Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms wakeful, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 51 22.717 N,2 43.354 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)
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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 WAKEFUL
Lengte 95.1 meter, breedte: 9.1 meter, diepgang: 3.4, tonnage 1300 ton
Oorzaak: A v/w class destoyer. torpedoed by german e-boat while evacuating british troops from dunkirk. broke in two and sank very quickly. great loss of life. (dod). sunk by german submarine s 30. about 100 of the 650 personnel onboard killed. (r verpoorte). not confirmed in axis submarine successes. 3.2.01 total complement was 675 of whom some 650 were lost. (the times, 3.2.01).
Jaar registratie: 1963
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 20 meter
Bekend sinds: 1963, laatst gedetecteerd: 2019
Details metingen/cartografie: H4029/63 1.11.63 WK 17.2MTRS IN 512242N, 024347E [EUR]. (NETH NM 3013/63).
- NM 2246/63. H4029/63 23.1.84 SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.5MTRS IN 512246N, 024326E. (BELGIAN NM 135/83). AMEND TO SW 17.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/02 9.4.90 WK IN 512247N, 024326E REFERRED TO AS HMS WAKEFUL. (D TERMOTE, 26.3.90). HH100/351/01 1.6.90 DEFINITELY THE WK OF V & W TYPE DESTROYER. IN TWO PARTS LYING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER. FOR'D SECTION (APPARENTLY) IS ABOUT 33MTRS LONG AND LIES ON PORT SIDE AND STANDS SOME 3.5MTRS PROUD OF SEABED. MUCH DEBRIS WIDELY SCATTERED AROUND. IT IS ORIENTATED 360/180 DEG. AFTER PART IS ON EVEN KEEL, LYING 270/090 DEG, WELL SETTLED INTO SEABED WITH SAND UP TO TOP ROW OF PORTHOLES ON PORT SIDE AND A DEEP SCOUR ON STARBOARD SIDE. IT IS ABOUT 33MTRS LONG AND THE BREAK IS NEAR THE SEARCHLIGHT PLATFORM. 4.7" GUNS LIE ON TOP WITH 2 TRIPLE TORPEDO TUBES. SCATTERED REMAINS OF FUNNELS, BOILERS AND OTHER MACHINERY LIE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS. (D TERMOTE, 19.4.90). HH100/351/07 18.10.93 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS WK OF HMS WAKEFUL BY SHIP'S CREST ON LIFEBOAT. (M R H VANALDERWEIRELDT, 30.9.93). 7.2.01 WK TO BE LIFTED IN 2002 AND MOVED INTO DREDGED TRENCH TO GIVE GREATER WATER DEPTH. (ARTICLE IN THE TIMES, 3.2.01). HH100/351/19 8.11.02 HMS WAKEFUL NOT LIKELY TO BE MOVED UNTIL 2003, IF EVER. (BELGIAN COAST HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE). SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 17.4MTRS [LAT] IN 5122.717N, 0243.354E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.2010]. SEP 2014/000129403 2.7.14 NOW HISTORIC WK. (BELGIAN NM 13/203/14).
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS AT RIGHT ANGLES
Positie: 51 22.717 N,2 43.354 E