This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm c 29, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 53.067 N,1 30.284 E (53.8572333, 1.4614167)

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: HMSM C 29

Length 43.6 meter, width: 4.1 meter, tonnage 321 ton

Cause: Built 1909 by vickers, barrow. mined.c29 was one of 38 c-class submarines built for the royal navy. c29 was involved in the u-boat trap tactic. the tactic was to use a decoy trawler to tow a submarine. she was mined when her trawler ariadne strayed into a minefield in the humber estuary on 29 aug 1915, with a loss of 16 men.

Year of registration: 1989

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 57 cm

Known since: 1989, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H6329/87 19.10.89 SMALL INTACT WK EXAM'D 11.6.89 IN 535303N, 013024E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 29.0, FOUL AT 29.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.5 IN GEN DEPTH 33.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 33.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.5MTRS, LENGTH 28MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 057/237 DEGS. APPARENTLY ON ITS SIDE WITH HIGHEST PART AT SW END. (NP 1008, HI 413). BR STD. 28.9.95 DIVED ON AND FOUND TO BE POSSIBLY AN `A' CLASS SUBMARINE SOME 100FT X 13FT. SINGLE 3 BLADED PROP. NO CONNING TOWER OR GUN. (V J FOX, VIA GUS BRITTAIN, SUBMARINE MUSEUM, TELECON 25.9.95). NCA. 10.5.07 EUT POSN: 5353.067N, 0130.284E. NE 1187. 8.6.09 WK WAS MARKED AND POSSIBLY DIVED BY SCARBOROUGH FISHERMAN AND DIVER FRED NORMANDALE. INVESTIGATED BY GORDON WADSWORTH & WITH INFORMATION FROM SUBMARINE MUSEUM & CONFIRMED TO BE HMSM C 29. (C RACEY, E-MAIL 5.6.09)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE, NO GUN OR CONNING TOWER

Position: 53 53.067 N,1 30.284 E

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