Aircraft Wreck 62812

Field Value
Wreck Category non-dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		57 41.371 N,3 47.531 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 57.689517
  • Longitude: -3.792183
Wreck Depth 38.93 m
Water Depth 43 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type aircraft
Sonar Length 20.4
Sonar Width 14.5
Shadow Height 3.7
Orientation 79
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Mud
Original Detection Year 1981
Last Detection Year 2020
Original Source survey vessel
Last Amended Date Jan 11, 2021

Surveying Details

H3060/79 29.9.81 LOCATED 6.8.81 IN 574125N, 034727W. DCS3 HT 7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. BELIEVED TO BE AN AIRCRAFT. MANY SCOUR MARKS ON SEABED. (PALMER, EAE MARINE SURVEY, 25.8.81). INS AS WK 35MTRS. BR STD. H1310/84/40 15.11.84 LOCATED IN 574126N, 034720W USING DECCA. (B. GREIG). NCA. HH100/351/01 22.11.89 LOCATED IN CHARTED POSN AND DIVED ON. PART OF AIRCRAFT WING FOUND CONTAINING TWO ENGINE COWLINGS. THEREFORE CANNOT BE FROM A WELLINGTON BOMBER. (HMS CHALLENGER, 27.10.89). HH100/351/145 5.8.99 DIVED IN 5741.373, 0347.548W [WGD] USING GPS. FOUR ENGINE COWLINGS LOCATED TOGETHER WITH CIRCULAR WINDOWS. CONSIDERED TO BE THE WK OF SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT. LARGE PIECES OF FUSELAGE REMAINING BUT THE WINGS HAVE BEEN WELL DAMAGED BY TRAWLERS. LIES ON TOP OF MUDDY SLOPE. MAX HT 5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 24.7.99). NCA. SEP 2020/000300180 8.3.20 EXAM�D 8.3.20 IN 5741.371N, 0347.531W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.93MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. LENGTH 20.4MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS. ORIENTATION 079/259 DEGS. BURIED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1582). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

Circumstances of loss

REPORTED AS A SUNDERLAND. PRESUMED TO HAVE CRASHED DURING WWII.

General Comments

BURIED

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