Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms force, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 52 48.54 N,1 47.493 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aberhill
3. Actuosity (possibly)
4. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Artemisia
9. Avonwood
10. Ayrshire (possibly)
11. Barrhill
12. Begona no 5
13. Bertha
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. British triumph
16. Camilla weston
17. Cantabria (probably)
18. Cardanel
19. Castle galleon
20. Chevington
21. City of kobe
22. Clansman (possibly)
23. Corchester
24. Cordene
25. Corduff
26. Cormead
27. Courier (probably)
28. Crichtoun
29. Cross sand ltv
30. Daisy (possibly)
31. Dashwood
32. David b summers
33. Efos
34. El dorado
35. Ems
36. English trader
37. Ethel
38. Ethel radcliffe
39. Excellenz mehnert
40. Friesland
41. Fulgens
42. G and e (possibly)
43. Galatea (possibly)
44. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
45. Gardenia
46. Geneva
47. George fisher
48. Georgia (for'd part)
49. Glen derry (probably)
50. Glen tilt (possibly)
51. Glynn
52. Hauxley (possibly)
53. Hector gannet
54. Helena
55. Hms agate
56. Hms cantatrice
57. Hms dhoon (probably)
58. Hms dungeness
59. Hms exmoor
60. Hms force
61. Hms francolin
62. Hms glen prosen
63. Hms irvana (part of)
64. Hms kaphreda
65. Hms m a west (probably)
66. Hms pelton (probably)
67. Hms speeton (possibly)
68. Hms tettenhall
69. Hms tonbridge
70. Hms tranio
71. Hms true accord (probably)
72. Hms washington (probably)
73. Hms william stephen
74. Hmsm c 11
75. Hmsm d5
76. I t l anna b
77. Ilse
78. Ionian (probably)
79. Kentwood (probably)
80. King egbert
81. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
82. Knitsley (possibly)
83. La perouse (possibly)
84. Langeli (possibly)
85. Leelite
86. Leopold ii
87. Lindisfarne (probably)
88. Londoner (probably)
89. Mardyke
90. Marsworth
91. Meriones
92. Montferland
93. Murdoch (probably)
94. Navarra (possibly)
95. Nereus
96. Nordborg (possibly)
97. Norman queen
98. Oil trader
99. Ole bull
100. Osprey
101. Otter
102. Oxshott (possibly)
103. Pacific (possibly)
104. Pegrix
105. Pluton
106. Polaris
107. Prima
108. Regain
109. Robrix
110. Rogate
111. Roine
112. Rose marie
113. Roxanna
114. Roy
115. Rye
116. Seagull
117. Seaham
118. Sheaf water
119. Silksworth hall (probably).
120. Sir william stephenson
121. St mark
122. Stanmount
123. Thomas m (possibly)
124. Tregantle (possibly)
125. Trevethoe
126. Upminster
127. Vanguard
128. Vigo
129. Viola (possibly)
130. Waldinge
131. Walkure
132. War valley
133. Whintown (possibly)
134. White swan
135. White swan (possibly)
136. Willowpool
137. Xanthe
138. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Naam: HMS FORCE

Lengte 42.2 meter, breedte: 7.2 meter, diepgang: 3.9, tonnage 324 ton

Oorzaak: ex-franciszka '39, ex-cape tarifa '38, ex-stoneferry '34. built in 1917 by cochrane & sons ltd, selby. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 100 nhp, single shaft. machinery by c d holmes & co ltd, hull. hired as minesweeper in feb 1940. bombed and sunk by german aircraft. (sibi)

Jaar registratie: 1983

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 36 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 140 cm

Bekend sinds: 1983, laatst gedetecteerd: 2014

Details metingen/cartografie: H2053/82 20.9.83 EXAM'D 19.5.83 IN 524831N, 014737E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.9 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 37MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS, APPROX. LYING 160/340 DEGS. PROBABLY HMS FORCE. (HMS ECHO, HI 125). INS AS WK 29.5MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/04 27.3.91 DIVED. LARGE WK LYING INTACT AND ON ITS SIDE. HAS SMALL GUN, ON A ROTATING PLATFORM, MOUNTED ON FO'C'SLE. SUPERSTRUCTURE STILL INTACT. WK STANDS 6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (R W HICKINBOTTOM, 24.2.91). 28.10.04 [EUT] POSN: 5248.542N, 0147.506E. NE 106. 19.8.08 DIVED 16.8.08 IN LISTED POSN. LEAST DEPTH 30MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 39MTRS. NO DEBRIS FIELD. SEABED SAND. WRECK INTACT AND LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. ALL DECK MISSING. A LARGE GUN AND MOUNT HAS FALLEN ONTO SEABED AT BOW. BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED ONTO SEABED. THERE ARE 6 DEPTH CHARGES ON STERN SECTION, WHICH HAS A LARGE BREAK OR HOLE WHICH ALLOWS ENTRY INTO WRECK. (G BUXTON, E-MAIL DTD 19.8.08). NCA. 17.12.08 GUN NOW LIES ON SEABED DIRECTLY UNDER THE MOUNTING. ALL OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE NOW BROKEN OFF AND LIES SCATTERED ON THE SEABED, FORMING A DEBRIS FIELD CLOSE TO THE WK. SMALL MAST OR REMNANTS OF A MAST RUNS FROM THE WK THROUGH THE DEBRIS FIELD AND DISAPPEARS INTO THE SAND. MOST OF THE DECKING HAS NOW GONE WITH SEVERAL HATCHWAYS OPEN. QUITE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE STERN FORMING A LARGE OPENING IN THE HULL. (T BENJAFIELD). NCA. SEP 2014/000101130 29.1.214 EXAM'D 28.7.14 IN 5248.540N, 0147.493E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.76 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 25MTRS TOWARDS 135 DEGS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 6.2MTRS. LIES 130/320 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTLY DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). RETAIN WK 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT SIDE, SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED

Positie: 52 48.54 N,1 47.493 E

 

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