Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak War helmet, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 37.401 N,0 36.603 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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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: WAR HELMET
Lengte 135.6 meter, breedte: 17.7 meter, diepgang: 12.2, tonnage 8184 ton
Lading: ballast
Oorzaak: Built in 1917 by asano sb co ltd, ishikiawa, tsurmi, japan. owned at time of loss by royal mail ss co (shipping controller). four boilers, two triple expansion engines of 703hp, twin shaft. passage london for barry roads. in ballast. torpedoed by uc-75. all crew recovered.
Jaar registratie: 1918
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 27 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 0 cm
Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 20180207
Details metingen/cartografie: H3211/17 24.1.18 WK TO BE DISPERSED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H7476/17 30.1.18 WK (SUNK 1917) IN 503745N, 003500W. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].
- NM 141/18. 24.12.18 WK IN 503745N, 003500W. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 4M E BY S FROM OWERS LTV. (BMVS). H4407/19 10.6.19 NO TRACE FOUND ON SWEEPING AT 55FT [LWST]. (TRINITY HO). AMEND TO WK PA 9FMS.
- NM 1172/19. 23.7.71 AMEND TO WK PA 16.5MTRS. NC 1652. 7.4.72 AMEND TO WK PA 15.9MTRS [LAT]. NC 1652. H3958/73 15.8.73 LOCATED IN 503724N, 003621W. NOTHING FOUND IN 503745N, 003500W DURING TRANSIT SONAR AND E/S SURVEY. ALMOST CERTAINLY THIS WK. IN APPROX 90FT. (KELVIN HUGHES, SURVEY [K6719/3]). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2318/74 18.11.75 EXAM'D IN 503723N, 003632W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27.0 MTRS. DEPTH OF SCOUR 28.0MTRS. APPROX 175 MTRS LONG, LYING 010/190DEGS. (SCES, HI 62/75).
- NM BLOCK 960/75. 3.9.76 LOCALLY THIS WK IS CONSIDERED MOST LIKELY TO BE 'WAR HELMET'. (J PAISLEY, SCES, TELECON). H4121/76 14.1.77 EXAM'D 1.9.76 IN 503723N, 003630W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. DEPTH OF SCOUR BY E/S 0.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.1MTRS. LENGTH 160MTRS. LIES N/S. HULL APPEARS INTACT, BUT WITH INDISTINCT UPPERWORKS. DIVERS HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS WK AS 'WAR HELMET', NOT 'HUNTSHOLM' [SEE 19986]. DIVERS ALSO REPORT WK BETWEEN 4-500FT LONG; STERN SE & BOWS NW. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). AMEND POSN. RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. 30.9.99 UPRIGHT WITH BOW TO THE NE. FLATTENED MIDSHIPS. THREE BOILERS CLEAR. BOW COMPLETE, STERN WELL BROKEN. FWD STEERING BINNACLE RECENTLY RAISED. (DIVER MAGAZINE, SEPT 1999). NCA. HH091/002/02 28.10.02 EXAM'D 16.7.02 IN 5037.409N, 0036.590W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.5, FOUL 22.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.3 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 140MTRS, WIDTH 70MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP. (NP 1016, HI 1002). AMEND TO SW 22MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 10.08.18 EXAM'D 07.02.18; IN 5037.401N, 0036.603W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 141.5MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS, HEIGHT 5.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180 DEGS. BROKEN UP &COMPRISING LOW LEVEL DEBRIS WITH FOUR BOILERS &TWO TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES PROMINENT MIDSHIPS. BOW S. SHAFT TUNNEL EXTENDING TOWARDS N END. OTHER REMAINS CONSIST OF BROKEN VESSEL FRAME &TWO MASTS. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOW S.
Positie: 50 37.401 N,0 36.603 W