This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms westella, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.598 N,2 6.769 E (51.2505333, 1.9181167)

 

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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. Amor
2. Andre
3. Brighton
4. British liberty (possibly)
5. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
6. Deo gratias
7. Dyck ltv
8. Elizabeth and unknown
9. Estafette
10. Fauvette
11. Fennella
12. Floride (probably)
13. Foudroyant
14. Foudroyant (possibly)
15. Ganko
16. Garden city
17. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
18. Hms brighton queen
19. Hms grenade
20. Hms hermes
21. Hms king orry
22. Hms maida (possibly)
23. Hms redcar
24. Hms thuringia (possibly)
25. Hms westella
26. Hoegh aigrette
27. Jaguar
28. Jarita
29. Jean pierre et phillipe
30. Jonrix
31. L'urtiga (possibly)
32. Le copain d'abord
33. Lst 364 (probably)
34. Madimba (probably)
35. Marthe
36. Medee
37. Melrose
38. Merlijn
39. Mona's queen
40. Nagro (possibly)
41. Nautilus
42. Neppo (possibly)
43. Netty (possibly)
44. Ocean hound
45. Okeania
46. Paris (possibly)
47. Peppinella
48. Port nicholson (probably)
49. Prinses astrid
50. R.93 (possibly)
51. Rigel
52. Saint camille
53. Sint annaland
54. St fagan
55. St pierre (aft section)
56. St pierre (fore portion)
57. Toornvliet (probably)
58. Toquet
59. Trifels
60. U 37
61. Uc 63
62. V 201 (possibly)
63. Vecht (probably)
64. Velocitas
65. Western farmer (bow section)

 

Name: HMS WESTELLA

Length 36.6 meter, tonnage 413 ton

Cause: Built in 1934. purchased as an anti-submarine trawler 8.1939. (srn).

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 34 cm

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H579/67 6.9.67 LEAST E/S DEPTH 93FT IN GEN DEPTH 98-108FT. SEABED OF GRAVEL, SAND & SHELL. SMALL BUT CONSISTENT SPIKE NOTICED ON THE N SIDE OF A LARGE SANDWAVE, THE FEATURE LAY 025/205DEG, NOT PARALLEL WITH THE SANDWAVES & STRETCHED OVER A DISTANCE OF 120FT. POSSIBLY A STEEL BARGE, LANDING CRAFT OR CRASHED AIRCRAFT. FIXED BY HI-FIX [2 LOPS] & DECCA. (HMS MYRIMDON, ROS 5.6.67).

- NM 1644/67. H4667/70 4.1.71 LOCATED IN 511940N, 020652E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOPS]. VERY GOOD CONTACT FROM SE. LYING 034/214DEGS. VERY SQUARE SHAPE. (HMS BEAGLE & HMS NURTON, 13.10.70). BR STD. H1928/71 29.1.71 FIXED BY NURTON. VERY GOOD CONTACT FROM SE. (HMS BEAGLE ROS 1.1.71). NFA. 23.4.74 SHOWN AS WK 27.0MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1035. H4833/75 9.5.76 NOT FOUND MAR'76. NOT SEARCHED FOR. (HMS FOX, ROS DTD 31.3.76). H2820/71 9.11.81 SHOWN AS WK 28MTRS, NOT FULLY EXAM'D, IN 511938N, 020654E ON DUTCH SURVEY DTD MAR'81 [K8495/17]. H3159/86 22.9.86 SHOWN AS WK 26.2MTRS IN 511939N, 020651E [EUR] ON FRENCH SURVEY DTD 1985 [K9845/3]. BR STD. 1.11.96 SHOWN AS WK 26.5MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIAN 102 REPROMAT MAY'96. NC 1873 [MLS], NOW LARGEST SCALE. 16.10.03 WK 26MTRS SHOWN IN 5119.65N, 0206.84E [EUR] ON FRENCH 7214 [INT 1480] [1988 EDN CORRECT TO OCT'01]. [WGD] POSN: 5119.61N, 0206.79E. NE 1873. 26.5.11 SHOWN AS WK 26MTRS [LAT] IN 5119.608N, 0206.781E [WGD] ON FR401030 [EDN 1.44]. SEP 2011/000196067 14.11.11 SHOWN AS WK 28MTRS ON FRENCH 7412 [EDN 3 DTD 2011, 1:60,000]. 15.2.13 SHOWN AS WK 26MTRS ON BELGIAN D11 [2010] & ON BA 1873 [EDN 5 DTD 11.10.12]. SEP 2016/000076595 21.9.16 SHOWN AS WK 28MTRS IN 5119.598N, 0206.769E [WGD] ON FR474240 & FRENCH 7424. [ED 3, 2016]. AMEND TO DW 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES CLOSE TO A SANDWAVE

Position: 51 19.598 N,2 6.769 E

 

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