Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms bittern, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 18.18 N,3 0.063 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

 

1. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Clan stuart (probably)
17. Cornelia
18. Einar jarl
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Glocliffe
23. Gorizia
24. Grane
25. Greenville
26. Greleen
27. Greta c
28. Gudrun
29. Hms amazon
30. Hms bittern
31. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
32. Hms boadicea
33. Hms buccaneer
34. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
35. Hms formidable
36. Hms harstad
37. Hms hickory
38. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
39. Hms lord hailsham
40. Hms manor
41. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
42. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
43. Hms remindo (possibly)
44. Isbjorn
45. Karen marie (probably)
46. Kongshaug (probably)
47. L h carl
48. La blanca (possibly)
49. La portaise (probably)
50. Lct 381
51. Lofoten (probably)
52. Lord stewart
53. Lst 507 (bow section)
54. Lst 507 (stern section)
55. Lst 531
56. Lucinda (possibly)
57. Majorca
58. Marguerite (possibly)
59. Marie des isles
60. Marjolene
61. Minerva (probably)
62. Modavia
63. Moel tryvan
64. Moidart
65. Motano (probably)
66. Nyasaland
67. Ocean vagabond
68. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
69. Pergo
70. Pomella
71. Radaas (probably)
72. Reggestroom (probably)
73. Renilde
74. Romsdalen (probably)
75. Rosten (possibly)
76. Rotorua
77. Salsette ii
78. Siren
79. Sparkling foam (possibly)
80. Ster de zee (possibly)
81. Tandil (probably)
82. Trito
83. U 1191
84. Ub 19 (probably)
85. Ull (probably)
86. Ursa (probably)
87. W h dwyer
88. Westergate (probably)

 

Naam: HMS BITTERN

Lengte 64.3 meter, breedte: 6.7 meter, tonnage 360 ton

Oorzaak: built in 1897 by vickers. a 'c' class destroyer. two triple expansion engines of 5700nhp, twin shaft. one 12pdr, five 6pdr guns, 2 torpedo tubes. sank following a collision with ss kenilworth. cut in two and sank with no survivors. (colledge & sibi).

Jaar registratie: 1989

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 55 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 0 cm

Bekend sinds: 1999, laatst gedetecteerd: 2003

Details metingen/cartografie: HH100/351/01 10.7.89 HH100/351/01 10.7.89 HMS BITTERN'S LAST REPORTED POSN WAS 10M SSE FROM BERRY HEAD AT 0200. COLLISION TOOK PLACE AT 0315 WITH SS KENILWORTH WHICH HAD BEEN STEERING A COURSE OF W 0.5 S ACROSS LYME BAY FROM OFF PORTLAND, AT 11 KNOTS. (C DAVIES, 19.6.89). HH100/351/14 8.9.99 HH100/351/14 8.9.99 DIVED IN 5018.20N, 0300.0W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK LIES BROKEN UP ON AND E/W AXIS. THE MAIN WRECKAGE IN THE QUOTED POSN COMPRISES ONE DAMAGED BOILER, THE TWO ENGINES AND ASSOCIATED PIPEWORK. THE PROPS ARE ALSO IN SITU. THE BOW SECTION IS WELL BROKEN UP AND THIS AND THE OTHER BOILERS AND PARTLY BURIED IN SILT. THE IMPACT WITH SS KENILWORTH APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE PORT SIDE IN THE AREA OF THE AFTERMOST BOILER. HMS BITTERN WAS CUT IN TWO WITH NO SURVIVORS. (N R CHIPCHASE). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH090/961/01 10.12.03 HH090/961/01 10.12.03 EXAM'D 21.6.03 IN 5018.180N, 0300.063W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51.6 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 31MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.2MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BADLY BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SEDIMENT. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 51MTRS. BR STD.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, PARTY BURIED

Positie: 50 18.18 N,3 0.063 W

 

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