Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Mtb 539, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 53 32.96 N,4 8.025 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)
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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: MTB 539
Länge22.3 meter, Breite: 6.1 meter, Tiefgang: 1.5, Tonnage 47 ton
Ursache: probably foundered. vessel was one of series built by vospers, numbered 523 to 539. displacement of 47 tons. armed with 4 off 18 inch torpedo tubes, 2 off 20mm aa guns, 4 off machine guns. powered by 3 packard engines of 3,960 hp total. crew of 13. vessel was on trials from beaumaris when an engine blew up, making a hole in the hull causing the vessel to sink. was of aluminium construction and was the only one of its type and series. at the time of loss it was not armed.
Jahr der Registrierung: 1987
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 43 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 34 cm
Bekannt seit: 1987, zuletzt detektiert: 20210810
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H3838/86 20.8.87 WK LOCATED IN 533256N, 040756W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.7; BY SONAR 39MTRS. FULL DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED WHEN WIRE SWEPT. (HMS FAWN, HI 357). INS AS WK 39MTRS.
- NM 2699/87. H3838/86 29.3.88 EXAM'D BY HMS BULLDOG WITH HYDROSEARCH. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.7 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS; HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.3MTRS, SHADOW HT 3.3MTRS. LENGTH 25MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. UPRIGHT AND LYING 050/230 DEG. (HMS FAWN, HI 357). NFA. H100/351/01 23.11.89 DIVED 28.5.89 IN ALMOST NIL VISIBILITY. A SMALL WK, PROBABLY A COASTER OR TRAWLER. COMPLETELY INTACT AND UPRIGHT WITH BOW NE. HAS A SMALL WHEELHOUSE FOR'D AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MAST HAS FALLEN FROM THE FOREDECK ACROSS THE PORT BOW AND ANGLED TOWARDS STERN. (K HURLEY, 23.10.89). HH100/351/07 26.7.93 DIVED AGAIN RECENTLY IN GOOD UNDERWATER CONDITIONS. FOUND TO BE AN ALUMINIUM MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT, COMPLETELY INTACT. HAS FOUR TORPEDO TUBES, TWO ON EITHER BOW. ONLY DAMAGE FOUND WAS SLIGHT BULGING OF HULL ON QUARTER. HIGHEST POINT IS SMALL BRIDGE AREA. (K HURLEY, 22.7.93). HH100/351/10 13.7.95 DIVED IN SUMMER 1993, CONFIRMED AS ALUMINIUM MTB. AGAIN DIVED AND CONFIRMED AS MTB 539. (J SHAW). HH100/351/12 24.3.97 FURTHER DETAILS OF LOSS OF VESSEL PASSED. (SEE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS). (K HURLEY). SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 10.08.2021; IN 5332.960N, 0408.025W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. LENGTH 24.6MTRS, WIDTH 6.9MTRS, HEIGHT 4.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 034/214 DEGS. UPRIGHT WRECK, HULL IS PARTIALLY BURIED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7467). AMEND NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: Upright wreck, hull is partially buried.
Position: 53 32.96 N,4 8.025 W