Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 938365
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/938365
UKHO Identifier : 003731
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.80375,-6.47361
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.80366,-6.47456
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 55.80167,-6.47500
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 5
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMSM GRAPH (P.715)(EX U.570)
Type : SUBMARINE
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 64.9
Beam : 6.1
Draught : 4.9
Tonnage : 880
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 20/03/1944
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1944
Last Detection Year : 1996
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **EX-U-570. CAPTURED 28.8.41 BY HMS BURWELL & HMT NORTHERN CHIEF IN N ATLANTIC AFTER BEING DEPTH CHARGED BY RAF AIRCRAFT OF 269 SQDN ON THE PREVIOUS DAY. REFITTED IN BARROW, EMERGING AS HMSM GRAPH. AFTER COLLISION WITH DOCKYARD WALL IN CHATHAM WAS TOWED TO CLYDE FOR USE AS DEPTH CHARGE TARGET. STRIPPED OF ALL INTERNAL FITTINGS AND TOWED BY TUG 'EMPIRE JOHN'. BROKE TOW AT 0410 ON 18.3.44 IN 50MPH WINDS. DRIFTED ASHORE. SCRAPPED IN SITU.
Surveying Details : **H3436/53 10.10.53 CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE TO FIXED MORTGAGE TRUST LTD. (D.N.C)
**H1248/70 9.2.70 NOW OWNED BY J R SCOTT OF ARDBEG, PORT ELLEN, ISLAY. CONNING TOWER AFT IS STILL IN ONE PIECE, BUT FORWARD OF THIS VERY LITTLE LEFT. (J R SCOTT, LTR DTD 6.2.70).
**H1310/81/12 2.7.81 REPORTED TO LIE IN 554806N, 062830W IN APPROX DEPTH 5MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP. EASILY LOCATED AS LARGE WINCH, WHICH HAS BEEN ABANDONED, OVERLOOKS SITE. (D W ARGOOD, 24.6.81). NCA.
**H1283/82/149 19.7.82 PENNANT NUMBER BELIEVED TO BE N46 NOT P715. (R CRABTREE).
**9.12.96 POSN GIVEN AS 554813N, 062829W [WGD]. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS).
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 27/09/2002
Date Position Last Amended : 09/12/1996
