Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hmt beech, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 58 36.634 N,3 31.982 W (58.6086, -3.4256833333333)

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: HMT BEECH

Lengte 43 meter, breedte: 7 meter, tonnage 540 ton

Oorzaak: ex-lord dawson, built in 1929, purchased by the admiralty in feb 1939. was used as a minesweeper until bombed & sunk by aircraft in scrabster bay.

Jaar registratie: 1941

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 13 meter

Bekend sinds: 1941, laatst gedetecteerd: 2019

Details metingen/cartografie: POSN 583639N, 033200W, OR 147DEGS, 3C FROM LITTLE HEAD LT. (ADMIRALTY). H02251/41 15.8.41 DISPERSED TO 5FMS. (CSVO LYNESS, 1.8.41). INS AS WK 5FMS IN 583639N, 033200W.

- NM 1916/41. H02251/41 29.6.48 FOULED BY FISHERY PROTECTION CRUISER. (SCOTTISH HOME DEPARTMENT, 23.6.48). H4632/71 29.10.71 REPORTED BY HARBOUR MASTER, SCRABSTER AS NON-EXISTENT. (SD INFORMATION). H4811/75 9.2.77 NOT LOCATED BY DETACHED SURVEY PARTY IN CHARTED POSN USING E/S LINES AT 10MTR INTERVALS OUT TO 50MTRS EITHER SIDE OF POSN. LOCAL DIVERS & HARBOUR MASTER HAVE SEARCHED FOR THIS WK MANY TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. CONSIDERED PROBABLY TO HAVE DISINTEGRATED. (HMS HERALD, HI 138/76). DELETED. BR STD. H4811/75 10.8.77 SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF E/S TRACES REVEALED WK IN 583639N, 033154W [OGB], HAVING SUNK LEVEL WITH SEABED. (HMS HERALD, SIGNAL DTD 3.8.78). CHART AS FOUL. NC 1462 H4811/75 14.3.78 POSN 104.75DEGS, 592MTRS FROM SCRABSTER LT. (HMS HERALD, 6.10.77). HH268/410/03 17.11.99 LOCATED DURING MAGNETOMETER AND DCS3 TRIAL IN 5836.658N, 0331.892W [OGB] USING DGPS. DIVED AND FOUND TO BE REMAINS OF A VESSEL WITH A SINGLE METAL RIB PROTRUDING FROM THE SEABED BY 4MTRS. THIS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CUT AND LAID ON THE SEABED. AT THE S END OF THE WRECKAGE AREA LIES A SECTION OF ?GUNWHALE 6-9MTRS IN LENGTH WITH A MAX HT OF 1.5MTRS. THE MAIN PART OF THE WRECKAGE, THE BOILER, STANDS NEAR THIS 2.7MTRS OFF THE SEABED AND COVERS AN AREA OF 6MTRS RADIUS. BOTH THESE SECTIONS LIE IN AN AREA OF SCOUR 1.2-1.5MTRS DEEP. THUS THE HIGHEST PART OF THE BOILER IS ABOUT 1.5MTRS HIGH FROM THE GENERAL SEABED. DEBRIS, INCLUDING WIRES AND OTHER SMALL METALLIC SECTIONS, IS STREWN ABOUT THE AREA. THE BULK OF THE WK IS PROBABLY BURIED. REMAINDER WOULD NOT CAUSE A HAZARD UNLESS FOULED. (M FRENCH, FATHOMS LTD, LTR DTD 11.11.99). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.04 [WGD] POSN: 5836.634N, 0331.982W. NE 1462. 5.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE & BOILER, BOILER STANDS 1.5MTRS HIGH

Positie: 58 36.634 N,3 31.982 W

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