Claverley (Possibly) Wreck

Surveying Details

H4514/76 18.1.77 H4514/76 18.1.77 WK IN 500305.37N, 035103.39W [OGB] USING DECCA. RUN OVER WK WITH E/S ON 11.1.77 AT 1600HRS. DRIFTING ENE/WSW OVER WK. HEIGHT OF WK 36FT IN GEN DEPTH 37FMS. (T ALLEN, 12.1.77). CHART AS WK 30FMS (55MTRS). - NM 659/77. H1936/80 2.10.81 H1936/80 2.10.81 LARGE WK EXAM'D 5.3.81 IN 500301N, 035108W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. NEARLY 100MTRS LONG, LYING N/S. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). AMEND TO WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. HH091/059/01 19.4.05 HH091/059/01 19.4.05 EXAM'D 7.4.04 IN 5003.035N, 0351.201W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60.8 IN GEN DEPTH 67.4MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 70MTRS ALONG 072/252 DEGS. LENGTH 104MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 200 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED, PARTLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.10.07 24.10.07 THIS IS THE WK OF A LARGE SS WITH A TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND THREE BOILERS. BOW APPEARS TO BE INVERTED AS AT THE STBD SIDE THE HAWSE AND ANCHOR ARE AT SEABED LEVEL. THIS SECTION STANDS 8MTR HIGH. AFT OF THIS IS A LARGE, INTACT HATCH COMBING AND WINCH. AT MIDSHIPS THE MACHINERY IS UPRIGHT WITH TWO LARGE BOILERS AND ONE SLIGHTLY SMALLER ONE ON THE STBD SIDE. THIS PART IS TERMINATED BY THE ENGINE ROOM BULKHEAD WITH ONLY THE INTACT SHAFT TUNNEL LEADING OVER SAND TO AN INTACT STERN WHICH LIES 30 DEGS OVER TO PORT. THE HIGHEST PART OF THE STERN IS THE IS THE STBD GUNWHALE AT 62MTRS DEPTH. A DEBRIS FIELD OF MOSTLY HULL-PLATES LIES ALONG THE ENTIRE PORT SIDE OF THE WRECK IN 72MTRS. FRAMING AT THE STERN COULD IDENTIFY THIS AS THE TURRET DECK SHIP 'CLAVERLEY'. (N R CHIPCHASE).