Maritime record MWX5054 - Empress of India

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Battleship sunk as gunnery target in Lyme Bay.

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After being stripped of there stores and portable fittings she was towed out not Lyme bay for use as a gunnery and torpedo target. After several hits she turned turtle and sank. (1) Hydrographic Office survey records lists a sweep and soundings survey over the wreck of HMS Empress of India in Lyme Bay (2). 50 29.70N, 2 57.90W

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Larn, R, and Larn, B. 1995. Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1.
  • <2> Unpublished document: HMS Flinders. 1932. Hydrographic Survey, archive reference E3730.

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Grid reference SY 3165 6655 (point)
Map sheet SY36NW

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  • None recorded

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1158

Record last edited

Feb 17 2011 11:57AM

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