This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms westphalia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.323 N,4 34.675 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. Abbotsford
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Apapa
6. Arno mendi
7. Asmund
8. Bengollyun
9. Benholm
10. Braganza
11. British viscount
12. Captain mclintock
13. Castilian
14. Clwyd (probably)
15. Cognac
16. Conargo
17. Dagmar
18. Dakota
19. Dundalk
20. Excel
21. Fairisle
22. Farfield
23. Fawn (possibly)
24. Ferocious
25. Fin-ar-bed
26. Guillermo
27. Harold
28. Herbert
29. Hildena
30. Hms campina
31. Hms westphalia (possibly)
32. Hyacinth
33. Kirkmichael
34. La plata (possibly)
35. La rochelle (possibly)
36. Lightstone (probably)
37. Lilly (possibly)
38. Liverpool
39. Maarten cornelis
40. Marquess of bute (possibly)
41. Mary
42. Mary coles (possibly)
43. Meath
44. Minerva
45. Missouri
46. Normandy coast
47. Opal (possibly)
48. Oria
49. Osseo
50. Pamela
51. Pegasus (possibly)
52. President harbitz
53. Rhyl
54. River humber
55. Saint olaf
56. Seagull
57. Slieve bloom
58. Sonia
59. Theme
60. Town of wexford (possibly)
61. Treveal
62. Uss roanoke
63. Westward ho

 

Name: HMS WESTPHALIA (POSSIBLY)

Length 70 meter, width: 10.9 meter, tonnage 1467 ton

Cause: built 1913 by caledon shipbuilding & engineering co ltd, dundee. triple expansion engine of, single shaft. 1 x 4 inch gun 2 x 12pdr guns, 2 torpedo tubes. torpedoed by u-97.

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H4827/75 24.1.77 H4827/75 24.1.77 WK LOCATED 21.11.76 IN 533019N, 0043437W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.4 IN GEN 46-53MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LENGTH 64MTRS. LYING ENE/WSW. (HMS FOX. HI 54/76). INS AS WK 47MTRS. BR STD. 11.3.14 11.3.14 EXAM'D 6.11.13 IN 5330.323N, 0434.675W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.86 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 51.6MTRS, WIDTH 15.6MTRS, HT 4.14MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). BOWS SW, PROBABLY INVERTED. RETAIN WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PROBABLY INVERTED, BOWS SW

Position: 53 30.323 N,4 34.675 W

 

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