HMS Waterwitch

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The HMS Waterwitch was a British hydrographic survey vessel active in eastern Asian waters in the early twentieth century. It was an all-wooden vessel, purchased from a private owner specifically for survey work.

Originally built as a private vessel in 1878, it was purchased by the British Admiralty, possibly in 1892, from Lillie Langtry. It sank in Singapore Harbour on September 1, 1912, after being rammed by the Singapore governor's personal launch, the Seamew. Two members of the crew were lost.[1] Some pictures of the wreck, and pieces of mail sent from the ship on various occasions, survive.

According to Korean accounts, the Waterwitch surveyed Socotra Rock in 1910, and confirmed a depth of less than 5.4 meters. [2]

HMS Waterwitch was also the renamed HMS Powderham Ham class minesweeper in 1960.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Howe (2004).
  2. ^ Korean Maritime Police. 일하며 생각하며. e-Focus (online Maritime Police newsletter). Retrieved on September 23, 2006.

[edit] References

Howe, Robert (2004-07-06). A shipwreck in Singapore and the Jersey Lily. Gibbons Stamp Monthly (online edition). Retrieved on September 23, 2006.

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