Motor Vessel Wreck 15197

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		51 56.224 N,1 46.409 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 51.937067
  • Longitude: 1.773483
Wreck Depth 25.3 m
Water Depth 26 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type motor vessel
Sonar Length 11.2
Sonar Width 5.8
Shadow Height 1.7
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture 1,4,6
Original Detection Year 1976
Last Detection Year 2016
Original Source naval vessel
Surveying Details H4139/76 31.12.76 EXAM'D 4.10.76 IN 515613.8N, 014629.4E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 22.5, FOUL. 23.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.4 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. SMALL WRECK ON A LEVEL BOTTOM. APPROX 40MTRS X 20MTRS. LYING NE/SW. NO SCOUR. NOT BROKEN UP. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/667/01 20.12.95 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3 ON 100MTR RANGE SCALE AND MAGNETOMETER. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NCA. HH10/351/18 29.8.02 DIVED IN 5156.206N, 0146.416E [WGD] USING GPS. THE REMAINS OF A SMALL WOODEN VESSEL WITH A SINGLE DIESEL ENGINE. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE WOODEN HULL HAS GONE WITH JUST THE ENGINE AND METAL FITTINGS LEFT. WRECK IS ONLY 10MTRS BY 5MTRS AND STANDS 1.5MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED. MACHINE GUN BULLETS FOUND NEAR THE BOW, SO THE VESSEL WAS PROBABLY ARMED. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 12.7.02). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083463 17.7.16 EXAM'D 23.2.16 IN 5156.224N, 0146.409E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. LENGTH 11.2MTRS, WIDTH 5.8MTRS, HT 1.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK IS A RELATIVELY SMALL FEATURE, WELL DEGRADED AND CONSISTS FO A MOUND STANDING 1M ABOVE THE SEABED. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date Jul 18, 2016

General Comments

Wk well degraded.

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