This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm c 11, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 59.449 N,1 34.603 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: HMSM C 11
Length 43.6 meter, width: 4.3 meter, tonnage 320 ton
Cause: Built in 1907 by the vickers shipbuilding co, barrow-in-furness. petrol engines, twin shaft. sank following a collision with british ss eddystone.
Year of registration: 1983
Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm
Known since: 1983, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H1952/80 27.1.83 EXAM'D 24.6.81 IN 525926N, 013443E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.2 IN GEN DEPTHS 20 TO 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LIES IN AREA OF SANDWAVES, CRESTS OF WHICH ARE SHOALER THAN THE WK. LENGTH 25MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS, LYING 130/310 DEGS. (SOISS, HI 22). BR STD. 30.8.90 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF SMALL BRITISH SUBMARINE LYING HALF BURIED WITHIN SANDBANK. SMALL CONNING TOWER. FOUR STABLISERS AT STERN AND SINGLE FOUR-BLADED PROPELLER. LARGE DENT ABOUT 10FT FORWARD OF STERN. STANDS ABOUT 4.5MTRS ABOVE SEABED WITH ABOUT 60 TO 80FT EXPOSED IN GEN DEPTH ABOUT 85FT. APPEARS TO BE INTACT. TELEGRAPH AND RECOVERED SWITCHBOARD INDICATES THAT IT IS BRITISH. (MSSRS WATSON & HICKINBOTTOM, TELECON). HH100/351/04 27.3.91 LIES ON ITS SIDE IN APPROX 27MTRS OF WATER. CONNING TOWER IS DETACHED BUT OTHERWISE WK IS INTACT WITH BOW BURIED IN A SANDBANK. LARGE SANDWAVES IN AREA MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO LOCATE. (R W HICKINBOTTOM, 4.2.91). HH090/524/01 15.1.92 EXAM'D IN 525925.4N, 013443E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.3, FOUL AT 20.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.8 IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 0.5MTR, LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEG. (LAND & MARINE, HI 531). BR STD. HH090/604/01 15.11.93 EXAM'D 29.6.93 IN 525925N, 013443.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.6 IN GEN DEPTH 19 TO 27MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.5MTR, LENGTH 30MTRS, BREADTH 3MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEG BURIED IN SIDE OF SANDWAVE. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD, HI 604). NCA. SEP 2015/000041896 26.5.15 EXAM'D 19.10.14 IN 5259.449N, 0134.603E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.28MTRS. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, ON ITS SIDE IN SANDWAVE AREA OF GREATER HEIGHT. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI 1427). AMEND DW 21.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE IN SANDWAVES AREA OF GREATER HEIGHT.
Position: 52 59.449 N,1 34.603 E