Minesweeper Wreck De 48086

Surveying Details

H5055/75 12.11.75 WRECK OF ARMED TRAWLER LOCATED IN 490815N, 020813W USING HSA. BOW SECTION INTACT WITH 25 POUNDER A/A GUN MOUNTED FORWARD/AFT. LARGE AMOUNTS OF 25LB HE SHELLS & CORDITE LENGTHS SCATTERED AROUND AFTER SECTION OF GUN MOUNTING WITHIN RADIUS OF 30MTRS. BOILER & ENGINE ROOM SECTION BROKEN AWAY FROM KEEL AND STANDING PROUD OF SEA BED. AFTER SECTION BADLY BROKEN UP, WINCHES & STEEL PROPELLER STILL VISIBLE. DIVED & SURVEYED ON 17-27.10.75. NUMEROUS 20MM SHELLS CORDITE LENGTHS & 25LB HE SHELLS REMOVED AND DISPOSED AT LOW WATER. ESTIMATED LEAST DEPTH TO BE 10-11FMS. SEABED IS LARGE BROKEN SHINGLE, SAND & ROCKY OUTCROPS. (PLYMOUTH COMMD.CTD REPORT, FROM LT CDR W LAMPARD RN DTD 3.11.75). CHART AS USC 10FMS [18MTRS]. BR STD. H4984/74 6.3.78 USC PA 20MTRS IN 490815N, 020813W. (BREST NM 78 05 20). NCA. H3801/78 25.9.78 IDENTIFIED AS WWII GERMAN MINESWEEPER AND LOCATED IN 490807N, 020810W USING HSA. LEAST DEPTH 10.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14.9MTRS. LIES N/S [BOWS N], CENTRE OF WK BROKEN UP, BUT BOWS AND STERN INTACT. 76MM GUN MOUNTED PORT SIDE OF BOWS. (RAF LAARBRUCH SAC EXPEDITION, JUNE 1978). AMEND TO WK 10.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. - NM 2344/78. 29.9.88 INS WK 10.3MTRS, WITH FOUL GROUND CLOSE S ON NC 2669. 17.2.06 WGD POSN: 4908.057N, 02.08.167W. BA 1137 [3RD EDN, MAY' 04]. 24.5.07 [EUR] POSN: 4908.116N, 0208.166W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). [WGD] POSN: 4908.059N, 0208.249W. BA 1137.