This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm safari (ex p 211), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25.342 N,2 2.558 W (50.422367, -2.042633)

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 SAFARI (EX P 211)

Length 61.6 meter, width: 7.3 meter, tonnage 715 ton

Cause: foundered while being towed to newport for scrapping. (cinc portsmouth).

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1946, last detected: 1994

Details measurements/cartography: H348/46 21.1.46 SANK IN 502430N, 020230W APPROX. (CINC PORTSMOUTH). HH100/351/08 9.11.93 WK OF HMS SAFARI LOCATED IN 502523.5N, 020233.5W [OGB]. LIES UPRIGHT, WITH BOW BLOWN OFF AND CONNING TOWER MISSING, IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. IS APPARENTLY OWNED BY MR D SAYWELL. (J K WELCH, 13.10.93). INS AS NDW PA. BR STD. HH226/410/02 18.3.94 LOCATED IN 502520.5N, 020233.5W [WGD]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD 11.3.1994).

- NM 1100/94. HH090/533/01 13.5.94 EXAM'D 27.2.94 IN 502520N, 020234W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 095/275DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS & CONNING TOWER MISSING

Position: 50 25.342 N,2 2.558 W

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