This is the information page about the shipwreck Hunsgrove, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.033 N,5 11.063 W (50.505016666667, -5.2049666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: HUNSGROVE
Length 102.1 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.9, tonnage 3063 ton
Load: coal
Cause: torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u 82. en route cardiff to bayle. (ww1sl & der krieg zur see).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 53 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 1983
Details measurements/cartography: H3780/18 9.6.18 H3780/18 9.6.18 SUNK 6.5MILES SW OF TREVOSE HEAD IN 503600N, 051100W. (DOCKET M010956). NOT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (RA FALMOUTH A P REPORT). 11.6.18 11.6.18 SUNK 3.15 AM ON JUNE 8. (DOCKET M28346, BOT WR 8/1547). 11.6.18 11.6.18 POSN 6.5MILES NW OF TREVOSE HEAD. (DOCKET M28597). POSN 6 MILES NW FROM TREVOSE HEAD. (BMVS). H8149/19 31.10.19 H8149/19 31.10.19 INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] PA IN 503600N, 051100W.
- NM 1959/19. H2537/28 27.8.28 H2537/28, H4337/28 27.8.28 AMEND NDW (1918) PA. BA 2565. H7613/52 4.12.52 H7613/52 4.12.52 AMEND NDWPA. NC 1156. 14.11.72 14.11.72 AMEND USCPA 15FMS [28MTRS]. NE 1178. 4.5.78 4.5.78 AMEND USCPA 35MTRS. NC 1178. 13.10.83 13.10.83 GERMAN U-BOAT RECORDS GIVES ATTACK POSN AS 223 DEGS, 30MILES FROM HARTLAND PT. (MR NICOLAS - DURING VISIT TO DEPT). NCA. 10.7.12 10.7.12 [WGD] POSN: 5036.033N, 0511.063W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 36.033 N,5 11.063 W