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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
17. Boulderpool (fwd part)
18. Camilla weston
19. Cardanel
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. Chevington
23. City of kobe
24. Clansman (possibly)
25. Corchester
26. Cordene
27. Corduff
28. Cormead
29. Courier (probably)
30. Crichtoun
31. Cross sand ltv
32. Dashwood
33. David b summers
34. El dorado
35. Ems
36. English trader
37. Ethel
38. Ethel radcliffe
39. Excellenz mehnert
40. Fulgens
41. Galatea (possibly)
42. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
43. Geneva
44. George fisher
45. Georgia (for'd part)
46. Glen derry (probably)
47. Glynn
48. Gulf breaker
49. Hector gannet
50. Hms agate
51. Hms christopher (possibly)
52. Hms cloughton wyke
53. Hms condor (probably)
54. Hms dhoon (probably)
55. Hms dungeness
56. Hms evesham (possibly)
57. Hms fontenoy
58. Hms force
59. Hms francolin
60. Hms glen prosen
61. Hms irvana (part of)
62. Hms kaphreda
63. Hms m a west (probably)
64. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
65. Hms speeton (possibly)
66. Hms spider
67. Hms tettenhall
68. Hms tonbridge
69. Hms tranio
70. Hms tugela
71. Hms washington (probably)
72. Hmsm c 11
73. Hmsm d5
74. Ilse
75. Impulsion
76. Ionian (probably)
77. King egbert
78. La perouse (possibly)
79. Langeli (possibly)
80. Leelite
81. Lingfield
82. Londoner (probably)
83. Mardyke
84. Marianne (probably)
85. Marsworth
86. Mascota (possibly)
87. Memento (possibly)
88. Mercurius
89. Montferland
90. Mudo
91. Murdoch (probably)
92. Nadir
93. Navarra (possibly)
94. Nereus
95. Nominoe
96. Nordborg (possibly)
97. Norman queen
98. Novocastrian
99. Oil trader
100. Ole bull
101. Osprey
102. Otter
103. Oxshott (possibly)
104. Pacific (possibly)
105. Polaris
106. Prima
107. Regain
108. Reward (possibly)
109. Robin iv
110. Robrix
111. Rogate
112. Roine
113. Rose marie
114. Roxanna
115. Roy
116. Rye
117. Sea rhine
118. Seagull
119. Seaham
120. Sheaf water
121. Silksworth hall (probably).
122. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
123. Skodsburg (possibly)
124. St mark
125. Stanmount
126. Thomas m (possibly)
127. Thursonian
128. Tidal (possibly)
129. Tregantle (possibly)
130. Trevethoe
131. U 13 (probably)
132. Ui-001
133. Vanguard
134. Varoy
135. Viola (possibly)
136. Waldinge
137. Walkure
138. War valley
139. Whintown (possibly)
140. White swan
141. White swan (possibly)
142. Willowpool
143. Xanthe
144. Yewvalley (possibly)
145. 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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