Nihon Wreck

Surveying Details

H3162/69 13.7.83 STRANDED WK OBSERVED IN 270621N, 561654E. MARKED BY UNLIT BUOY 160DEG, 0.2M FROM THE WK. STBD HAND BUOY CHARTED CLOSE NW OF WK POSN NOT SIGHTED. (MV FORT STEELE, HN 15.6.83). NCA YET - AWAIT FURTHER REPORTS. H2328/77 12.3.84 WK OF A GREEK VESSEL REPD IN VICINITY OF RED BUOY, FL(2)R.7S, OFF BANDAR ABBAS. (J2008/3/84). NCA YET. H3162/69 24.5.84 CONSPIC ST WK WITH HULL & SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE AT ALL STATES OF TIDE, IN 270636N, 561639E. GREEK REGISTERED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO READ NAME. (MV STRATHFIFE, HN 20.3.84). INS AS ST PA CONSPIC IN 270630N, 051645E. - NM 1547/84. H2445/86 12.2.87 WK POSN IS 270648N, 561648E. ESTABLISHED DURING SEVERAL VISITS, WHILE AT ANCHOR; UNDERWAY; USING RADAR RANGES, SATNAV, VISUAL & RUNNING FIXES. (MV HAVPIL, HN DTD 7.1.87). AMEND POSN. - NM 613/87. H2928/87 14.6.89 OBSERVED IN 270641N, 561648E. (SHIP REPORT). PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS VESSEL WITH 3 PAIRS SAMSON POSTS, AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH FUNNEL. NCA. HH2445/86 11.11.91 WGD POSN: 270651N, 561645E. (HN FROM MV HAVPIL DTD 7.1.87). 14.12.95 ST SHOWN IN POSN 105DEGS X 4.0M FROM BANDAR ABBAS E BREAKWATER LT, 180.45DEGS X 3.68M FROM CUSTOM HOUSE PIER OR, IN 270647N, 561639.5E [WGD] ON US 62393 [1995 EDN]. BR STD. HH496/450/01 2.2.96 POSN AMENDED TO 270651N, 561639E [WGD]. (GOV'T OF IRAN PORTS AND SHIPPING). - NM 592/96. SEP 2011/000106182 7.6.11 SHOWN IN 2706.716N, 5616.668E [WGD] ON PHOTPLOT PG2612-1. AMEND ST CONSPIC IN REVISED POSN. - NM 2835/11.