Light Ship Wreck 59998

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		52 48.441 N,1 56.355 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 52.807350
  • Longitude: 1.939250
Wreck Depth 27.21 m
Water Depth 29 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type light ship
Sonar Length 32.4
Sonar Width 6.7
Shadow Height 2.6
Orientation 172
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Sand
Scour Dimensions 121.0,029.0,000.7,336
Original Detection Year 1994
Last Detection Year 2019
Original Source survey vessel
Surveying Details HH090/616/01 21.10.94 EXAM'D 8.7.94 IN 524824.7N, 015628.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 27.1, FOUL 27.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.0 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 29MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. BROKEN UP OR POSSIBLY BURIED, GIVES SEVERAL CLOSELY SPACED POINT CONTACTS. (GARDLINE, HI 616). - NM 3901/94. HH100/351/18 29.8.02 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A LIGHT VESSEL SOME 40MTRS LONG WITH WOODEN DECKS. A LIGHT TOWER LIES ON THE SEABED ADJACENT TO THE WK. UPRIGHT BUT TILTED TO ONE SIDE. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 12.7.02). NCA. SEP 2020/000100123 21.5.20 EXAM'D 14.02.19; IN 5248.441N, 0156.355E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 32.4MTRS, WIDTH 6.7MTRS, HEIGHT 2.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 172/352 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 121MTRS, WIDTH 29MTRS, 0.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 336 DEGS. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). WRECK LIES ON ITS PORT SIDE. THERE IS A LARGE MAST THAT HAS COLLAPSED AND LIES TO THE EASTERN SIDE. SMALL OBJECT LIES SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN WRECK, APPROX. 8M TO THE WEST. AMEND DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date May 21, 2020

General Comments

UPRIGHT, SLIGHT LIST, LIGHT TOWER LIES NEARBY

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