This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm sealion, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 23.388 N,5 8.308 W (55.69925, -4.972)

 

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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.

 

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Name: HMSM SEALION

Length 63.7 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 960 ton

Cause: built by cammell laird, birkenhead in 1934. sunk as a sonar target by rn. (clyde shipwrecks)

Year of registration: 1966

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 296 cm

Known since: 1966, last detected: 20200917

Details measurements/cartography: H1190/67 19.4.67 LOCATED IN 552324N, 050808W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27 IN GEN DEPTH 31-33FMS. AREA FULL OF BOTTOM ECHOES. (HMS MERMAID, 1966). H7551/68 17.1.69 NOT FOUND IN INTENSIVE SEARCH. NUMEROUS BOTTOM ECHOES IN THE REPORTED VICINITY. (HMS HYDRA, HI 27/68). H2579/76 12.5.81 EXAM'D 13.11.80 IN 552323.1N, 050813.9W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51.4 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS. INTACT, LYING 140/320DEGS. (HMS HERALD HI 9/80). BR STD. 5.6.00 DIVED 5.6.00 IN LISTED POSN. CONFIRMED AS HMS SEALION. (INNES MCCARTNEY, TELECON 5.6.00). NCA. 4.11.04 EUT POSN: 5523.383N, 0508.301W. NE 2126. SEP 2021/000344798 5.1.22 EXAM’D 17.9.20; IN 5523.388N, 0508.308W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.49MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. LENGTH 66.9MTRS, WIDTH 7.4MTRS, HT 10.3MTRS. ORIENTATION 296/116 DEGS. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1680, H525-3909). AMEND NDW 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 55 23.388 N,5 8.308 W

 

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