Landing Craft Wreck 1940

Surveying Details

H4835/47 26.7.47 DW WITH G CAN BUOY. (TH NM 69/47). - NM 1929/47. CORRESPONDENCE RE SURVEY OF THESE WKS WITH TRINITY HOUSE. (DWD 66/47). H4835/47 22.10.51 DISPERSED CLEAR TO 2FT FROM SEABED. (C-IN-C NORE, 29.9.51). H4835/47 21.8.52 AREA WITHIN 400YDS OF WK BUOY SEARCHED BY E/S. SMALL PEAK, LEAST DEPTH 2FT, AND RUNNEL, DEPTH 7FT, LOCATED IN GENERAL DEPTH 5FT IN 512205N, 010137E [OGB]. SWEEPING OPS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF BUOY. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1.12.51). H4835/47 21.8.52 INVESTIGATED BY SMLS 325 & 323 IN 512209N, 010136E [OGB] USING HSA. WK WAS TOO CLOSE TO BUOY TO BE SATISFACTORILY INVESTIGATED. WRECKAGE, FOUND BY A SWIMMING PARTY, CLEAR AT 1FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1FT. WK STANDS 3FT ABOVE SEABED. SCOUR 8FT. LIES 80FT N OF BUOY. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 18.6.52). AMEND TO WK 1FM IN 512209N, 010136E [OGB], MARKED BY G CAN BUOY. - NM 1510/52. H4835/47 20.12.57 BUOY REMOVEDED. (TH). DELETE BUOY. - NM 2980/57. H4835/47 23.1.58 CLEAR TO GROUND LEVEL. A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WIRE AND OTHER REMAINS EXIST IN VICINITY. (TH, 2.1.58). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. H4876/59 10.12.59 AMEND TO FOUL. (SDML 3516, HN 3/59). - NM 2301/59. H2343/69 12.2.69 NOTHING FOUND DESPITE CLOSE EXAMINATION BY E/S. IN VIEW OF TRINITY HOUSE REPORT ABOVE RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS BULLDOG, ROS DTD 10.1.69). H6341/87 15.3.89 EXAM'D 20.10.88 IN 512208N, 010133E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 0.5 IN GEN DEPTH 0.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 INDICATES SOME WRECKAGE REMAINS IN VICINITY BUT GAVE NO SONAR SHADOW. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 424). NCA. H6341/87 22.1.91 SHOWN AS FOUL 0.5MTR IN 512207.8N, 010133.1E [OGB]. NES 2571 & 1607. 27.11.03 [EUT] POSN: 5122.163N, 0101.450E. NE 2571. 30.10.13 EXAM'D 6.8.13 IN 5122.171N, 0101.445E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH DRIES 0.35 IN GEN DEPTH DRIES 1.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 31.3MTRS, WIDTH 8.9MTRS, HT 0.75MTR. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VERY BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1438). 14.11.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.35MTRS. (SDC BATHY, EXAMINATION OF DATA FOR HI 1438). AMEND FOUL 0.3MTR.