Motor Minesweeper 113
Motor Minesweeper 113 (82071)
- Easting
- 461361
- Northing
- 101640
Remains of MMS113 a wooden vessel used during WWII. 105ft BritishMinesweeper built in Wivenhoe Yard Essex in 1940/ 1941. She served with minesweeper flotillas 102 and 103, based at Sheerness for the duration of the war. For showing "great gallantry and endurance" following the Battle of the Scheldt Estuary in 1944, her crew was mentioned in despatches. On the 8th November 1945 she was handed over to the Director of Small Craft Disposal to be sold off. M113 was assigned to Operation Neptune (part of Operation Overlord) on 6th June 1944 and was damaged by a mine on the 14th June requiring 2 months in repairs. (Naval Historical Branch)
- Period
- Modern (1901 and later)
- Period comments
Known WWII vessel
- The earliest date of the feature, as a year, if known
- 1940
- The latest date of the feature, as a year, if known
- Monument Type - Broad
- Wreck
- Monument Type - Narrow
- Monument Description
- Evidence Type - Broad
- Vessel
- Evidence Type - Narrow
- Collapsed
- Evidence Description
- A maritime monument where the fabric of a vessel has collapsed, leaving the hull structure flat on the seabed but not widely dispersed.
- Object Type - Broad
- Object Type - Narrow
- Object Description
- Height OD (m)
- How accessible is the feature?
- Accessible on foot (no footpath)
- Accessibility comments
Other records:
- NRHE Number
- Unknown
- NT HBSMR Number
- Unknown
- HER Event Number
- Unknown
- External Link
- None
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- Date of survey
- 28th July, 2015
- Feature located?
- Yes
- State of the tide
- Low
- Proximity to coast edge
- Intertidal zone
- Coastal processes
- Active sea erosion
- Is there a coastal defence?
- No
- Other threats?
- Visitor erosion
- If other, please specify
- How visible are the remains? ABOVE GROUND
- Highly visible (substantial remains)
- How visible are the remains in the face of the cliff, ridge or dune? IN SECTION
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- Has local associations/history
- What actions (if any) would you recommend for this feature?
- Do you have any other comments?