This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm m2, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.61 N,2 33.985 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. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Ailsa craig (probably)
4. Alex van opstal
5. Algarve
6. Amy
7. Apache
8. Athen
9. Avalanche
10. Binnendijk
11. Black hawk (aft section)
12. Britannia (possibly)
13. British inventor (bow section)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Countess of erne
16. Earl of abergavenny
17. Elena r
18. Elmcrest
19. Enecuri
20. Ethel (probably)
21. Forester (& pontoon)
22. Franziska
23. Frogner ?
24. Gorizia
25. Grane
26. Gripfast
27. Hartlepool (part of)
28. Hartlepool (part of)
29. Himalaya
30. Hms boadicea
31. Hms buccaneer
32. Hms fisgard ii
33. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
34. Hms james fennel
35. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
36. Hms landrail (probably)
37. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
38. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
39. Hms remindo (possibly)
40. Hmsm l24
41. Hmsm m2
42. Hmsm p555
43. Hmsm sidon
44. Inisinver
45. Juvenile delinquent
46. L h carl
47. Longsand
48. Lst 507 (bow section)
49. Lst 507 (stern section)
50. Lst 531
51. Lucinda (possibly)
52. Mallard (possibly)
53. Marie therese
54. Martha
55. Merchant royal
56. Minerva (probably)
57. Moidart
58. Neree (possibly)
59. Onward (probably)
60. Orne (possibly)
61. Pas (c.182)
62. Pitchipoy (possibly)
63. Pomeranian
64. Romsdalen (probably)
65. Rowella
66. Royal adelaide
67. Salsette ii
68. Saratoga
69. Scaldis
70. Spiral (possibly)
71. St dunstan
72. Stancrest
73. Sudon (possibly)
74. Terrapin
75. Thera (possibly)
76. Tracy
77. Trito
78. U 322 (possibly)
79. Ub 74
80. Ull (probably)
81. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: HMSM M2

Length 90.2 meter, width: 7.6 meter, tonnage 1650 ton

Cause: built in 1918 by vickers armstrong, barrow in furness. oil engines, twin shaft. lost with all hands when submerging with hangar doors still open. crew of 58 lost.

Year of registration: 1932

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1932, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H820/32 30.1.32 SIX MOORING BUOYS HAVE BEEN PLACED FOR SALVAGE PURPOSES. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 248T/32. H1049/33 16.2.33 MOORINGS TO BE REMOVED WHEN WEATHER PERMITS. (C-IN-C PORTLAND). H1049/33 23.2.33 SUBMARINE LOCATED 312DEGS, 5.85M FROM PORTLAND HARBOUR LIGHT. (R ADM(S), 3.2.32). CHART AS NDW IN 503437N, 023400W.

- NM 320/33. H820/32 8.2.32 SALVAGE OPERATIONS FEB 1932 TO FEB 1933. (HMS ADAMANT, 8.2.32 & DOCKYARD PORTLAND, 21.2.33). H3971/52 3.7.52 EXAM'D IN 503435N, 023356W [OGB] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 61, FOUL 62FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65 IN GEN DEPTH 17FMS. LENGTH 200 TO 300FT. LIES N/S. SHALLOWEST PART AT S END. GOOD A/S TARGET. (HMS SCOTT/SCES REPORT DTD 26.5.52). AMEND TO WK 10FMS 1FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H3950/70 21.5.71 AMENDED TO SW 18.2MTRS. NC 3315. 7.4.82 REPD AS INTACT, EXCEPT PROPELLERS MISSING. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL III). H1310/82/11 28.4.82 REPD BEGINNING TO BREAK UP WITH OUTER HULL ROTTING AWAY. BOTH PROPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, ALSO SPARE FROM ON DECK. ILLEGAL SALVAGE OF NON FERROUS METAL HAS OCCURRED. (N PAGE, 16.4.82). H2923/83 3.1.85 EXAM'D 25.7.84 IN 503434N, 023355W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.0, FOUL 18.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.6 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 1-2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 11MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). BR STD. HH091/154/01 / SEP 2010/000005843 31.12.09 LOCATED 24.2.09 IN 5034.610N, 0233.985W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.55 IN GEN DEPTH 31.35MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90.8MTRS, WIDTH 7.7MTRS, HT 8.8MTRS. LIES 000.180 DEGS WITH BOW N. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). INTACT, UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 22.5MTRS. BR STD. 7.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS N, A/C RECOVERY CRANE FALLEN OFF

Position: 50 34.61 N,2 33.985 W

 

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