Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Hms acheron (bow section), die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 31.331 N,1 30.442 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.

 

1. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Algerian
6. Asborg
7. Ashanti (possibly)
8. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
9. Azemmour
10. Baron garioch
11. Betsy anna
12. Borgny
13. Braat ii
14. Braedale (probably)
15. Brestois
16. Britannia (probably)
17. Campen
18. Carbon
19. Castle crag
20. Ceres (possibly)
21. Clan macvey
22. Clarinda
23. Cleddy (probably)
24. Coquetdale (probably)
25. Cuba
26. Daylesford
27. Dulce t
28. Dumfries
29. Empire crusader
30. Ernest lagouve
31. Espagne
32. Everleigh
33. Excelsior (possibly)
34. Fallodon
35. Fenna (probably)
36. G-cbpt
37. Gorizont
38. Hartley (possibly)
39. Hms acheron (bow section)
40. Hms acheron (stern section)
41. Hms albion ii
42. Hms assurance
43. Hms crestflower
44. Hms eleanor (probably)
45. Hms john mitchell
46. Hms listrac (probably)
47. Hms michael clements
48. Hms new dawn
49. Hms pomone
50. Hms sargasso
51. Hms tiger
52. Hms warwick deeping
53. Hmsm swordfish
54. Hmsm upstart
55. Iduna
56. Indutionmare
57. Irex
58. Isleworth
59. Jgena (possibly)
60. Joannis millas
61. Juno
62. Kong guttorm (probably)
63. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
64. Lct 809
65. Londonier
66. Luciston
67. Luxor
68. Margaret smith
69. Mechanician
70. Mendi
71. Millmer
72. Minca 35
73. Minerva (possibly)
74. Molina
75. Myrtlegrove (probably)
76. Neath (possibly)
77. Neree (possibly)
78. Nichola (probably)
79. Nw68
80. Nw96
81. Oriflamme
82. Pool fisher
83. Ps ryde
84. Redesmere
85. Reindeer
86. Rosehill (probably)
87. Sally jane
88. Serrana (bow section)
89. Serrana (stern part)
90. Simla
91. Smyrna
92. Spyros (possibly)
93. Teamwork
94. Terlings
95. Tweed
96. U 153 (possibly)
97. U 480
98. Vari solo sailor
99. Varvassi
100. Venezuela
101. Volkerak
102. War knight
103. Weston maid (possibly)
104. Westville
105. Witte zee
106. Woodham
107. Y48

 

Name: HMS ACHERON (BOW SECTION)

Länge98.5 meter, Breite: 10.1 meter, Tiefgang: 3.7, Tonnage 1350 ton

Ursache: built in 1930 by thornycroft & co. three boilers, turbine engines for 34,000hp, twin shaft. passage from portsmouth for trials and return. 4 x 4.7 inch, 2 x 2pdr guns. 8 tt. mined and broke in two. bow section sank at once. 151 crew and dockyard trials team lost. mined and sank off the isle of wight. 151 lives lost.

Jahr der Registrierung: 1940

Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 40 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 105 cm

Bekannt seit: 1940, zuletzt detektiert: 2020

Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H067/41 17.12.40 SANK IN APPROX POSN 165DEGS, 8.5M FROM THE NEEDLES. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 17.12.40). PLOTS IN APPROX 503136N, 013200W. 22.5.84 SUNK OFF ISLE OF WIGHT. (WW2SL). 22.5.84 REPD TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED BY M WOODWARD 5M S OF ISLE OF WIGHT IN 150FT OF WATER. (THE TIMES, 11.4.84). POSN 503200N, 012600W PD FOR FILING ONLY. 19.12.91 WK IS ALMOST UNDETECTABLE BY E/S AS IT IS VIRTUALLY BURIED WITHIN A SANDWAVE. IT LIES IN TWO PARTS WITH THE BOW SOME WAY FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. (M WOODWARD, ARTICLE IN SPORT DIVER, VOL 3, NO 6, NOV/DEC 1991). HH100/351/08 13.1.94 REPD LOCATED IN 503200N, 013100.5W. (J WELCH, WK LISTING). NCA YET. HH090/962/01 3.12.02 EXAM'D IN 5031.332N, 0130.441W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 33.5, FOUL 34.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.0 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 17MTRS ALONG 165/345 DEGS. REPORTED BY M WOODWARD TO BE THE BOW SECTION OF HMS ACHERON, LYING ALMOST VERTICALLY, WITH SURROUNDING DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMENDED CINC. INS AS SW 33MTRS. BR STD. 15.3.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC". SEP 2020/000123102 13.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5031.331N, 0130.442W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.39MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. LENGTH 17.8MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 7MTRS. ORIENTATION 105/285 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 95 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). BURIED IN A LARGE SANDWAVE. AMEND NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office

Kommentar Forscher: BOW SECTION STANDING ALMOST VERTICALLY, SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS

Position: 50 31.331 N,1 30.442 W

 

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