This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms witherington, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 0.607 N,1 24.022 W (55.010117, -1.400367)

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 WITHERINGTON

Length 95.1 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 1120 ton

Cause: built in 1919 by white, cowes, iow. turbines engines, twin shaft. passage chatham for charlestown. lost on tow to metal industries, rosyth for breaking. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H3001/60 & H96/67 22.11.67 WIDELY SCATTERED AND COLLAPSED WRECKAGE. LIES ON MUD AND ROCKS IN APPROX 5FMS. (T L JOHNSON, LETTER DTD 19.11.67). H3001/60 13.2.68 WK OF HMS WITHERINGTON IN 550036N, 012400W [OGB]. WK IS COLLAPSED & LIES PRACTICALLY AT SEABED LEVEL. IT IS NOT THOUGHT TO NEED CHARTING ACTION. (TYNE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION, LETTER DTD 6.2.68). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH090/796/01 5.1.99 EXAM'D 30.8.98 IN 5500.615N, 0124.022W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.0 IN GEN DEPTH 9.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.3MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. LIES 174/354DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK. SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE. BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES. DIVERS CONFIRM THIS IS HMS WITHERINGTON WITH THE HIGH POINTS BEING THE TURBINES. NOT SWEPT DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE PIER. (GARDLINE, HI 796). BR STD. HH091/177/01 2.7.07 EXAM'D 18.2.07 IN 5500.607N, 0124.022W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.68 IN GEN DEPTH 10.7MTRS. LENGTH 26.7MTRS, WIDTH 10.2MTRS, HT 2.7MTRS. LIES 160/340DEGS. PORTION OF WK OBSERVED APPEARS WELL EMBEDDED WITHIN ROCKS. NFS DUE PROXIMITY OF SOUTH PIER. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 177). AMEND WK 6.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 12.7.12 LOCATED 24.6.11 IN 5500.610N, 0124.020W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.5MTRS. LENGTH 26MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 3.0MTRS. AMONGST ROCKS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1359). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY CLOSE TO PIER BASE. IN TWO PIECES

Position: 55 0.607 N,1 24.022 W

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