Lighter Wreck 76617

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		35 54.063 N,14 30.237 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 35.901050
  • Longitude: 14.503950
Wreck Depth 4.758 m
Water Depth 10 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type lighter
Sonar Length 33.27
Sonar Width 6.89
Shadow Height 2.72
Orientation 170
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Apr 1, 1942
Original Detection Year 1975
Last Detection Year 2023
Original Source diver
Last Amended Date Jul 17, 2023
Limits

Surveying Details

H1310/74/78 17.3.75 WK LOCATED IN 355408N, 143016.8E [EUR]. BELIEVED TO BE FUEL LIGHTER SUNK AT SAME TIME AS HMS PANDORA. LIES N/S WITH BOW N, ON 40DEG ROCK SLOPE. DEPTH TO POINT OF BOW IS 4MTRS AND BOW STANDS 2MTRS HIGH. STERN LIES IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. LENGTH 32MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. HULL FAIRLY COMPLETE, BUT WITH BOMB DAMAGE HALF WAY ALONG PORT SIDE. (D. SANDERSEN, DTD 7.3.75). CHART AS DWP. NC 974. H1310/84/11 2.4.84 LIES STILL VIRTUALLY AS DESCRIBED IN 1975. (G.J. UNDERWOOD, DTD 14.3.84). NFA. 13.1.01 WGD POSN: 3554.060N, 1430.241E. NC 177. SEP 2019 /000112606 20.11.2018 EXM'D 20.11.2018; WRECK LOCATED IN 3554.069637N, 1430.236560E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.758MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. LENGTH 33.27MTRS, WIDTH 6.89MTRS, HEIGHT 2.72MTRS, ORIENTATION 170DEGS. (HMS ECHO SNT 06_17 H525). AMEND DW 4.7M IN REVISED POSN.

Circumstances of loss

VESSEL, BOMBED & SUNK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

General Comments

Data missing from the wreck bow.

Limits: features shown as areas and not points

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