. Impulsion
82. Ionian (probably)
83. King egbert
84. La perouse (possibly)
85. Langeli (possibly)
86. Leelite
87. Lingfield
88. Londoner (probably)
89. Mardyke
90. Marianne (probably)
91. Marsworth
92. Mascota (possibly)
93. Memento (possibly)
94. Mercurius
95. Meriones
96. Montferland
97. Mudo
98. Murdoch (probably)
99. Nadir
100. Navarra (possibly)
101. Nereus
102. Nominoe
103. Nordborg (possibly)
104. Norman queen
105. Novocastrian
106. Oil trader
107. Ole bull
108. Osprey
109. Otter
110. Oxshott (possibly)
111. Pacific (possibly)
112. Polaris
113. Prima
114. Regain
115. Reward (possibly)
116. Robin iv
117. Robrix
118. Rogate
119. Roine
120. Rose marie
121. Roxanna
122. Roy
123. Rye
124. Sea rhine
125. Seagull
126. Seaham
127. Sheaf water
128. Silksworth hall (probably).
129. Sir william stephenson
130. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
131. Skodsburg (possibly)
132. St mark
133. Stanmount
134. Thomas m (possibly)
135. Thursonian
136. Tidal (possibly)
137. Tregantle (possibly)
138. Trevethoe
139. Tunisiana
140. U 13 (probably)
141. Uc 62 (possibly)
142. Ui-001
143. Vanguard
144. Varoy
145. Vigo
146. Viola (possibly)
147. Waldinge
148. Walkure
149. War valley
150. Whintown (possibly)
151. White swan
152. White swan (possibly)
153. Willowpool
154. Xanthe
155. Yewvalley (possibly)
156. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS WASHINGTON (PROBABLY)

Length 25 meter, tonnage 209 ton

Cause: built in 1909. steel hull. screw propulsion. 1 x 6pdr gun. hired 1916-1919. hired 11.39 as a minesweeper. mined while on passage to yarmouth to fit out. (sibi & srn).

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 168 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H4021/86 3.7.87 EXAM'D 10.5.87 IN 524205N, 014458E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.7 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 10.6MTRS. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 3 TO 5MTRS. LYING 165/345DEGS, PROBABLY OVERTURNED. FIRM SONAR CONTACT. MAGNETOMETER INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF 25-35 TONNES. IT LIES CLOSE N OF A SANDWAVE WITH LEAST DEPTH 8MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 370A). BR STD. H6332/87 14.7.88 EXAM'D 15.4.88 IN 524204N, 014458E USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.8 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 0.7MTR. APPARENTLY INTACT, LYING 170/350DEGS, APPROX. IRON CONTENT ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 65 AND 100 TONS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 415). NCA. H3930/88 8.6.89 LOCATED DURING AREA SEARCH. NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI 452). NCA. HH090/487 27.6.90 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SEARCH USING SONAR AND MAGNETOMETER. (NP 1016, HI 487). NCA YET. HH090/512/01 21.5.91 EXAM'D 31.3.91 IN 524204N, 014458E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. NOT FOUND USING E/S. CONTACT DETECTED ON N/S LINES USING DCS3. APPARENTLY ALMOST TOTALLY COVERED BUT MAY BE UNCOVERING. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. A LARGE MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION WAS OBTAINED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 512). NCA. HH090/544/01 13.5.92 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. NOW FULLY BURIED IN SANDWAVE. CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 544). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. HH090/569/01 14.7.93 LOCATED 3.5.93 DURING ROUTINE AREA SONAR SEARCH. NOT EXAM'D. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 569). NCA. HH090/622/01 11.4.94 LOCATED 17.3.94 USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. POOR SONAR RETURN AND NO SCOUR. SLIGHT MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 611). NCA. HH090/660/01 28.4.95 EXAM'D 30.3.95 IN 524206.5N, 014500.4E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.1 IN GEN DEPTH 8.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 3-4MTRS. LIES 170/350DEGS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. E/S 'ON TOP' SHOWS WK DOES NOT STAND PROUD OF THE SEABED. CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 660). NOT SURE 'ON TOP' WAS ACHIEVED. RETAIN LISTED POS'N. BR STD. HH090/686/01 23.3.96 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 686). NCA. HH090 7.4.97 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 732). NCA. HH090/765/01 22.4.98 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 765). NCA. HH090/844/01 12.4.99 EXAM'D 12.3.99 IN 5242.110N, 0144.857E [WGD] USING DGPS. NOT SEEN ON E/S. GEN DEPTH 8.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. RETAIN AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 844). NCA. HH090/882/01 16.3.00 LOCATED 6.3.00 IN VICINITY OF CHARTED POSN BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. BELIEVED TO BE FULLY BURIED BY SANDWAVES. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 882). NCA. HH090/940/01 11.5.01 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 940). NCA. HH090/986/01 9.4.02 LOCATED 18.2.02 IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 070/270 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1006, HI 986). NCA. HH091/020/01 24.4.03 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 1020). NCA. 10.10.11 16.5.11 IN 5242.100N, 0144.861E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.5 IN GEN DEPTH 11.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. LIES 168/348 DEGS. INTACT, INVERTED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1367). AMEND WK 8.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED, WELL BURIED

Position: 52 42.1 N,1 44.861 E

 

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