This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms william hallet (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 3.765 N,1 21.394 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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.
Name: HMS WILLIAM HALLET (POSSIBLY)
Length 35.1 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 202 ton
Cause: built in 1918 by rennie forrest. a 'strath' class vessel. hired as an armed patrol vessel from 11.1939. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. mined. (ww 2sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1967
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 19 cm
Known since: 1967, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H4871/68 4.7.68 EXAM'D 6.11.67 IN 550333N, 011957W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 107FT IN GEN DEPTH 122FT. SCOUR DEPTH 126FT. NOT SEEN ON SONAR, WAS FOUND FORTUITOUSLY WHILST ON PASSAGE THROUGH THE AREA AT NIGHT. NOT INVESTIGATED. (HMS MYRMIDON, HI 349/67). INS AS WK 17FMS 0FT. BR STD. H2433/71 22.4.71 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (ISS, HI 7/70). NCA. H2433/71 29.3.72 EXAM'D IN 550345N, 012118W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 39.6MTRS. NOTHING FOUND IN CHARTED POSN BUT SONAR APPROX 1 CABLE NE FOUND WRECK. (HMS ECHO, HI 5/71). AMEND POSN.
- NM 695/72. 14.3.74 AMENDED TO WK 32MTRS. HH090/796/01 6.1.99 EXAM'D 21.7.98 IN 550345.2N, 012124.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.8, FOUL 33.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.0 IN GEN DEPTH 38.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 38.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. PARTIALY INTACT AT ONE END. OTHER HALF IS BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/21 7.10.03 DIVED 6.2003 IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. STANDS 6MTRS ABOVE BOTTOM. FWD OF BOILER IS REASONABLY INTACT. AFT OF BOILER IS SMASHED, ALTHOUGH THE BROKEN PROPELLOR CAN BE SEEN PART BURIED IN THE SEABED. WK LISTS TO STBD. (A HUNT). NCA. 28.11.19 EXAM’D 27.2.19 IN 5503.765N, 0121.394W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. LENGTH 35.9MTRS, WIDTH 11.9MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 019/199DEGS. MOSTLY BROKEN UP, SCOURING TO NE. BOW SECTION APPEARS TO BE LOCATED TO NE. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY BROKEN UP, SCOURING TO NE
Position: 55 3.765 N,1 21.394 W