Freighter Wreck 27507

Surveying Details

H4708/66 22.11.66 H4708/66 22.11.66 WK, LEAST DEPTH 17FMS IN GEN DEPTH 32FMS, IN 023312N, 1044006E. USED AS A/S TARGET. (COMFEF, HN 28.10.66). INS AS NDW. - NM 2162/66. H4708/61 24.1.79 H4708/61 24.1.79 WK IDENTIFIED AS A TANKER OF SOME SIZE. (CDR A BALDWIN, 3.1.79). HH100/351/07 19.10.93 HH100/351/07 19.10.93 LOCATED IN 023312.5N, 1044004E [WGD] USING GPS. A FAIRLY LARGE VESSEL IN ABOUT 55MTRS OF WATER. CORAL GROWTHS AND MANY LARGE FISH MAKE THIS WK AN ATTRACTIVE DIVE. (N CARTER, 5.10.93). HH100/351/12 30.9.96 HH100/351/12 30.9.96 LOCATED AND DIVED IN 023312.5N, 1044002E [WGD] USING GPS. LIES WITH BOW W IN 64MTRS WITH 46MTRS OVER THE CENTRE CASTLE. SMALL ITEMS RECOVERED WITH BRITISH TRADEMARKS AND A RADAR SCANNER CONSTRUCTED OF STEEL RODS. VESSEL DOES NOT HAVE ANY HOLDS BUT IT DOES HAVE MANY SKYLIGHTS OVER VARIOUS COMPARTMENTS. REFERRED LOCALLY AS A TANKER BUT LACK OF PIPEWORK DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS. MAY BE AN AUXILLARY OR SUPPORT SHIP. DAMAGE BELOW WATERLINE THUS MAY HAVE BEEN TORPEDOED. NO DAMAGE TO THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. LENGTH OF VESSEL IS MORE THAT 140MTRS. (V SKOGLIE). AMEND WK 46MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/15 24.2.00 HH100/351/15 24.2.00 LIES IN 0233.27N, 10440.95E [WGD] POSN BY GPS. KNOWN AS THE 'SONAR TARGET'. A FREIGHTER OF ?JAPANESE ORIGIN. (S SJOSTRAND, E-MAIL DTD 20.2.00). SUSPECT LONGITUDE IN ERROR. NCA. HH100/351/19 11.10.02 HH100/351/19 11.10.02 SMALL ID PLATE RECOVERED MARKED: 'RADIOMARINE CORPORATION OF AMERICA', DATED NOV 1948. PREVIOUSLY HAVE RECOVERED A SMALL BRASS LIGHT FIXTURE OF AN UNUSUAL DESIGN, SIMILAR TO THOSE SEEN IN A SWEDISH BUILT SHIP. (V SKOGLIE). NCA. HH553/520/04 8.11.04 HH553/520/04 8.11.04 SUBSTITUTE WK 46MTRS FOR NDW. (MALAYSIAN NM 10/167/02). BR STD.