Aircraft Wreck Gb 57205

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 45.658 N,1 9.42 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.760967
  • Longitude: -1.157000
Wreck Depth 20.5 m
Water Depth 22 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type aircraft
Flag GB
Shadow Height 0.8
Orientation 115
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Feb 24, 1940
Bottom Texture Sand
Original Detection Year 1990
Last Detection Year 2013
Original Source survey vessel
Last Amended Date Oct 14, 2013

Surveying Details

HH3847/86/2 30.7.90 HH3847/86/2 30.7.90 WRECKAGE EXAM'D 10.5.90 IN 504537.6N, 010919.7W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.6 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 0.5MTR. CONFIRMED BY DIVER TO BE AN AIRCRAFT. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 366). INS AS WK 18.6MTRS. BR STD. 18.10.04 18.10.04 NOT LOCATED DURING ROUTE SURVEY. (HMS PENZANCE, NOV 2003). NCA. HH091/090/01 20.6.05 HH091/090/01 20.6.05 LOCATED 1.10.04 IN 5045.662N, 0109.433W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.8 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 14MTRS, WIDTH 4.2MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. NOT SEEN ON MBES. NO DEBRIS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1090). NCA. 11.1.13 SEP 2013/000004405 11.1.13 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. GEN DEPTH 21.35MTRS. (APB SOUTHAMPTON, SOLENT SURVEY DTD 5.2012). PREVIOUSLY LOCATED BY E/S ONLY. NCA. 14.10.13 *14.10.13 EXAM'D 1.7.13 IN 5045.658N, 0109.420W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.5 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 2.9MTRS, WIDTH 1.7MTRS, HT 0.8MTR. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SECOND CONTACT LIES 65MTRS NW, LEAST DEPTH 20.9MTRS. LENGTH 6.9MTRS, WIDTH 2.2MTRS, HT 0.8MTR. FRAGMENTS OF WRECKAGE. (NETSURVEY, HI 1437). AMEND WK 20.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

Circumstances of loss

24.2.1940 BELIEVED TO BE WRECKAGE OF A BLACKBURN BOTHA AIRCRAFT, L6111, WHICH CRASHED ON 24.2.1940 DURING A MINING PRACTICE EXERCISE. WAS BASED AT RNAS LEE-ON-SOLENT. (HMSML GLEANER).

General Comments

WRECKAGE

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