Military Vessel Wreck 48538

Field Value
Obstruction Category foul ground
Status Dead = Not detected by numerous sources therefore considered not to exist
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		49 27.517 N,2 30.947 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 49.458617
  • Longitude: -2.515783
Water Depth 20 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type military vessel
Cargo armament
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Original Detection Year 1968
Last Detection Year 2015
Original Source national HO/authority charts
Last Amended Date Nov 19, 2015

Surveying Details

22.8.68 FOUL SHOWN IN 492734N, 023058W ON FRENCH CHARTS. LC 2668. 10.10.68 NO LONGER SHOWN ON NEW EDITIONS OF FRENCH CHARTS. LC 2668. H4647/68 8.10.69 THOUGHT TO BE IN POSN OF THIS FOUL, BY MAGNETIC COMPASS ONLY, NEEDS CHECKING BY HSA. A TRAWLER TYPE VESSEL, SITTING UPRIGHT ON THE BOTTOM, 130FT LONG, WITH A DEPTH OF ABOUT 45FT OVER, 58FT AT HALF TIDE. IT WAS USED AS A FLAK SHIP & HAS AMMUNITION ON BOARD. (LT CDR WILSON, PLYMOUTH CLEARANCE DIVING TEAM, 30.9.69). CHARTED AS F REP (1945) ON BA 262B. H4647/68 4.9.73 CHARTED AS F IN 492734N, 023052W [EUR] ON NC 3140. H4364/70 1.5.79 REFERRED TO AS 'NORTH' WRECK. TRANSITS: BELVEDERE LT & WHITE PATCH OF CASTLE CORNET IN LINE; VICTORIA TR WITH ST JULIANS ARMS; RED LT [OLD HBR JUST OPEN N OF WHITE RK LT. (GEN. PILOTAGE, GUERNSEY). NCA. 6.2.01 NOW CHARTED IN 4927.577N, 0230.867W [EUR] ON NE 3140 [1993 EDN]. [WGD] POSN: 4927.517N, 0230.947W. SEP 2015/000230440 19.11.15 NOT SEEN IN M/B DATASET. (HMSML GLEANER SNT02/15). AMEND TO DEAD.

Circumstances of loss

LOCAL STORY IS THAT VESSEL, A TRAWLER TYPE USED AS A FLAK SHIP, WAS SUNK BY THE RAF. (LT CDR WILSON, PLYMOUTH CLEARANCE DIVING TEAM).

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