This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm l24, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 22.482 N,2 37.855 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Athen
8. Avalanche
9. Binnendijk
10. Black hawk (aft section)
11. Bonita
12. Borgund i (possibly)
13. Britannia (possibly)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Centurion
16. Conch
17. Countess of erne
18. Earl of abergavenny
19. Einar jarl
20. Elena r
21. Elmcrest
22. Enecuri
23. Ethel (probably)
24. Forester (& pontoon)
25. Franziska
26. Frogner ?
27. Gibel-hamam
28. Girnigoe
29. Gorizia
30. Grane
31. Gripfast
32. Gudrun
33. Hartlepool (part of)
34. Hartlepool (part of)
35. Heroine (probably)
36. Himalaya
37. Hms boadicea
38. Hms buccaneer
39. Hms fisgard ii
40. Hms hickory
41. Hms james fennel
42. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
43. Hms landrail (probably)
44. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
45. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
46. Hms remindo (possibly)
47. Hmsm l24
48. Hmsm m2
49. Hmsm p555
50. Hmsm sidon
51. Inisinver
52. Juvenile delinquent
53. K m b (possibly)
54. L h carl
55. Longsand
56. Lst 507 (bow section)
57. Lst 507 (stern section)
58. Lst 531
59. Lucinda (possibly)
60. Mallard (possibly)
61. Marie therese
62. Martha
63. Memnon
64. Merchant royal
65. Minerva (probably)
66. Moel tryvan
67. Moidart
68. Netley abbey (possibly)
69. Nyasaland
70. Onward (probably)
71. Orne (possibly)
72. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
73. Pas (c.182)
74. Pomeranian
75. Romsdalen (probably)
76. Royal adelaide
77. Salsette ii
78. Saratoga
79. Scaldis
80. St dunstan
81. Stancrest
82. Sudon (possibly)
83. Terrapin
84. Thera (possibly)
85. Tracy
86. Trito
87. U 322 (possibly)
88. Ub 19 (probably)
89. Ub 74
90. Ull (probably)
91. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: HMSM L24

Length 72.8 meter, width: 7.3 meter, tonnage 1080 ton

Cause: built in 1919 by vickers armstrong, barrow-in-furness. two oil engines of 2400nhp, twin shaft. passage portland for exercies and return. sank after being struck by the battleship hms resolution 25750 tons). complement of 36 lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1924

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1924, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H618/24 28.1.24 POSN 502215N, 023800W. (PORTLAND DOCKYARD). H1270/77 4.9.81 DIVED IN 502230N, 023749W [OGB] USING DECCA. IDENTIFIED AS SUBMARINE, PRESUMABLY L 24. FRONT HATCH OPEN & DAMAGE ON STB'D SIDE. STERN INWARDS. BOW DIVE PLANES SET FOR HARD DIVE. TWIN SCREWS. LIST TO STB'D. (P STREATON). INS AS USC 47MTRS. BR STD. 26.7.87 CONFIRMED AS WK OF L 24. (M. SKELSEY). HH090/961/01 8.12.03 EXAM'D 28.7.03 IN 5022.482N, 0237.855W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.3 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. DISTINCT HIGH POINT CLOSE TO THE CENTRE OF WK. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 43MTRS. 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: INTACT

Position: 50 22.482 N,2 37.855 W

 

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