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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 10 SW 3 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | HMS Myrmidon |
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Summary
REMAINS OF BRITISH DESTROYER, 1917
Monument Types
- WRECK (Modern - 1917 AD to 1917 AD)
Full description
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Builder: Palmer's and Co Date Built: 1900 Owner: British Navy Crew: 60 Armament: 1 x 12 pdr, 5 x 6 pdr, 2 Torpedo Tubes Sank following a collision with SS HAMBORN. (2) Sunk by gunfire from HMSP17. (3) 02-APR-1917 Vessel sunk, position given 50 41 00N, 005 00 00E. 05-APR-1971 Wreck located 50 47 32N, 005 94 08E. least depth 89 in general depth 102ft. Swept clear at 75, foul at 86ft. Length 100 to 120ft, lies SW/NE. 26-MAR-1975 examined in 50 47 29N, 005 95 01E. Swept clear at 26.4, foul at 27.1m, least depth 28.0 in a general depth 32m, scour 1m deep, length 40ft. 09-Aug-1977 in 50 47 29N, 005 95 00E. swept clear at 26, foul at 28.5m. least depth 28.1 in general depth 32m. height 4.3m, length 42m, lies N/S. 23-JUL-1985 in 50 47 31N, 005 94 08E.depth 28.6 in general depth 32m. Scour depth 33m, height 4.4m, length 40m. lying N/S. Large magnetic anomaly. Charted as wreck 27.5m. 02-APR-1987 depth over wreck is 26.0 in general depth 31m. 23-JUL-1988 in 50 47 31N, 005 85 08E depth 27.6 in general depth 31m. Scour 0.5m deep. 17-SEP-1988 intact, lying 010/190 deg, with no mast or other projections observed. length 42m, width 4m. height 3.8m. 25-AUG-1989 positively identified as HMS MYRMIDON - name stamped on steering gear. (J S Blight)
<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.
<2> J J Colledge, 1989, Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 2: navy-built trawlers, drifters, tugs and requisitioned ships from , Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6344.
<3> Eric McKee, 1983, Working boats of Britain, Page Nos. 491 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6350.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: J J Colledge. 1989. Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 2: navy-built trawlers, drifters, tugs and requisitioned ships from . Page Nos. N/a. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Eric McKee. 1983. Working boats of Britain. Page Nos. 491. |
