Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms japan, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 51 53.505 N,1 34.382 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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.
Naam: HMS JAPAN
Lengte 34.7 meter, breedte: 6.6 meter, diepgang: 3.4, tonnage 205 ton
Oorzaak: Built in 1904 by cochrane & sons, selby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 60hp, single shaft. hired in 1915. mined.
Jaar registratie: 1918
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 10 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 146 cm
Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 20200913
Details metingen/cartografie: H4344/18 12.8.18 POSN 515324N, 013438E. CHARTED BUT LATER DELETED AS NO LONGER DANGEROUS. - FNM 325 & 517/18. H3186/73 11.5.73 EXAM'D IN 515322N, 013433E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SMALL CONTACT - HEIGHT 1 TO 2FT. (HMS NURTON/ISS, 30.3.73). INS FOUL. BR STD. H4358/74 18.2.76 NOT FOUND. (HMS ECHO, HI 12/75). NCA. H4726/77 16.3.79 NOT FOUND. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 4.12.78). NCA. H1955/80 23.3.82 EXAM'D 28.10.81 IN 515328N, 013431E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.3 IN GEN DEPTH 5.5 TO 11MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 1MTR. V SMALL CONTACT ON EDGE OF SAND WAVE. LENGTH APPROX 15MTRS. LYING 120/300 DEGS, APPARENTLY BROKEN UP. (SOISS, HI 25). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H2913/83 18.10.84 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. V SMALL CONTACT BUT GIVES CLEAR SONAR RETURN AGAINST BLAND SEABED. (HMS ECHO, HI 192). NCA. H4024/86 17.2.88 EXAM'D 22.8.87. NOTHING FOUND ON E/S OR SONAR. GEN DEPTH 7.5 TO 11.5MTRS. MAG ANOMALY IN 515328N, 013428E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP], INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF SOME 100 TO 150 TONNES. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 373). NCA. H6335/87 12.7.88 EXAM'D 3.6.88 IN 515328N, 013429E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [5 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.1 IN GEN DEPTHS 10 TO 11MTRS. NOT LOCATED WITH DCS3. MAG ANOMALY INDICATES FERROUS CONTENT OF ABOUT 40 TONS. PROBABLY BROKEN UP AND MOSTLY ENGULFED. (NP 1016, HI 418). NCA. H3933/88 19.9.89 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI 455). NCA. HH090/494/01 24.8.90 EXAM'D 30.7.90 IN 515328N, 013429E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [6 LOP]. BROKEN UP AND BURIED IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. NOT FOUND USING E/S AND NO DCS3 SHADOW OBTAINED. MAG ANOMALY OBSERVED IN VICINITY. A 4MTR SANDWAVE EXISTS NEARBY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 494). NCA. HH090/515/01 12.11.91 NOT FOUND. GEN DEPTH NOW 7MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 515). NCA. HH090/573/01 29.9.93 LOCATED 10.8.93 IN VICINITY OF CHARTED POSN DURING ROUTINE SONAR SEARCH AND ON MAGNETOMETER. STRONG DEFLECTION. NO SONAR HEIGHT OBTAINED. SMALL CONTACT LIKELY TO COVER AND UNCOVER IN SANDWAVES. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 573). HH090/625/01 23.5.94 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 625). HH090/653/01 10.8.95 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3. NO MAGNETOMETER AVAILABLE. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 653). HH090/690/01 20.5.96 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 690). NCA. HH090/742/01 19.5.97 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 742). HH090/768/01 6.7.98 EXAM'D 9.4.98 IN 515328.1N, 013428.0E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.4 IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. AN AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE ALMOST SUBSUMED BY A SANDWAVE OF 4MTRS HT. THE CREST OF THE SANDWAVE IS SHOALER THAN THE WK. CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 768). RETAIN FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/851/01 8.7.99 EXAM'D 5.6.99 IN 5153.515N, 0134.356E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.4 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. NO SCOUR. COVERS 30MTRS BY 30MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AN AREA OF WRECKAGE, ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED, LYING WITHIN AN AREA OF SANDWAVES. THE SANDWAVES ADJACENT ARE SHOALER. INS AS FOUL 9.4MTRS (NP 1016, HI 851). AMEND TO FOUL 9.4MTRS. BR STD. HH090/885/01 2.6.00 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 885). NCA. HH090/935/01 7.6.01 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. GEN DEPTH NOW 13MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 935). NCA. HH090/993/01 1.7.02 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.2MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 993). NCA. HH091/023/01 2.6.03 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. MAGENTIC ANOMALY ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 1023). NCA. SEP 2007/000008875 12.2.07 EXAM'D 26.6.06 IN 5153.506N, 0134.379E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.46 IN GEN DEPTH 11.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 2.0MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. SMALL, INTACT VESSEL LYING ACROSS A SANDWAVE. (MV TRIAD, HN FOR HI 1165). AMEND WK 9.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/165/01 26.3.07 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1165). NFA. HH091/262/01 5.2.09 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1262). NCA. SEP 2014/000153152 30.9.14 EXAM'D 16.7.14 IN 5153.505N, 0134.379E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.75 IN GEN DEPTH 10.6MTRS. SCOUR 0.2MTR DEEP AT WK. LENGTH 37.5MTRS, WIDTH 6.0MTRS, HT 1.85MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. MAINLY BURIED AND BROKEN. (EGS, HI 1459). THREE AREAS OF WRECKAGE WITH MINOR SCOUR. BOWS ?NNW. PROBABLY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. AMEND WK 8.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2013/000024437 18.6.15 EXAM'D 12.10.14 IN 5153.505N, 0134.379E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.65 IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. LENGTH 28.3MTRS, WIDTH 5.9MTRS, HT 2.35MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD 19.3MTRS, ORIENATATION 320DEGS. AMEND DEPTH 8.6MTRS. SEP 2020/000286875 25.11.20 EXAM'D 13.09.20; IN 5153.505N, 0134.382E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.09MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS, LENGTH 14MTRS, WIDTH 3.5MTRS, HT 1.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 146/326 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 5MTRS TOWARDS 320DEGS. WRECK IS MOSTLY COVERED BY A SANDWAVE, TWO SEPERATE PORTIONS ARE UNCOVERED. (A-2-SEA, HI 1690). AMEND DW 9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Positie: 51 53.505 N,1 34.382 E