This is the information page about the shipwreck Huntsmoor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.093 N,0 13.314 W (50.35155, -0.2219)

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: HUNTSMOOR

Length 119.2 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 4957 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 40. was on passage le havre to southampton in service of the admiralty. (der krieg zur see). torpedoed and sunk 23m s 0.5 w from owers ltv. (ww1sl). vessel, built in 1901 by flensburger schiff. & masch. and owned at the time of loss by the admiralty [g heyn & sons], was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine 23m s 0.5 w of the owers ltv. 20 lives lost, including the captain. (dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 SANK 50 MILES N 10 DEG W OF HAVRE LT. (SECOND MATE, DOCKET M9979). 21.2.18 SANK 23 MILES S 0.5 W FROM OWERS LTV. (WW1SL). ACCEPT APPROX POSN 501700N, 002900W. H4121/76 9.11.76 NOT FOUND AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCH. CONSIDER POSN DOUBTFUL. (HMS FAWN, HI 52/76). H2699/76 20.9.76 WK LOCATED IN 502103N, 001304W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS [LAT]. (HMS FAWN, SIG DTD 3.9.79). SUBNAV ISSUED. H2699/76 20.9.76 EXAM'D 24.8.76 IN 502103N, 001304W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 150MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HI 57/76). CHART AS WK 35MTRS [19FMS] IN 502103N, 001313W.

- NM 1988/76. 21.9.76 POSITION CHECKED BY WRECKS OFFICER. LONGITUDE SHOULD READ 001313W. H4121/76 20.6.79 DIVED 17.4.78. LARGE WK, POSSIBLY WORLD WAR 2 CARGO VESSEL. BADLY BROKEN. LIES WITH 45DEG STARBOARD LIST WITH BOW TO EAST. IRON PROPELLER AND 4 BOILERS. (SUBSERVS, 16.6.79). 25.3.85 LOCATED IN 512104N, 001310W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH FROM DCS3 37MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240A, SIGS DTD 23.3.85). NCA. H2350/85 17.2.87 EXAM'D 18.9.86 IN 502103N, 001314W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.2 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 12MTRS, LENGTH 175MTRS. LYING 076/256DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 317B). AMEND TO WK 34MTRS [18FMS] IN REVISED POSN. G/S. HH100/351/04 1.10.91 DIVED ON 17.8.91 IN 502108.5N, 001312.5W [EUR] USING GPS. BELL RECOVERED BEARING NAME 'ROSTOCK' - FORMER NAME FOR THE 'HUNTSMOOR'. LIES 070/250DEGS, APPROX, WITH 45DEG STBD LIST. (I WARREN, SEPT '91). NCA. SEP 2014/000096805 19.8.14 EXAM'D 14.3.14 IN 5021.093N, 0013.314W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.15 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 124MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 11.85MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES ON STBD SIDE. SECTIONS HAVE COLLAPSED ALONG ITS LENGTH AND THE REMAINS OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND ?FOUR BOILERS LIE ON THE SE SIDE. (MMT, HI 1443). AMEND WK 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, LISTING TO STBD, BOW NE

Position: 50 21.093 N,0 13.314 W

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