This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm tantivy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 40.476 N,3 50.053 W (57.7756, -3.7598166666667)

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 TANTIVY

Length 77.4 meter

Cause: scuttled for use as a sonar target.

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 348 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: NO PREVIOUS RECORD. 17.6.75 NDW SHOWN IN 574033N, 034942W ON BA 3547. (AUTHORITY UNKNOWN). H454/67 30.7.75 LOCATED IN 574030N, 035000W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 26.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.3MTRS. (SOISS, SIGNAL DTD 11.7.75). AMEND TO SW 14FMS.

- NM 192/76. H454/67 9.8.76 EXAM'D 28.7.75 IN 574030N, 035000W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 26.6, FOUL AT 27.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.2 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 38MTRS. SEABED OF SAND & BROKEN SHELL. 137MTRS LONG, LYING N/S. (HMS ECHO, HI 80/75). AMEND TO SW 14FMS 3FT. BR STD. 11.5.78 AMEND TO SW 26.6MTRS. NC 223. 21.11.84 REPORTED TO BE WK OF A BARGE BY DIVER - MR SPITTAL. (NAVAL LAW, TELECON). 23.7.85 REPD TO BE WRECK OF HMS TANTIVY. LYING UPRIGHT & INTACT IN 574027N, 034942W. POSN BY DECCA. STANDS 30FT HIGH. (MR GRIEG, TELECON). 12.8.85 APPLICATION TO PURCHASE WK MADE BY A. HARDWICK. (NRE 31B/2695). HH100/351/01 28.8.89 TWO WKS DIVED ON IN THIS APPROX POSN. A) A BARGE, APPROX 150FT LONG & COVERED WITH OLD PRAWN FISHING NETS PREVENTING FURTHER EXAMINATION, IN 574018N, 034930W. POSN BY DECCA. ABOUT 50MTRS S IS B) WK OF SUBMARINE. LIES UPRIGHT & INTACT EXCEPT THAT BRIDGE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN STRIPPED & TORPEDO TUBES REMOVED. (SGT J LEIGH, RAF KINLOSS, 10.8.89). AMEND TO SW WKS 26.5MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/01 22.11.89 LOCATED IN CHARTED POSN. IN A GENERALLY GOOD CONDITION AND SITTING UPRIGHT, COVERED IN NETS. BARGE WAS NOT FOUND DESPITE EXTENSIVE DIVER, CAMERA AND SHORT RANGE HIGH DEFINITION SONAR SEARCH. (HMS CHALLENGER, 27.10.89). NCA. HH100/351/07 10.6.93 DIVED ON IN 574029N, 035002W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 11MTRS HIGH IN SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. (J LEIGH, 27.4.93). NCA. SEP 2020/000300180 7.3.20 EXAM’D 7.3.20 IN 5740.476N, 0350.053W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.64MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 82.1MTRS, WIDTH 8.5MTRS, HT 10.9MTRS. ORIENTATION 348/168 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT SUBMARINE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1582). AMEND DW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT

Position: 57 40.476 N,3 50.053 W

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