Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Hms warspite, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 7.113 N,5 28.891 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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.
Name: HMS WARSPITE
Länge195.1 meter, Breite: 31.7 meter, Tiefgang: 9.4, Tonnage 30600 ton
Ursache: built in 1913 by devonport dockyard. twenty four boilers, steam turbines of 75000 hp, quarduple shafts. broke away from tug while being towed portsmouth for the clyde for breaking. grounded and was later beached. scrapped in situ over a period of five years.
Jahr der Registrierung: 1947
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 7 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 69 cm
Bekannt seit: 1947, zuletzt detektiert: 2022
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H5257/56 17.8.56 BEACHED IN PENZANCE BAY IN 1950(?). SALVAGE OPS SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE HULK HAS FINALLY BEEN REMOVED AND NOTHING REMAINS. (MOT DOCKET M1844/50, HM CG ST JUST). H5868/56 11.10.56 EXAM'D 1.9.56. WRECKAGE OF 2 BOILERS AND PLATING REMAIN IN POSN 294DEGS, 1080FT FROM ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT FS. WRECKAGE CLEAR AT 8FT [LWST]. (TH, 18.9.56). CHART AS OBSTN 1FM 2FT.
- NM 2559/56. H3481/65 19.11.65 METAL OF BOILERS IS IN RELATIVELY GOOD CONDITION, RESTING ON HARD SAND. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8FT. POSN 312.5DEG, 1100FT FROM ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT FS. (HYDROGRAPHIC SCHOOL, ST BUDEAUX, 20.7.65). H3481/65 18.6.70 CHART AS OBSTN 2.4MTRS IN 500705N, 052851W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2345. H3843/86 3.6.88 SOUNDED BUT NOT SWEPT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 362A). NO RESULTS FORWARDED. HH100/351/16 28.12.00 DIVED IN 5007.116N, 0528.850W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH BY E/S. STANDS 7.4MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND. TWO HUGE, VERTICAL BOILERS FORM THE MAIN PART OF THE WK, WITH HULL PLATING AND SCATTERED DEBRIS IN BETWEEN. VERY PROMINENT FEATURE ON E/S. (G LOCKETT, 18.12.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/246/01 13.5.09 LOCATED IN 5007.1136N, 0528.8895W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST DEPTH 4.98MTRS. LENGTH 13MTRS BY 5MTRS OVERALL, WITH MORE PROMINENT FEATURE SOME 7MTRS BY 5MTRS. MX HT ABOVE SEABED APPROX 1.7MTRS. (SDC DIGITAL BATHY, EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA FROM HI 1246 [M4807, NETSURVEY]. APPEARS HIGHER IN SUPPLIED IMAGES. RETAIN OBSTN 2.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HI1770 28.06.23 EXAM'D 31.08.22 IN 5007.113N, 0528.891W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7.2MTRS. LENGTH 16.15MTRS, WIDTH 15.58MTRS, HT 3.05MTRS, ORIENTATION 069/249 DEGS. WRECK REMAINS ARE PARTIALLY INTACT AND BURIED, NO SCOUR BUT A DEBRIS FIELD SURROUNDING THE MAIN FEATURE. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1770). AMEND DW 4.15MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: TWO BOILERS REMAIN, WRECK REMAIN ARE PARTIALLY INTACT AND BURIED, NO SCOUR BUT A DEBRIS FIELD SURROUNDING THE MAIN FEATURE
Position: 50 7.113 N,5 28.891 W