This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm e49, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 44.209 N,0 47.93 W (60.707216666667, -0.8159)

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 E49

Length 55.2 meter, width: 7 meter, tonnage 800 ton

Cause: 10.3.17 mined with loss of 3 officers and 28 ratings. (ww1sl). mine thought to have been laid by uc 76 off balta sound on 10.3.17. e49 was sheltering from a gale in balta sound. on leaving the sound through south channel she struck the mine. (shipwrecks of n scotland, baird).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 18 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H1943/17 POSN 604414N, 004751W, OR 2.75C, 213DEGS FROM BALTA LT. (M11201/17 & X.12815/17). H12815/17 REPORT OF DIVERS STATES BOWS BLOWN OFF. NOT TO BE SALVAGED. H8742/23 28.12.23 INS AS NDW PA IN 604414N, 004751W. (X.1943/17, FORMERLY NL 11201/17). H8742/23 28.12.23 APPLICATION BY SCAPA FLOW SALVAGE & SHIPBREAKING CO LTD TO PURCHASE WRECK REFUSED. (DNC 8 11261/24, 2.7.24). 8.5.80 APPLICATION BY SHETLAND SUB AQUA CLUB FOR PERMISSION TO LOCATE WK. (DNC-NCS 111/1626). H1310/83/35 2.9.83 NOTHING FOUND DURING EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF AREA AROUND CHARTED POSN. SERVICES OF QUALIFIED HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYOR, USING SONAR, EMPLOYED. TWO DIVER SEARCHES WERE MADE. (A J CARTER, SHETLAND SAC, DTD 29.8.83). NCA. 19.9.90 WK REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED AND ARTIFACTS REMOVED BY DIVERS. LOCAL POLICE CONSIDERING BRINGING CHARGES. (MRS PENNEY, DISPOSAL SALES (CONTRACTS 3), TELECON). HH270/350/01 22.10.91 WK WAS LOCATED IN GEN DEPTH 110FT BETWEEN BALTA AND HUNEY ISLANDS IN AUG '87. (WESTERN MORNING NEWS, 12.10.91). 24.3.97 REPORTED AS LYING, LARGELY INTACT BUT IN TWO SECTIONS, WITH THREE QUARTERS BURIED IN SAND. THE STAINLESS STEEL PERISCOPE IS STILL IN POSITION BUT THE CONNING TOWER IS BROKEN OFF. (NAUTICAL MAGAZINE, JAN '97). 5.3.05 EUT POSN: 6044.198N, 0047.972W. NC 3299. SEP 2006/000384979 5.10.06 DIVED 23.6.06 IN 6044.214N, 0047.931W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH BY E/S AND DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH (ESTIMATED) 20MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BOW SECTION DETACHED AND LYING SOME 7-10MTRS N OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. BRASS/BRONZE CONNING TOWER BENT OVER TO STBD ALONG WITH STAINLESS STEEL PERISCOPE. CONNING TOWER HATCH CLOSED. DRIVE SHAFT INTACT, PROP MISSING. MAJORITY OF THE STERN SECTION HAS SUNK INTO THE SAND. WHITE ENSIGN, SUPPORTED BY SMALL FISHING FLOAT, WAS ATTACHED TO THE TOWER. (G LOCKETT). AMEND WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 8.10.07 POSN GIVEN AS 6044.220N, 0047.920W [WGD]. (K HEATH, TELECON 8.10.07) NCA. HH091/335/01 3.8.10 EXAMINED 13.3.10 IN 6044.209N, 0047.930W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.7 IN GEN DEPTH 31.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 43.4MTRS, WIDTH 4.8MTRS, HT 2.1MTRS. LIES 018/198DEGS. MAINLY INTACT, ON STBD SIDE. DEBRIS LIES 13MTRS W OF MAIN CONTACT. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1335). AMEND WK 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 6.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO SECTIONS, TOWER BENT TO STBD

Position: 60 44.209 N,0 47.93 W

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