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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

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