Hms Landrail (Probably) Wreck

Surveying Details

H820/32 29.4.32 OLD WK LOCATED 297DEGS, 7M FROM PORTLAND BILL LT. LEAST DEPTH 15FMS. (RA, GOSPORT, 26.4.32). CHART AS WK 15FMS. - NM 750/32. H3971/52 3.7.52 WK IN 503343N, 023728W USING HSA. WIRE DRIFT SWEEP 5.6.52, CLEAR AT 13, FOUL AT 14FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 80FT IN GEN DEPTH 16-17FMS. VERY GOOD A/S TARGET. LIES NW/SE. LENGTH 350FT. SHOALEST PART AT ITS CENTRE. (HMS SCOTT/SCES, 5.6.52, SURVEY [E9419]). AMEND TO WK 13FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 23MTRS. NC 3315. H1285/76 16.5.76 LOCATED IN 503347N, 023725W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH 28 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS [DIVER]. LIES APPROX N/S WITH 30DEGS LIST TO STBD & IS IN TWO MAJOR PARTS. BOW SECTION, APPROX 30MTS LONG, HEADING DUE S & STERN SECTION, APPROX 65MTRS LONG, FACES N IN LINE WITH BOWS. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE EVIDENT. WOODEN DECKS ALMOST COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED. PORTHOLE RECOVERED WITH BROAD ARROW MARKING. MAY HAVE BEEN AN RN WW1 LOSS. DIVED 6.5.75. (D CARR, BSAC, 16.5.76). NCA. H1286/76/223 29.6.76 CONFIRMED AS WK OF HMS BITTERN IN 503341.4N, 023730W [OGB] USING DECCA. (P CORNISH, WHO HAS APPLIED TO PURCHASE THIS WK). NCA. 5.8.76 MR P CORNISH'S APPLICATION TO PURCHASE HMS BITTERN REFUSED. (N/S[C]70233/72, DNC(S), 30.7.76). NCA. H5982/82 3.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 503345N, 023721W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982 EDN]). NCA. H2923/83 3.1.85 EXAM'D 29.7.84 IN 503343N, 023727W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.2, FOUL AT 25.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.2 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 1-2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LYING 150/330DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.5.89 KINGSTON & TAUNTON SAC CONVINCED THIS WK IS NOT HMS BITTERN. THE FORMER CLUB ARE CONVINCED IT IS HMS LANDRAIL & THE LATTER REFER TO IT AS HMS HAZARD [SEE 19121]. (M SKELSEY, MARINE SCIENCE BRANCH). NCA. HH100351/01 10.7.89 DIVED ON 17.6.89. IDENTIFIED AS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE WK OF HMS LANDRAIL BY FOLLOWING FEATURES: BOW TORPEDO TUBE; QUARTER & STERN GALLERY WINDOWS; HAWESPIPE AT BOWS. NONE OF WHICH WERE FEATURES ON HMS BITTERN. (C DAVIES, 19.6.89). NCA. HH100/351/16 13.10.00 LOCATED BY E/S IN 5033.771N, 0237.565W [WGD] USING DGPS. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH. (T JOHNSON. LTR DTD 10.10.00). NCA. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 14.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.59MTRS IN 5033.759N, 0237.553W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 30MTRS. LENGTH 66.9MTRS, WIDTH 11.9MTRS, HEIGHT 4.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 140/320 DEGS. PARTIALLY INTACT, LISTING TO STB. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.