This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm a3, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.424 N,2 11.315 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Addarwa
3. Advanti
4. Aeneas (probably)
5. Aeolian sky
6. Alex van opstal
7. Alexandrovna
8. Apache
9. Aparima
10. Arctic dawn
11. Arfon
12. Athen
13. Balmoralwood
14. Barryman
15. Betelgeuse (bow section)
16. Binnendijk
17. Black hawk (aft section)
18. Black hawk (fwd section)
19. Bobbyb
20. Bretagne
21. Britannia (possibly)
22. British inventor (bow section)
23. Carentan
24. Castlereagh
25. Chasseur 6
26. Chasseur 7
27. Cheyenne
28. Countess of erne
29. Dagmar
30. Derna (probably)
31. Earl of abergavenny
32. El kahira
33. Elena r
34. Elmcrest
35. Emile miguet
36. Enecuri
37. Ethel (probably)
38. Evertsen
39. Finn
40. Fleur de lys
41. Forester (& pontoon)
42. Franziska
43. Frigga
44. General jackson
45. Georgios kyriakides
46. Goathland
47. Halsewell
48. Hartburn (probably)
49. Hartlepool (part of)
50. Hartlepool (part of)
51. Heronspool
52. Himalaya
53. Hms arfon
54. Hms fame
55. Hms fisgard ii
56. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
57. Hms james fennel
58. Hms warrior ii
59. Hmsm a3
60. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
61. Iolanthe
62. Iona
63. Janna
64. Juvenile delinquent
65. Kafiristan
66. Kolga
67. Kyarra
68. Lady of avenel
69. License to kill (possibly)
70. Lil boat
71. Lochavon
72. Longsand
73. Louisiane
74. Magog
75. Mallard (possibly)
76. Mayflower
77. Merchant royal
78. Midland queen
79. Miefield
80. Milo
81. Nailsea lass
82. Navasota
83. Neree (possibly)
84. Neree (probably)
85. Nestlea
86. Nidarholm
87. Normandy
88. Onward (probably)
89. Orne (possibly)
90. Pas (c.182)
91. Pescalanza
92. Piedras
93. Pitchipoy (possibly)
94. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
95. Rapana
96. Rowella
97. Royal adelaide
98. San fernando
99. Saratoga
100. Seahawk
101. Security (possibly)
102. Snowdrop
103. Southampton
104. Spiral (possibly)
105. Sudon (possibly)
106. Surdelo
107. Terrapin
108. Tiiu
109. Togimo
110. U 322 (possibly)
111. Valdes (probably)
112. Vera (probably)
113. Vikholmen
114. Waitara
115. Woodbury

 

Name: HMSM A3

Length 30.5 meter, width: 3.7 meter, tonnage 165 ton

Cause: 6.2.1912 sank 6.2.1912 following a collision with hms hazard. was raised and a few weeks later was towed to sea and sunk by gunfire from hms st vincent. (beneath the waves).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 161 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H2754/18 23.5.18 WK REPD IN 503100N, 021100W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 646/18. H2822/20 21.4.20 BUOY MARKING WK REMOVED. (HMS HAWKINS REMARK BOOK, 1919).

- NM 821/20. H4607/28 6.7.32 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. LC 2615. H3141/36 8.11.37 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 2160. H1730/65 10.6.68 NOT LOCATED DURING BASIC SOUNDING LINES BUT NOT SEARCHED FOR. (FSL WATERWITCH, ROS 29.2.68). NCA. 11.2.69 REPORTED TO BE A TRAWLER, APPROX 40FT LONG, LOCATED ABOUT 0.25M W OF PRESENT POSN. (T SIMS, SUB AQUA DIVER). NCA YET. 7.11.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 8MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2610. H3950/70 13.7.73 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 18MTRS. PREVIOUS ESTIMATED DEPTH IN ERROR. BR STD. 1.6.88 FISHERMEN REPORT FOULING GEAR IN 503100N, 021100W APPROX. (I K JOHNSON, TELECON). 20.5.92 WK, THOUGHT TO BE A 'B' CLASS SUBMARINE, LOCATED IN 503125N, 021115.5W. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. 100-120FT LONG. (A SMITH, WEYMOUTH, TELECON). NCA YET HH100/351/05 12.6.92 WK IN 503125N, 021115.5W POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS A BRITISH SUBMARINE. STANDS ABOUT 5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LIES INTACT APART FROM THE 'ELBOWS' ON THE CONNING TOWER BREATHER TUBES, THE PLATFORM AND STEERING CONTROLS. (A SMITH, 20.5.92). 8.6.92 NOW THOUGHT TO BE AN 'A' CLASS SUBMARINE. (A GRAHAM, TELECON 8.6.92). 10.6.92 ALMOST CERTAINLY THE WK OF HMS A3. (CDR COMPTON-HALL, SUBMARINE MUSEUM, TELECON 10.6.92). COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. CHART AS USC 30MTRS IN 503125N, 021115.5W. BR STD. HH100/351/08 9.11.93 POSN BY DECCA:- 503100.5N, 021042W. (J K WELCH, 13.10.93). NCA YET. 20.8.98 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN 5 YEARS. HH100/351/22 22.3.05 POSN CONFIRMED AS 5031.423N, 0211.317W [WGD] BY I TAYLOR. (N R CHIPCHASE). RETAIN AS WK USC 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/154/01 - SEP 2009/000108988 21.7.09 LOCATED 27.2.09 IN 5031.424N, 0211.315W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.29 IN GEN DEPTH 36.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 26.1MTRS, WIDTH 4.15MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. LIES 161/341 DEGS. MODERATE MAGENTIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). AMEND WK 31MTRS. BR STD. 3.8.16 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT; SI 2016 NUMBER 685, CAME INTO EFFECT 21.7.2016. 50MTR RESTRICTED ZONE AROUND WK. (E-MAIL RUSSELL MAN, LISTING OFFICER HISTORIC ENGLAND; REF NUMBER 1422535).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT [50m Restricted Zone].

Position: 50 31.424 N,2 11.315 W

 

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