Other Wreck 6323

Surveying Details

H0139/39 13.7.40 FIRM A/S CONTACT OBTAINED IN 530340N, 015600E, APPROX. ATTACKED WITH FULL PATTERN OF DEPTH CHARGES. THIS YIELDED UNMISTAKABLE EVIDENCE OF A WK. A LARGE QUANTITY OF WOOD AND CORK CAME TO THE SURFACE. (HMS WOOLSTON, 13.7.40). NCA YET. HH090/524/01 8.1.92 WK EXAM'D 10.7.91 IN 530305.8N, 015436.7E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 26.6, FOUL AT 26.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.1 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEG WITH DEEP SCOUR TO NW, TO S AND ONE 5 - 6MTRS DEEP TO THE E. (LAND & MARINE, HI 525). INS AS SW 26.5MTRS. - NM 387/92. HH351/100/09 16.3.95 VERY LARGE WK. INTACT FROM STERN TO MIDSHIPS. THIS SECTION STANDS SOME 16MTRS HIGH AND HAS ALL THE STERN SUPERSTRUCTURE INTACT. THE BRIGE AREA IS ALL SMASHED AND FWD OF MIDSHIPS THE SHIP IS BROKEN IN TWO. BOW IS INTACT BUT SEPARATE FROM THE REST. DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THAT OLD AND CERTAINLY NOT OLDER THAN WWII. (BOB HICKINBOTTOM).