Dredger Wreck 54955

Surveying Details

H03534/51 13.9.51 H03534/51 & H3504/51 13.9.51 WK LOCATED DURING SEARCH FOR HMS AFFRAY IN 495630N, 024400W APPROX. DIVED ON AND FOUND TO BE AN OLD MERCHANT SHIP, LYING ON ITS SIDE IN BAD STATE. NO SIGN OF UPPER WORKS. LENGTH 265FT, HT 70FT. ORIENTATED 040/260DEGS. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 24.7.51). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. 5.2.80 5.2.80 SHOWN AS WK PA 40MTRS ON FRENCH 878 [1979 EDN]. BR STD. HH090/496/01 8.8.90 HH090/496/01 8.8.90 EXAM'D 11.5.90 IN 495648N, 024402W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.6 IN GEN DEPTH 63.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS. INTACT AND ORIENTATED 070/250DEGS. HAS A LIST TO THE SE. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE APPARENT. (NP 1008, HI 496). AMEND TO WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 8.12.97 8.12.97 WK 52MTRS SHOWN IN 495650N, 024457W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6966 [2ND EDN 1997]. NCA. HH100/351/20 9.7.03 HH100/351/20 9.7.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THE WK OF A SPECIAL PURPOSE CARGO SHIP OR DREDGER. HULL IS INVERTED BUT IS HELD UP CLEAR OF THE SEABED ON THE PORT SIDE BY THE UPPERWORKS. MACHINERY CAN BE SEEN, INCLUDING VERY LARGE WHEELS. A CONVEYOR BELT IS FIXED TO THE PORT SIDE DECK AND RUNS ALONG HALF THE LENGTH OF THE VESSEL. AT THE BOW THIS IS SOME 2-3MTRS OFF THE SEABED. A BOILER LIES ON THE SEABED NEAR THE STERN. (MV SKIN DEEP, VIA N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH100/351/21 9.3.04 HH100/351/21 9.3.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 60MTRS. HT 13MTRS. LIES 070/250 WITH BOWS TOWARDS 250 DEGS. INTACT, NEARLY INVERTED. COULD BE DREDGER. (I TAYLOR, SKINDEEP DIVING). NCA. 11.5.04 11.5.04 STILL SHOWN IN 4956.800N, 0245.000W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6940 [INT 1702] [4TH EDN 2004]. ADOPTION OF BA 2454. NCA.