Hms Vanguard Wreck

Surveying Details

H809/56 26.1.56 WRECK CONSISTS OF DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER WIDE AREA. (CINC ATLANTIC FLEET). ORIGINALLY CHARTED BY NM 2198/21, BUT NOT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED. H3402/59 29.6.59 INS AS PROHIBITED AREA ON NC 2179. H622/61 28.6.61 NUNDY MARINE METALS REPORTED TO BE STILL WORKING ON WK. ALTHOUGH A GREAT DEAL HAS BEEN RECOVERED IT HAS NOT BEEN ENTIRELY DEMOLISHED, BUT DUE TO DEPTH OF WATER CERTAINLY CONSTITUTES NO DANGER TO SHIPPING. (KINCK & RICHARDSON, SOLICITORS CP56924/60). H622/61 5.9.61 CONTRACT EXTENDED TO 1.5.63. (DNC). 28.9.70 SALVAGE TO TAKE PLACE AT INTERVALS DURING NEXT FIVE YEARS. (NUNDY MARINE METALS) 21.3.74 CENTRE OF WK 585126N, 030620W, EXTENDING ABOUT 400FT N BY W & S BY E. LEAST DEPTH NEAR SOUTHERN END 62FT, & ON NORTHERN END 84FT. FOUL AREA EXTENDING APPROX 1000FT E BY N, 3000FT W BY S & 1000FT S FROM CENTRE. (HUNTING SURVEYS [K6864/17]). H2017/72 19.8.74 INS DWP, CENTRED ON 585126N, 030620W, WITH DEPTH 14FMS ON N & 10FMS 2FT ON S END, ALSO F AREA. - NM BLOCK 1550/74. 12.9.75 A DETAILED INVESTIGATION BY COMMAND CLEARANCE DIVING TEAM CONFIRMS THAT WK WAS BLOWN APART BY ORIGINAL EXPLOSION WHICH DESTROYED VIRTUALLY ALL EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE ON BOARD. STERN SECTION OF WK LARGELY UNDAMAGED & CONTAINS AFTER 18 INCH TORPEDO ROOM, WHICH CONTAINS PRESUMABLY TORPEDO WARHEADS. A LIGHT SCATTERING OF LOOSE CORDITE STICKS ON SEABED ARE NO THREAT AND CAN BE LEFT IN SITU. ONE APPROX 12 INCH SHELL TO BE REMOVED FROM WRECKAGE, FOR DISPOSAL, 15-19 SEP '75. TORPEDO WARHEADS IN STERN SECTION POSE POTENTIAL THREAT TO OCCIDENTAL PIPELINE, CONSIDER UNWISE TO DISTURB IN VIEW OF PROBABLE DETERIORATION. MOD WARNS SALVAGE COMPANY & OCCIDENTAL OF PROBABLE PRESENCE OF WARHEADS IN STERN SECTION LOCATED IN 585126N 030612W AND DANGER OF SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN THAT VICINITY. (FOSNI, SIGNAL DTD 9.9.75 TO MOD NAVY, QHM ROSYTH, C IN C FLEET, HYDRO. FOR INFO). H622/61 21.10.77 SALVAGE RIGHTS FOR PERIOD ENDING 31.12.82 SOLD TO SCAPA FLOW SALVAGE LTD. (DNC LTR DC11(1)/CP53529/75, DTD 15.7.77) 2.12.77 CENTRE POSN AMENDED TO 585127.8N, 030620.8W, WITH DEPTHS 18.9 & 25.6MTRS. NC 35. 23.11.79 SHOWN AS DWP 18.9MTRS ON NCS 2568, 2162. H2962/81 2.5.81 INS E CARD BUOY, VQ(3)5S IN 585127.3N, 030608.3W. - NM 934/81. H2962/81 5.5.81 DEPTH 14.9MTRS REPD OVER WK IN 585127.7N, 030620.05W. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL). - PNM 1099/81. H4282/81 16.9.81 LEAST DEPTH WITHIN MAIN AREA OF WRECKAGE 14.2MTRS IN 585127N, 030621W. (RACAL-DECCA SURVEY LTD, JUN '81). AMEND TO DWP 14.2MTRS IN 585127N, 030621W. - NM 2309/81. 16.7.82 SHOWN AS DWP WITH DEPTHS OF 14.2 & 18.9MTRS, WITH BUOY ON NC 2581. H2962/81 22.3.84 BUOY NOW CARRIES NOTICE INDICATING WK IS A WAR GRAVE. (D/NLC/63/1/25). HH268/440/05 27.9.02 DESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5851.400N, 0306.405W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02). - NM 5104/02. SEP 2006/000394419 30.10.06 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1761/02 CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5851.400N, 0306.405W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2616/06). NCA. 28.4.08 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5851.400N, 0306.405W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 950/08). NCA. 1.2.10 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5851.400N, 0306.405W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 3380/09). NCA. 16.6.17 PREVIOUS SI CANCELLED. REDESIGNATED AS PROTECTED MILITARY WRECK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 200MTRS CENTRED ON 5851.425N, 0306.445W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 147/2017). RSDRA2025000126343 03.04.25 LOCATED IN M/B DATASET 2023. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.27MTRS. DEEPER THAN CHARTED. NFS. (ORKNEY ISLAND COUNCIL, M/B SURVEY, DTD 2023). RETAIN DW 14.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.