Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms minion, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 38.653 N,0 13.976 W (50.6442167, -0.2329333)

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 MINION

Lengte 84.1 meter, breedte: 8.2 meter, diepgang: 3, tonnage 1042 ton

Oorzaak: Sold for breaking in germany but sank en route. (the nautical magazine, vol.246, no.6, pp.401/402).

Jaar registratie: 1974

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 43 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 72 cm

Bekend sinds: 1974, laatst gedetecteerd: 1988

Details metingen/cartografie: 30.12.74 FF/WK REPD IN 503845N, 001348W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1974). H1965/76 9.7.79 DCS3 CONTACT, CLASSIFIED WK, LOCATED IN 503838N, 001347W [OGB]. LYING NE/SW, 100MTRS LONG. NOT EXAM'D. (HMS BULLDOG HI 37A/77). WK LOCATED 7.6.75 IN 503834N, 001352W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.6 IN GEN DEPTH 43.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.6MTRS. SCOUR LYING NE/SW. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). ACCEPT HMS FAWN'S DEPTH IN HMS BULLDOG'S POSN. CHART AS WK 30MTRS IN 503838N, 001347W [OGB]. R/P. H3823/78 21.8.79 WK LOCATED USING DECCA. NOT DIVED ON YET. (E GILES, 16.8.79). H1965/76 11.12.79 EXAM'D 16/17.10.79 IN 503837N, 001353W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. DECCA USED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.9 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS, LENGTH 92MTRS, BEAM 14.5MTRS. LYING 090/270DEGS. LARGE INTACT WK WHICH APPEARS TO BE ON ITS SIDE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. H1965/76 28.11.80 EXAM'D 17.2.80 IN 503837N, 001354W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 89MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS, HT 7.8MTRS. LARGE WK, WITH CONSPIC FUNNEL ON CENTRAL SUPERSTRUCTURE. (HMS BULLDOG HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 35MTRS. R/P. H1310/83/4 19.1.82 DIVED ON AND FOUND TO BE WK OF WW1 TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER, SIMILAR TO 'L CLASS'. HULL IS INTACT & LYING ON EVEN KEEL. BEAM ABT 30FT WIDE. BRIDGE COLLAPSED ONTO FOREDECK. NO SIGNS OF FUNNELS, BUT 3 HOLES WHERE THEY USED TO BE. 2 TORPEDO TUBES FARTHER AFT. (T W BENNETTO, 4.1.83). NCA. H1310/84/32 7.9.84 AFTER FURTHER DIVES IN 1984, CAN CONFIRM AS A BRITISH DESTROYER, BRIDGE TELEGRAPH MADE BY CHADBURNS, LIVERPOOL; AND TALLIES FOR 'WARD ROOM' & 'DEPTH CHARGE TELEGRAPH' HAVE BEEN LIFTED. STERN OF VESSEL HAS BEEN BLOWN OFF (T W BENNETTO, 4.9.84). [COULD POSSIBLY BE HMS LAFOREY - SEE [21090] IN 505530N, 012730E]. NCA. H1310/86/10 3.4.86 EXAM'D 1983. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'NORTH WESTER'. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES, WK NO 047). NCA. H1310/29/86 25.11.86 DIVED AGAIN 11.9.85. HOLES PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE WHERE FUNNELS HAD STOOD NOW THOUGHT TO BE EITHER FOR GUN MOUNTINGS OR TORPEDO TUBES. NO GUNS HAVE BEEN FOUND. (T W BENNETTO). NCA. H1310/88/30 29.6.88 WK IS BROKEN ACROSS AMIDSHIPS. GUNS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED. LEAST DEPTH AT LW - 42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. STERN ALMOST BURIED BY SANDWAVE. APPEARS TO MATCH 'L CLASS' DESTROYER AND, IF SO, CAN ONLY BE HMS LAFOREY. NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE YET. (P A VAN DER BOON). NCA. 15.1.92 SHIP BUILDERS PLATE RECOVERED INDICATING THAT THIS IS REMAINS OF HMS MINION. (THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE, VOL 246, NO 6). NCA.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Positie: 50 38.653 N,0 13.976 W

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