Belle Ile (Possibly) Wreck

Surveying Details

H7317/53 19.11.53 H7317/53 19.11.53 WRECK LOCATED IN 500040N, 034300W. (RISDON BEASLEY). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 6.3.73 6.3.73 AMENDED TO USC 40MTRS. NC 2519. H3110/72 14.3.75 H3110/72 14.3.75 WRECK LOCATED IN 500052N, 034242W [OGB] USING DECCA. REPORTED TO BE 36FT HIGH ON SEABED. (S BARRETT, VISIT DTD 11.3.75). AMEND TO WK 58MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4551/76 5.1.77 H4551/76 5.1.77 REPD IN POSN 500040N, 034300W [OGB] OR 192DEGS 13M FROM START POINT LT. LIES CAPSIZED 150DEGS ON A BOTTOM OF FAIRLY HARD SAND IN 38FMS.THE HULL IS HEAVILY OVERGROWN AND ENCRUSTED. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE EXISTS IN THE AREA OF THE FWD HOLD AND THE BOWS OF THE VESSEL ARE TURNED AWAY 090DEGS. INITIAL RECOVERIES INCLUDED PIECES OF SHELL PLATING, DECK BEAMS, KEDGE ANCHOR AND CABLE FROM THE CHAIN LOCKER. LATER A SECTION OF NO.2 HOLD WAS REMOVED AND SOME QUANTITIES OF COAL OBTAINED. THE VESSEL WAS THOUGHT TO BE PROBABLY SUNK BY TORPEDO DAMAGE OR MINED FORWARD. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 30.11.76. SURVEYED IN 1953). NCA. H4514/76 28.4.77 H4514/76 28.4.77 WK LOCATED BY E/S USING DECCA. (T ALLEN, 13.4.77). H1936/80 2.10.81 H1936/80 2.10.81 EXAM'D 19.3.81 IN 500043N, 034245W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. ABOUT 40MTRS LONG, LYING N/S. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). AMEND TO WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/17 18.7.01 HH100/351/17 18.7.01 DIVED IN JULY 01. INTACT STERN LIES TO THE N. MUCH OF THE MIDSHIPS AREA APPEARS TO BE TWISTED OVER WITH LITTLE OF THE BOW REMAINING. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH100/351/20 6.8.03 HH100/351/20 6.8.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY DIVE COMPUTER. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO SCOUR. SEABED GRAVEL AND SAND. INVERTED BUT FOR BOW SECTION, WHICH IS BROKEN OPEN AND TWISTED TO THE STBD SIDE. MIDSHIPS A SCOTCH BOILER VISIBLE THROUGH THE BROKEN KEEL. KEEL BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES. RUDDER AND SINGLE IRON PROP IN PLACE. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 19.4.05 HH091/059/01 19.4.05 EXAM'D 7.7.04 IN 5000.765N, 0342.811W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.1 IN GEN DEPTH 68.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 8.3MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 080 DEGS. COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.