This is the information page about the shipwreck Ss hornet, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 12.571 N,4 22.583 W (51.292766666667, -4.0713)

 

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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: SS HORNET

Length 91.1 meter, width: 12.3 meter, draught: 6.6, tonnage 2715 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases

Cause: ex-sir richard grenville. built in 1892 by j preistman of sunderland. home port montevideo. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 253 hp, single shaft. passage cardiff for marseilles. cargo patent fuel. foundered following a collision with uruguayan ss olavarria.

Year of registration: 1912

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 126 cm

Known since: 1912, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 7 MILES W OF BULL PT. (DEVON SHIPWRECKS). H7034/49 28.11.49 WK LOCATED IN 511231N, 042234W [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22 IN GEN DEPTH 24FMS (POOR TRACE). SWEPT CLEAR USING OROPESA TO 10FMS. (HMS SEAGULL, 28.11.49). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 6.10.72 AMEND TO SW 10FMS. 14.2.73 AMEND TO SW 18.3MTRS. NC 1164. HH100/351/05 22.4.92 WK DIVED ON 511245N, 042238.5W USING DECCA. BROKEN UP. (J T HEWITT, 20.3.92). NCA. HH090/798/01 30.1.01 EXAM'D 24.9.00 IN 5112.564N, 0422.581W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.7 IN GEN DEPTH 42.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS WITH BOWS 140 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. APPEARS MAINLY INTACT. PROBABLY UPRIGHT WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE AND POSSIBLE MAST. DEBRIS CLOSE TO WK. AREA OF RIPPLED SAND EXTENDS NW. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 798). RETAIN AS SW 18.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/18 4.9.02 DIVED IN 5112.552N, 0422.559W [WGD]. APPEARS TO BE THE CENTRE SECTION OF A LARGE BROKEN WK WITH A LARGE WINCH AND CARGO HOLDS. STANDS SOME 7MTRS HIGH. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO BOW OR STERN. SMALL PORTHOLE AND STORM COVER WITH WOODEN SURROUND RECOVERED WHICH SUGGESTS EARLY 20TH CENTURY. (K DENBY, EMAIL DTD 18.7.02). NCA. HH216/400/05 16.6.03 EXAM'D 29.8.03 IN 5112.559N, 0422.578W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST DEPTH BY MULTIBEAM 36 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. (GARDLINE, MCA PROJECT 500). IN TWO MAIN PORTIONS. AMEND TO WK 36MTRS. BR STD. HH091/158/01 & SEP 2008/000063884 16.7.08 LOCATED 17.6.08 IN 5112.571N, 0422.583W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.57 IN GEN DEPTH 42.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 70.7MTRS, WIDTH 9.1MTRS, HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 126/306 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FURUGO OSAE, HI 1158). RETAIN WK 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2013/000174975 29.9.13 LOCATED IN 5112.563N, 0422.581W [WGD]. LENGTH 70.6MTRS, WIDTH 21.3MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. MODERATE MAGENTIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY FOR CHANNEL ENERGY LTD, ATLANTIC ARRAY OFSHORE WINDFARM ROS DTD 3.2010 - 5.2010). NCA. SEP 2019/000185715 15.8.19 DIVED AUGUST 2019 IN 5112.563N, 0422.585W [WGD]. SHIPS BELL DISCOVERED DURING DIVE IDENTIFYING WRECK AS THE 'HORNET'. (JOHN O'KANE, DIVER, H102 DTD 12.8.19). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SE

Position: 51 12.571 N,4 22.583 W

 

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