Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Naam onbekend, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 15.508 N,3 31.122 W (50.258467, -3.518700)

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: Naam onbekend

Jaar registratie: 1939

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 53 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 98 cm

Bekend sinds: 1939, laatst gedetecteerd: 2013

Details metingen/cartografie: H6025/39 22.8.39 H6025/39 22.8.39 WK, LEAST DEPTH OVER 23FMS, IN 501529N, 033058W. (HMS GLEANER). CHART AS WK 23FMS. - FNM. H2502/51 25.1.52 H2502/51 25.1.52 WK IN 501529N, 033058W. DEPTH OVER WK 22FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 48FT. CONTACTED BY A/S. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO WK 22FMS. BR STD. H2502/51 23.4.52 H2502/51 23.4.52 WK IN 501528N, 033100W. WIRE DRIFT SWEEP SML322 AND 324. CLEAR AT 22FMS, FOUL AT 23FMS IN GEN DEPTH 29FMS. LEAST E/S 22FMS. LENGTH 560FT. LYING 098/278DEGS. POOR A/S CONTACT WAS OBTAINED OWING TO THE MANY SMALL ROCKY OUTCROPS IN THE AREA. (HMS SCOTT, SCES, 5.5.52). AMEND TO SW 22FMS [40MTRS]. NC 1634. H2502/51 8.3.60 H2502/51 8.3.60 AMEND TO WK 22FMS. (WRECKS OFFICE). BR STD. 11.9.69 11.9.69 POSSIBLY THE BATTLESHIP HMS FORMIDABLE, SUNK 1.1.1915. (S V OATES, VISIT TO WKS SECTION, 11.9.69). NCA. H2137/54 21.7.70 H2137/54 21.7.70 NOW CHARTED AS SW 40MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1634. H3221/70 14.8.70 H3221/70 14.8.70 WK LOCATED USING DECCA: BOW IN 501527N, 033059W; STERN IN 501529N, 033105W. AN ENORMOUS WK AND STUDY OF 16MM FILM FROM ARL SCANNER LEAVES LITTLE DOUBT THAT IT IS A LARGE WARSHIP. IT APPEARS TO BE SITTING ON BOTTOM WITH A SLIGHT STARBOARD LIST. TURRET GUNS AND TORPEDO NET BOOMS ARE VISIBLE AND SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS THE LINES OF THE OLD BATTLECRUISER. LENGTH MORE THAN 300FT. LYING SE/NW [COMPARE WITH HMS SCOTT, 1952, 098/278DEGS, 560FT]. DEPTH 23FMS [MIDSHIPS]. NO TIDAL REDUCTION. (RV 'CLIONE', MAY 1970). NCA. H1284/79/187 20.9.79 H1284/79/187 20.9.79 DIVED ON 2.8.79 IN ABOVE POSN. LYING E/W IN TWO PARTS. STATED DEFINITELY NOT HMS FORMIDABLE. NO SIGNS OF GUNS. ONLY 1 PROPELLER [HMS FORMIDABLE HAD 2]. LYING ON PORT SIDE, ANGLE 230DEGS.(A HILLGROVE). NCA. H3221/70 30.1.80 H3221/70 30.1.80 LEAST DEPTH OF WATER OVER WK ESTIMATED TO BE APPROX 140FT. APPEARS TO BE IN TWO PARTS, CERTAINLY NOT UPSIDE DOWN, AND LYING AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 45 DEGS. PERMISSION REQUIRED FOR FURTHER PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY. (F FORRESTER, 28.9.79). NCA. 5.3.80 5.3.80 THIS WK CONSIDERED NOT TO BE HMS FORMIDABLE. (TELECON, F FORRESTER). NCA. H1284/79/187 16.7.80 H1284/79/187 16.7.80 HSA OBSERVED WITHIN 50MTRS OF PLASTIC CONTAINER USED TO MARK WK. (A HILLGROVE, JULY 1980). NCA. 26.9.80 26.9.80 PLYMOUTH CDT DIVED ON THIS WRECK. UNABLE TO IDENTIFY. BAD VISIBILITY. DESCRIBED AS ENORMOUS, STANDING 40-50FT PROUD OF SEABED. TOP OF ONE BOLLARD MEASURED 3FT ACROSS. NCA. H1309/79 16.10.80 H1309/79 16.10.80 WK ON E/S, DIVED IN 501531N, 033104W USING DECCA. SAME SINGLE-SCREW SS AS DIVED ON LAST YEAR, WITH CARGO HOLDS & WINCHES. SEVERAL CARGO BOOMS LIE OUTWARD FROM WRECK TO THE SEABED. NO OTHER 400FT LONG WK IN CLOSE VICINITY. (A HILLGROVE, 30.9.80). NCA. H1310/81 2.9.81 H1310/81 2.9.81 COULD BE WK OF THE ANTONIO. (A HILLGROVE, 31.8.81). NCA. H5982/82 15.2.83 H5982/82 15.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 501523N, 033059W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3, 1982). NCA. 26.4.13 26.4.13 EXAM'D 17.1.13 IN 5015.508N, 0331.122E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.2 IN GEN DEPTH 53.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.1MTRS DEEP AT BOTH ENDS OF WK. LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 13.4MTRS. LIES 098/278 DEGS. IN TWO PARTS, LARGER 80MTS LONG LIES AT APPROX 45 DEGS. BOTH SECTIONS SEMI-SUBMERGED IN SEABED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, SCOUR AT ENDS

Positie: 50 15.508 N,3 31.122 W

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