Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Hms minion, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 38.653 N,0 13.976 W (50.644216666667, -0.23293333333333)

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.

Name: HMS MINION

Länge84.1 meter, Breite: 8.2 meter, Tiefgang: 3, Tonnage 1042 ton

Ursache: sold for breaking in germany but sank en route. (the nautical magazine, vol.246, no.6, pp.401/402).

Jahr der Registrierung: 1974

Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 43 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 72 cm

Bekannt seit: 1974, zuletzt detektiert: 1988

Detailmessungen/Kartographie: 30.12.74 FF/WK REPD IN 503845N, 001348W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1974). H1965/76 9.7.79 DCS3 CONTACT, CLASSIFIED WK, LOCATED IN 503838N, 001347W [OGB]. LYING NE/SW, 100MTRS LONG. NOT EXAM'D. (HMS BULLDOG HI 37A/77). WK LOCATED 7.6.75 IN 503834N, 001352W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.6 IN GEN DEPTH 43.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.6MTRS. SCOUR LYING NE/SW. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). ACCEPT HMS FAWN'S DEPTH IN HMS BULLDOG'S POSN. CHART AS WK 30MTRS IN 503838N, 001347W [OGB]. R/P. H3823/78 21.8.79 WK LOCATED USING DECCA. NOT DIVED ON YET. (E GILES, 16.8.79). H1965/76 11.12.79 EXAM'D 16/17.10.79 IN 503837N, 001353W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. DECCA USED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.9 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS, LENGTH 92MTRS, BEAM 14.5MTRS. LYING 090/270DEGS. LARGE INTACT WK WHICH APPEARS TO BE ON ITS SIDE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. H1965/76 28.11.80 EXAM'D 17.2.80 IN 503837N, 001354W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 89MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS, HT 7.8MTRS. LARGE WK, WITH CONSPIC FUNNEL ON CENTRAL SUPERSTRUCTURE. (HMS BULLDOG HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 35MTRS. R/P. H1310/83/4 19.1.82 DIVED ON AND FOUND TO BE WK OF WW1 TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER, SIMILAR TO 'L CLASS'. HULL IS INTACT & LYING ON EVEN KEEL. BEAM ABT 30FT WIDE. BRIDGE COLLAPSED ONTO FOREDECK. NO SIGNS OF FUNNELS, BUT 3 HOLES WHERE THEY USED TO BE. 2 TORPEDO TUBES FARTHER AFT. (T W BENNETTO, 4.1.83). NCA. H1310/84/32 7.9.84 AFTER FURTHER DIVES IN 1984, CAN CONFIRM AS A BRITISH DESTROYER, BRIDGE TELEGRAPH MADE BY CHADBURNS, LIVERPOOL; AND TALLIES FOR 'WARD ROOM' & 'DEPTH CHARGE TELEGRAPH' HAVE BEEN LIFTED. STERN OF VESSEL HAS BEEN BLOWN OFF (T W BENNETTO, 4.9.84). [COULD POSSIBLY BE HMS LAFOREY - SEE [21090] IN 505530N, 012730E]. NCA. H1310/86/10 3.4.86 EXAM'D 1983. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'NORTH WESTER'. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES, WK NO 047). NCA. H1310/29/86 25.11.86 DIVED AGAIN 11.9.85. HOLES PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE WHERE FUNNELS HAD STOOD NOW THOUGHT TO BE EITHER FOR GUN MOUNTINGS OR TORPEDO TUBES. NO GUNS HAVE BEEN FOUND. (T W BENNETTO). NCA. H1310/88/30 29.6.88 WK IS BROKEN ACROSS AMIDSHIPS. GUNS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED. LEAST DEPTH AT LW - 42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. STERN ALMOST BURIED BY SANDWAVE. APPEARS TO MATCH 'L CLASS' DESTROYER AND, IF SO, CAN ONLY BE HMS LAFOREY. NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE YET. (P A VAN DER BOON). NCA. 15.1.92 SHIP BUILDERS PLATE RECOVERED INDICATING THAT THIS IS REMAINS OF HMS MINION. (THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE, VOL 246, NO 6). NCA.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office

Kommentar Forscher: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 38.653 N,0 13.976 W

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