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 (50.374700, -2.630917)

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 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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