Hms Force Wreck

Surveying Details

H2053/82 20.9.83 EXAM'D 19.5.83 IN 524831N, 014737E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.9 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 37MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS, APPROX. LYING 160/340 DEGS. PROBABLY HMS FORCE. (HMS ECHO, HI 125). INS AS WK 29.5MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/04 27.3.91 DIVED. LARGE WK LYING INTACT AND ON ITS SIDE. HAS SMALL GUN, ON A ROTATING PLATFORM, MOUNTED ON FO'C'SLE. SUPERSTRUCTURE STILL INTACT. WK STANDS 6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (R W HICKINBOTTOM, 24.2.91). 28.10.04 [EUT] POSN: 5248.542N, 0147.506E. NE 106. 19.8.08 DIVED 16.8.08 IN LISTED POSN. LEAST DEPTH 30MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 39MTRS. NO DEBRIS FIELD. SEABED SAND. WRECK INTACT AND LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. ALL DECK MISSING. A LARGE GUN AND MOUNT HAS FALLEN ONTO SEABED AT BOW. BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED ONTO SEABED. THERE ARE 6 DEPTH CHARGES ON STERN SECTION, WHICH HAS A LARGE BREAK OR HOLE WHICH ALLOWS ENTRY INTO WRECK. (G BUXTON, E-MAIL DTD 19.8.08). NCA. 17.12.08 GUN NOW LIES ON SEABED DIRECTLY UNDER THE MOUNTING. ALL OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE NOW BROKEN OFF AND LIES SCATTERED ON THE SEABED, FORMING A DEBRIS FIELD CLOSE TO THE WK. SMALL MAST OR REMNANTS OF A MAST RUNS FROM THE WK THROUGH THE DEBRIS FIELD AND DISAPPEARS INTO THE SAND. MOST OF THE DECKING HAS NOW GONE WITH SEVERAL HATCHWAYS OPEN. QUITE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE STERN FORMING A LARGE OPENING IN THE HULL. (T BENJAFIELD). NCA. SEP 2014/000101130 29.1.214 EXAM'D 28.7.14 IN 5248.540N, 0147.493E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.76 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 25MTRS TOWARDS 135 DEGS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 6.2MTRS. LIES 130/320 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTLY DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). RETAIN WK 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.