Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack War helmet, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 37.401 N,0 36.603 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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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: WAR HELMET
Länge135.6 meter, Breite: 17.7 meter, Tiefgang: 12.2, Tonnage 8184 ton
Last: ballast
Ursache: 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.
Jahr der Registrierung: 1918
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 27 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 0 cm
Bekannt seit: 1918, zuletzt detektiert: 20180207
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: 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.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: WELL BROKEN UP, BOW S.
Position: 50 37.401 N,0 36.603 W