Other Wreck 63836

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		55 42.377 N,1 49.679 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 55.706283
  • Longitude: -1.827983
Wreck Depth 15.68 m
Water Depth 16 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Sonar Length 12
Sonar Width 5
Shadow Height 0.8
Orientation 330
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Sand
Original Detection Year 2001
Last Detection Year 2020
Original Source survey vessel
Last Amended Date Apr 9, 2021

Surveying Details

HH090/915/01 11.1.02 EXAM'D 25.7.01 IN 5542.380N, 0149.686W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.9 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 12MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.3MTRS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 915). INS AS WK 14.9MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/20 1.7.03 HAS BEEN DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS A DOUBLE-DECKER BUS THAT HAS COLLAPSED DOWN TO ABOUT 1.5MTRS HIGH. LOOKS LIKE A LARGE ROCK BUT IS MADE OF IRON OR STEEL COVERED WITH MARINE 'CRUD'. VERY OLD. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 30.6.03). NCA. HH100/351/21 7.10.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WRECKAGE IN CONCRETED MASS OF FERROUS METAL. FROM SHAPE SUSPECT THAT IT IS BALLAST/CARGO OF AN OLD, WOODEN VESSEL. SEARCHING AROUND TO A DISTANCE OF 10MTRS YEILDED NO RECOGNISABLE WRECKAGE. (A HUNT). NCA. 30.4.04 NOW CONSIDERED TO BE THE CARGO OF A LARGE SV. IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A SQUASHED DOUBLE DECKER BUS. NOTHING FOUND OF VESSEL. (R YOUNG). NCA. SEP 2021/000090526 1.4.21 EXAM'D 9.4.20 IN 5542.377N, 0149.679W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.68MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS, LENGTH 12MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT 0.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 330/150 DEGS. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND DW 15.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

General Comments

CONCRETED CARGO OF SV, NO PART OF VESSEL REMAINS

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