H A Brightman Wreck

Surveying Details

H2433/71 22.4.71 WRECK IN 544624N, 011424W USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.9 IN GEN DEPTH 21.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. GOOD SONAR RETURN FROM NE AT 750YDS. NOT CLOSE SOUNDED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 30.9.70). INS AS WK 9FMS 3FT. - NM 598/71. 15.5.73 AMEND TO WK 16.9MTRS. NC 2567. H6330/87 4.11.88 EXAM'D 13.6.88 IN 544625N, 011423W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [6 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.2, FOUL AT 17.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.1 IN GEN DEPTH 21.3MTRS (?WEED). NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.4MTRS. COMPLETELY BROKEN UP OVER AREA ABOUT 70 X 20MTRS, ORIENTATED 132/312 DEG. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). BR STD. HH100/351/06 14.4.93 DIVED AUG '89 IN 544624N, 011418W. IDENTIFIED AS H A BRIGHTMAN BY NAME ON BELL. WELL BROKEN WITH BOWS FLAT ON SEABED, ENGINE AND BOILER UPRIGHT AND STERN EITHER MISSING OR BURIED UNDER SEABED OF MUD AND COLLIERY WASTE. STANDS 1MTR HIGH. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). HH100/351/08 11.3.94 DIVED JULY 1992 IN 544623N, 011430W, USING DECCA. WAS FAIRLY WELL COVERED BY SHIFTING SAND AND ONLY AMIDSHIPS - ENGINE AND BOILER - WERE CLEAR, STANDING SOME 4MTRS HIGH. (K A LAWRENCE). NCA. HH100/351/21 26.9.03 DIVED IN 5446.436N, 0114.529W [WGD]. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY E/S AND DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. THE BOILER AND ENGINE BLOCK IS ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF A SINGLE GARAGE. SOME FLAT WRECKAGE AFT OF THIS FOR A FEW MTRS AND SOME FWD FOR ABOUT 10MTRS. ONE OR TWO BEAMS STICK UP A MTR OR TWO AND SLOPE INTO THICK MUD. (D PATTERSON). NCA. 15.3.19 LARGE ENGINE BLK IN THE MIDDLE APPROX 4.5MTRS HIGH. FLATTENED LINEAR WRECKAGE 15-20MTRS TO THE STERN AND SIMILAR WRECKAGE 20MTRS TO THE BOW AREA. (DAVE PATTERSON, DIVED 2018). NFA. SEP 2018/000017129 31.5.18 EXAM'D 12.01.18; WK LOCATED IN 5446.423N, 0114.482W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. LENGTH 77.8MTRS, WIDTH 25.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5.11MTRS, ORIENTATION 2901/110 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 86.6MTRS, 1MTR DEEP, TOWARDS 350 DEGS. DISTINCT WRECK FRAGMENTS ON SEABED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1543). AMEND DW 16.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.