Other Wreck 63599

Field Value
Obstruction Category foul ground
Status Dead = Not detected by numerous sources therefore considered not to exist
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
52 46.681 N,1 52.577 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 52.778017
  • Longitude: 1.876283
Water Depth 20 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Jan 1, 1953
Original Detection Year 1969
Last Detection Year 2014
Original Source unknown
Surveying Details H03305/54 30.9.69 OBSTRUCTIONS CONSIST OF UNITS ROUGHLY CONICAL IN SHAPE STANDING ON 2FT SQUARE BASES AND 4FT HIGH. CONNECTED BY ELECTRIC CABLES. THEY HAVE BEEN ABANDONED FOR SOME YEARS AND MAY WELL HAVE BECOME SILTED OVER IN SOME PLACES. USED IN EXPERIMENT FOR ANTI-MINING DEFENCES. POSN IS CENTRE OF AREA APPROX. TURNING POINTS: (A) 525036N, 014912E; (B) 524703N, 015642E; (C) 524245N, 015645E; (D) 524436N, 015342E; (E) 524633N, 015342E; (F) 524736N, 015124E; (G) 524848N, 015130E; (H) 525009N, 014833E. H2334/75 22.9.76 NOT LOCATED. NO CONTACTS ON DCS3 OR E/S. (HMS FAWN. HI 42/75). H1952/80 21.1.83 NOTHING FOUND DURING AREA SEARCH. NO SPECIAL SEARCH CARRIED OUT. (SOISS, HI 22). NCA. HH090/661/01 22.5.95 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3, E/S OR MAGNETOMETER DURING AREA SEARCH. NOTHING FOUND IN SURVEY AREA WHICH COULD BE THIS WRECK. RETAIN RECORD BUT DELETE FROM CHART. (NP 1016, HI 661). RETAIN AS CHARTED - SURVEYED AREA IS ONLY PORTION OF CHARTED FOUL AREA. HH090/845/01 21.4.99 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3, MAGNETOMETER OR E/S. FOUL AREA NOT CONSIDERED TO EXIST WITHIN THE AREA COVERED BY THE SURVEY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 845). NCA. SEP 2014/000101130 2.1.15 NOT LOCATED 2014 USING M/B & MAGNETOMETER. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). AMEND DEAD. SEP 2021/000074841 16.3.21 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2020). (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1686). NFA. RSDRA2023000316810 12.12.23 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2023). (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI1822). NFA.
Last Amended Date Jan 2, 2015
Limits

General Comments

CONICAL UNITS USED FOR ANTI-MINING EXPERIMENTS

Limits: features shown as areas and not points

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