This is the information page about the shipwreck War helmet, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 37.401 N,0 36.603 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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: WAR HELMET

Length 135.6 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 12.2, tonnage 8184 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1917 by asano sb co ltd, ishikiawa, tsurmi, japan. owned at time of loss by royal mail ss co (shipping controller). four boilers, two triple expansion engines of 703hp, twin shaft. passage london for barry roads. in ballast. torpedoed by uc-75. all crew recovered.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20180207

Details measurements/cartography: H3211/17 24.1.18 WK TO BE DISPERSED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H7476/17 30.1.18 WK (SUNK 1917) IN 503745N, 003500W. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].

- NM 141/18. 24.12.18 WK IN 503745N, 003500W. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 4M E BY S FROM OWERS LTV. (BMVS). H4407/19 10.6.19 NO TRACE FOUND ON SWEEPING AT 55FT [LWST]. (TRINITY HO). AMEND TO WK PA 9FMS.

- NM 1172/19. 23.7.71 AMEND TO WK PA 16.5MTRS. NC 1652. 7.4.72 AMEND TO WK PA 15.9MTRS [LAT]. NC 1652. H3958/73 15.8.73 LOCATED IN 503724N, 003621W. NOTHING FOUND IN 503745N, 003500W DURING TRANSIT SONAR AND E/S SURVEY. ALMOST CERTAINLY THIS WK. IN APPROX 90FT. (KELVIN HUGHES, SURVEY [K6719/3]). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2318/74 18.11.75 EXAM'D IN 503723N, 003632W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27.0 MTRS. DEPTH OF SCOUR 28.0MTRS. APPROX 175 MTRS LONG, LYING 010/190DEGS. (SCES, HI 62/75).

- NM BLOCK 960/75. 3.9.76 LOCALLY THIS WK IS CONSIDERED MOST LIKELY TO BE 'WAR HELMET'. (J PAISLEY, SCES, TELECON). H4121/76 14.1.77 EXAM'D 1.9.76 IN 503723N, 003630W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. DEPTH OF SCOUR BY E/S 0.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.1MTRS. LENGTH 160MTRS. LIES N/S. HULL APPEARS INTACT, BUT WITH INDISTINCT UPPERWORKS. DIVERS HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS WK AS 'WAR HELMET', NOT 'HUNTSHOLM' [SEE 19986]. DIVERS ALSO REPORT WK BETWEEN 4-500FT LONG; STERN SE & BOWS NW. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). AMEND POSN. RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. 30.9.99 UPRIGHT WITH BOW TO THE NE. FLATTENED MIDSHIPS. THREE BOILERS CLEAR. BOW COMPLETE, STERN WELL BROKEN. FWD STEERING BINNACLE RECENTLY RAISED. (DIVER MAGAZINE, SEPT 1999). NCA. HH091/002/02 28.10.02 EXAM'D 16.7.02 IN 5037.409N, 0036.590W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.5, FOUL 22.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.3 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 140MTRS, WIDTH 70MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP. (NP 1016, HI 1002). AMEND TO SW 22MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 10.08.18 EXAM'D 07.02.18; IN 5037.401N, 0036.603W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 141.5MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS, HEIGHT 5.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180 DEGS. BROKEN UP &COMPRISING LOW LEVEL DEBRIS WITH FOUR BOILERS &TWO TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES PROMINENT MIDSHIPS. BOW S. SHAFT TUNNEL EXTENDING TOWARDS N END. OTHER REMAINS CONSIST OF BROKEN VESSEL FRAME &TWO MASTS. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOW S.

Position: 50 37.401 N,0 36.603 W

 

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