This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm k17, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 15.453 N,2 11.593 W (56.5, -12)

 

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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. Aikaterini
2. Alida gorthon
3. Ampleforth
4. Ardgour ii
5. Asta (probably)
6. Astra ii
7. Auriac (probably)
8. Aurora
9. Ballochbuie (possibly)
10. Bay fisher
11. Boyne castle (possibly)
12. Captain
13. Centaruo i
14. Dalblair
15. Daydawn
16. Einar jarl (probably)
17. Empire claire
18. Empire moose
19. Fellside
20. Fylgia
21. Gaslight (parts of)(possibly)
22. Gasray (part of)(possibly)
23. Grenmar (possibly)
24. Gyda
25. Halland (probably)
26. Hansa
27. Har zion
28. Harley (part of)(possibly)
29. Hms pathfinder
30. Hmsm k17
31. Hmsm k4
32. Jonkoping ii (probably)
33. King robert
34. Kotka
35. Loch lomond
36. Maggie smith (possibly)
37. Mallard
38. Nerissa
39. Northards
40. Olympier
41. Oropesa
42. Ptarmigan
43. River garry
44. Rushpool
45. Sabbia
46. Scotia
47. Sesostris
48. Shakespeare
49. Storjen
50. U 1103
51. U 1194
52. U 2354
53. U 3514
54. U 532
55. U 74
56. Ugie (possibly)
57. Valhallah
58. Victor ross
59. Victoria
60. Vogtland

 

Name: HMSM K17

Length 101.8 meter, width: 8.2 meter, tonnage 2650 ton

Cause: built in 1917 by vickers, barrow-in-furness. two boilers, twin shaft. passage rosyth for night exercises and return. rammed and sunk by hms fearless. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 561530N, 020930W, APPROX. (FEARLESS- ADM 53-41566, PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE). H2905/62 14.8.62 WK LOCATED IN 561532N, 021124W USING 2 RANGE DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 152FT IN GEN DEPTH 176FT. (HMS SCOTT, HI 14/62). INS AS NDW.

- NM 2748/62. 30.7.68 AMEND TO WK 25FMS. BR STD. 22.8.77 AMEND TO WK 46MTRS. NC 175. H1310/86/14 12.6.86 LOCAL DIVERS STATE WK OF K17 LIES CLOSE TO THAT OF K4 AT A DEPTH OF 46MTRS ABOUT 10M E OF MAY ISLAND. (LT (SCC) A KNOX RNR, 2.6.86). H1310/87/13 18.3.87 POSNS 561520N, 021230W & 561600N, 021000W REFERRED TO IN DAILY LOGS FOR 8.5.1918 OF HMS URSULA & AIRSHIP NS3, RESPECTIVELY, FOR THE WRECK OF K17. (LT (SCC) A KNOX, 7.3.87). 24.6.94 DIVED IN 561531N, 021131W (STERN); 561520N, 021147W (BOWS) [WGD]. STERN HAS DEPTH OF 52 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 58MTRS. LIES E/W, UPRIGHT. PROPELLORS PROTRUDING FROM SEABED. STERN, AFT GUN, CASING, OPEN VENTS AND FUNNELS INTACT. CONNING TOWER NOT SEEN. HULL SLICED OFF FWD OF CONNING TOWER SITE. IMPACT WAS FROM STBD. OIL IS PRESENT ON SURFACE AT THIS SITE. BOW HAS DEPTH OF 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES ON PORT SIDE. COMPLETE BOW SECTION AFT TO OFFICERS' QUARTERS CLEAN CUT AT THIS POINT. (P P G WADSWORTH). NCA. 20.10.03 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND POSN TO 5615.430N, 0211.556W [WGD]. BR STD. 29.10.07 MAIN SECTION IN 5615.528N, 0211.494W [WGD], BOW IN 5615.345N, 0211.778W [WGD]. (B BAIRD VIA K HEATH TELECON 26.10.07) NCA, SHOWN IN CORRECT CENTRAL POSN 5615.436N, 0211.636W [EUT] ON BA 175 [SEP '05 EDN]. SEP 2008/000005954 18.1.08 WK LOCATED IN 5615.458N, 0211.601W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 50.1MTRS. LENGTH 97MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HN FOR HI 1152). WAIT SURVEY DATA. NCA. SEP 2008/000075801 19.6.08 EXAM'D 11.2.08 IN 5615.453N, 0211.593W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.6 IN GEN DEPTH 49.9MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 5MTRS TOWARDS 130 DEGS FROM SE END. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 8.3MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. MAINLY INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1153). AMEND WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2010/000204603 10.12.10 INS BY NM.

- NM 6297/10. SEP 2013/000073322 4.4.13 LOCATED 14.6.09 IN 5615.4526N, 0211.6013W [WGD]. DCS3 LENGTH 78.67MTRS, WIDTH 37.16MTRS (SIC), HT 10.90MTRS. (NEART NA GAOITHE OFFSHORE WIND LTD, ROS DTD 1.2010). NCA. 6.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW LIES ON PORT SIDE

Position: 56 15.453 N,2 11.593 W

 

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