Sailing Vessel Wreck 57651

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
52 47.154 N,1 50.844 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 52.785900
  • Longitude: 1.847400
Wreck Depth 26 m
Water Depth 29 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type sailing vessel
Sonar Length 46
Sonar Width 8
Shadow Height 2
Orientation 145
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Debris Field NIL
Original Detection Year 1981
Last Detection Year 2014
Original Source survey vessel
Surveying Details H1956/80 19.10.81 EXAM'D 30.4.81 IN 524707N, 015058E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LYING E/W. (ISS, HI 26). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH090/672/01 22.5.95 EXAM'D 13.4.95 IN 524709N, 015051E [OGB] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 040/320 DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. APPEARS INTACT AND LYING ON TOP OF A SANDWAVE. (NP 1016, HI 672). AMEND TO WK 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/845/01 21.4.99 LOCATED 27.3.99 IN 5247.165N, 0150.835E [WGD] USING DGPS. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 845). NCA. HH100/351/17 25.7.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS A SV, POSSIBLY A SCHOONER. UPRIGHT. A SANDWAVE COVERS MOST OF THE HULL WITH JUST THE RIBS PROTRUDING. THE BOW IS PROUD OF THE SEABED AND THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WK. THE HULL WAS COPPER SHEATHED. (B HICKINBOTTOM, EMAIL DTD 24.7.01). NCA. SEP 2014/000101130 30.12.14 EXAM'D 29.7.14 IN 5247.154N, 0150.844E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.40 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 46MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 2.0MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, BURIED IN A SANDWAVE. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). INTACT. AMEND WK 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date Dec 30, 2014

General Comments

INTACT, MAINLY COVERED BY SANDWAVE, RIBS PROTRUDE

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