Motor Vessel Wreck 28159

Field Value
Wreck Category non-dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
50 3.184 N,6 6.67 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.053067
  • Longitude: -6.111167
Wreck Depth 67.6 m
Water Depth 70 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type motor vessel
Sonar Length 52
Sonar Width 12
Shadow Height 2.4
Orientation 40
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Sand
Original Detection Year 1990
Last Detection Year 2016
Original Source survey vessel
Surveying Details HH090/499/01 31.1.91 WK LOCATED 19.7.90 IN 500309N, 060638W [OGB]. ESTIMATED LEAST DEPTH 65 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. (THMR LTD, HI 499). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH090/499/02 19.7.91 EXAM'D 17.5.91 IN 500308.5N, 060637.2W [OGB] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65.9 IN GEN DEPTH 70.7MTRS. SCOUR 0.3MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 4.7MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 140/220 DEGS ON GENTLY SLOPING SEABED. BOW SW. WELL DEFINED. UPRIGHT WITH HIGH POINTS AT EACH END. PARTIALLY BURIED BY SAND, ESPECIALLY AT ITS CENTRE. (NP 1008, HI 527). AMEND TO WK 66MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/17 3.9.01 THIS A MOTOR VESSEL. TWO CASTLE DESIGN, WITH THE SIDES OF THE HOLD BROKEN DOWN. (G POUND). NCA. SEP2016/000143596 17.11.2016 EXAM'D 05.06.16; IN 5003.184N, 0606.670W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 67.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS, LENGTH 52MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HEIGHT 2.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 040/220 DEGS. SEVERLY DEGRADED REMAINS OF A MEDIUM-SIZED VESSEL THAT LIES AMONGST GENTLE SANDWAVES. THERE IS LITTLE REMAINING OF THIS WRECK BUT SECTIONS AT THE BOW AND STERN STAND ABOVE THE SEABED WITH THE OUTLINE BETWEEN THESE TWO PARTS ONLY SLIGHTLY VISIBLE. (MMT, HI 1470). AMEND WK 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date Nov 16, 2016

General Comments

UPRIGHT & INTACT, BOW SW, COLLAPSED IN CENTER

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