This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms waverley, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 17 N,2 41.271 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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. A-15 (possibly)
2. Apache
3. Ardmount
4. Auretta
5. Bourrasque
6. Bowsprite (bow section)
7. Bramden (possibly)
8. Clan macalister
9. Clan macneil (possibly)
10. Cmb 1
11. Cmb 71a
12. Dawdon
13. Dortmund
14. Douaisien (possibly)
15. Emeraude
16. Empire path
17. Etendard
18. Fl5
19. Floride (probably)
20. G 96
21. Heinkel 111
22. Hm motor launch 561
23. Hms basilisk
24. Hms brilliant
25. Hms colsay
26. Hms gracie fields
27. Hms grafton
28. Hms grafton
29. Hms keith
30. Hms plumpton (probably)
31. Hms sirius
32. Hms skipjack
33. Hms st abbs
34. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
35. Hms wakeful
36. Hms waverley
37. Hms whitley
38. Horst
39. John mahn
40. Kestrel
41. Keulse vaart iv
42. Kilmore
43. Laura
44. Lct(r) 457
45. Lorina
46. Lorina (possibly)
47. Lst 420 (stern section)
48. M 3610
49. Mariner (possibly)
50. Maurice
51. Mona's queen
52. Mont louis
53. Nashaba
54. Nautica ena
55. P 319
56. Putten
57. Queen of the channel (possibly)
58. Quo vadis
59. Ra.2 (possibly)
60. Rijnstroom
61. Rita
62. Robert l vann
63. S 168
64. Sabrina
65. Sampa
66. Senator holthusen
67. Sigurds faulbaums
68. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
69. St fagan
70. Sterre der zee
71. Torpilleur branlebas
72. Tringa
73. U 11
74. Ub 13
75. Ub 29
76. Ub29
77. Uc 1
78. V 201 (possibly)
79. Vlaanderen (probably)
80. West-hinder
81. Wielingen ii (possibly)
82. Wielingen ltv
83. Wolf
84. Zeester

 

Name: HMS WAVERLEY

Length 71.6 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 537 ton

Cause: 15.9.1915 built in 1899 by a & j inglis. owned at time of loss by the london, midland & scottish railway co. compound engines of 304nhp for 19.75 knots. hired as minesweeper 15.9.1915 to 9.7.1920 and again requisitioned from 10.1939 for use as minesweeper. sunk by german aircraft while assisting with evacuation of bef from dunkirk. she had 600 men on board at the time, about 350 lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter

Known since: 1986, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/86 15.9.86 WK, IDENTIFIED AS HMS WAVERLEY BY NAME ON RECOVERED WATER FOUNTAIN, LOCATED AND DIVED ON IN POSITION 511659N, 024120E. CONSTRUCTION ALSO CONFIRMS WK IS THAT OF A PADDLE STEAMER. (J COULON, 15.9.86). NCA YET. H1310/88/25 22.4.88 LOCATED USING DECCA NAVIGATOR IN 511703N, 024118.5E. (P FABIEN, 2.4.88). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H2731/85 14.10.88 SW 15.7MTRS IN 511704N, 024119E [EUR]. (OOSTENDE NM 117/88). AMEND TO SW 15.7MTRS.

- NM 3420/88. SEP 2010/000138707 15.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 15.6MTRS [LAT] IN 5117.000N, 0241.271E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 17 N,2 41.271 E

 

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