Aircraft Wreck 1731

Field Value
Obstruction Category foul ground
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		51 3.577 N,1 11.088 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 51.059617
  • Longitude: 1.184800
Wreck Depth 17.91 m
Water Depth 19 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type aircraft
Sonar Length 17.4
Sonar Width 11.1
Shadow Height 1.5
Orientation 154
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture 6,4
Scour Dimensions 018.21,,000.3,257.0
Original Detection Year 1978
Last Detection Year 2016
Original Source survey vessel
Last Amended Date Apr 20, 2017

Surveying Details

H4453/72 9.2.78 WK LOCATED IN 510334N, 011111E. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HN 1/78 DTD 5.1.78). NCA YET. H4199/78 24.10.78 EXAM'D 18.10.77 IN 510334N, 011111E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. NOT SEEN ON E/S. GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. NO SCOUR. IN TWO PARTS LYING CLOSE TOGETHER. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). INS AS WK 16MTRS. BR STD. H1310/84/39 12.11.84 DIVED ON & FOUND TO BE TWO AIRCRAFT WINGS, BOTH WITH ENGINES ATTACHED. FUSILAGE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. BELIEVED TO BE REMAINS OF SWISSAIR CONVAIR WHICH CRASHED IN JUNE 1954. (P G WEATHERLEY, 4.11.84). NCA. HH090/685/01 18.10.96 EXAM'D 10.8.96 IN 510335.0N, 011105.0E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.7 IN GEN DEPTH 18.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.2MTRS. TWO PIECES OF WRECKAGE COVER AREA OF 5MTRS BY 2MTRS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES 090/270DEGS. SHOWN AS FOUL 17.7MTRS ON FAIR SHEET. (NP 1016, HI 685). BR STD. SEP2016/000091764 20.4.17 EXAM'D 2.12.16 IN 5103.577N, 0111.088E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.91MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19.4MTRS, LENGTH 17.4MTRS, WIDTH 11.1MTRS, HEIGHT 1.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 154/334 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 18.21MTRS, DEPTH 0.3MTRS, TOWARDS 257/077 DEGS. AIRCRAFT WITH TWO INTAKE ENGINES IN ONE PIECE. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND FOUL 17.9MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.

Circumstances of loss

MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN SEA WHEN IT RAN OUT OF FUEL ON A FLIGHT FROM GENEVA TO LONDON. (P G WEATHERLEY).

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