This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm h5, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 5.51 N,4 42.02 W (53.230533333333, -4.9533166666667)

 

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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. Alexandra
2. Asmund
3. Caernarvon bay (probably)
4. Cesca m21
5. Challenger
6. Dagmar
7. Fairisle
8. Farfield
9. Ferocious
10. Fostimore
11. Gwynfaen
12. Harold
13. Hms campina
14. Hmsm h5
15. Kimya
16. Kimya (part of)
17. Kirkmichael
18. Maarten cornelis
19. Marquess of bute (possibly)
20. Meath
21. Missouri
22. Morning spray
23. Normandy coast
24. Oria
25. Osseo
26. Pegasus (possibly)
27. Perseus
28. Progress (possibly)
29. Rhyl
30. Saint olaf
31. Sapphire
32. Segontium (sirgontium)
33. Slieve bloom
34. Tarbetness
35. Timbo (possibly)
36. Town of wexford (possibly)
37. Uss roanoke
38. Vivar

 

Name: HMSM H5

Length 45.7 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 434 ton

Cause: rammed and sunk by british ss rutherglen when she was mistaken for a u-boat.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20150710

Details measurements/cartography: H1498/28 5.11.73 POSN 530400N, 044000W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). INS AS USCPA 28MTRS. NC 1970. HH210/350/01 29.10.90 LOCATED IN 530536.5N, 044154W USING DECCA. (J MOORE, TELECON). AMEND TO USC 40MTRS IN AMENDED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/04 26.7.91 DIVED ON 6.7.91 IN 530537N, 044154W [OGB] USING DECCA, 530530.5N, 044200W [WGD] USING DPS. LIES ON WESTERLY HEADING WITH ABOUT 30 STBD LIST AND DOES APPEAR TO HAVE SUNK INTO THE SEABED. MAXIMUM HEIGHT AT TOP OF PERISCOPE IS 7-8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. A LARGE TRAWL IS FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE HULL. (K HURLEY, 11.7.91). NCA. 30.1.92 DIVED 29.1.92. CONFIRMED WK OF SUBMARINE ABOUT 200FT LONG. INTACT AND LYING IN ABOUT 54MTRS. (J MOORE, TELECON). HH213/400/01 19.8.93 POSN REPORTED BY BANGOR UNIVERSITY AS 530529N, 044158.5W [?WGD]. (CDR COMPTON-HALL, TELECON). AMEND POSN.

- NM 3026/93. 23.9.99 LIES IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 62MTRS. TOP OF PERISCOPE AT 48MTRS, BULK OF PRESSURE HULL AT 55MTRS. 30DEG LIST TO PORT. DIVED AT LW NEAPS. (RON MAHONEY, 9-90 MAGAZINE, TELECON 22.9.99). NCA. HH100/351/16 21.8.00 STATED TO BE 2MTRS SHOALER THAN PREVIOUS REPORTS, OTHERWISE AS DESCRIBED. DAMAGE IS VISIBLE AFT OF CONNING TOWER. (S KERSHAW, WRECK 'N TECH, TELECON 18.8.00) NCA, CHARTED USC DEPTH 40MTRS SUFFICES. 17.12.01 BANGOR UNIVERSITY POSN IN 1993 RECORDED AS [OGB]. RECORD REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED TO BE [WGD] WHICH AGREES WITH 1991 REPORTED POSN. AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH213/400/03 27.9.02 DESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5305.483N, 0441.975W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02).

- NM 4773/02. SEP 2006/000394419 30.10.06 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02 CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5305.483N, 0441.975W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2616/06). NCA. 28.4.08 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5305.483N, 0441.975W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 950/08). NCA. 1.2.10 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5305.483N, 0441.975W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 3380/09). NCA. SEP 2015/000055076 24.12.15 WK IN 5305.510N, 0442.020W [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 48.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 43.3MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HEIGHT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 120/300. LYING ON PORT SIDE, CONNING TOWER INTACT. STRONG MAGNETOMETER READING. (HI 1451, MMT (UK)). AMEND DW 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 16.6.17 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5305.510N, 0442.020W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 147/2017).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING PORT SIDE, CONNING TOWER INTACT.

Position: 53 5.51 N,4 42.02 W

 

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