Sailing Vessel Wreck 73386

Surveying Details

H1310/87/3 23.2.87 KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'CHINA WRECK'. LOCATED AND DIVED NOV'85 IN 075540S, 142548W. IRON GIRDERS, STEEL PLATES, STEAM WINCHES AND ANCHORS FOUND. ALSO CH'ING DYNASTY PORCELAIN PLATES, WHICH WERE PART OF CARGO. (SQDN LDR C R TEBBS, RAF SAC). CHART AS NDW PA. BR STD. HH448/400/02 19.6.97 LOCATED AND DIVED IN 075512S, 142527W. POSN FIXED BY TRANSIT. LIES ON AN UNDULATING BOTTOM WITH SAND GULLIES. LEAST DEPTH 11MTRS WITH SOME WRECKAGE DOWN TO 20MTRS IN DEEPER GULLY AT NW END OF WRECK. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'CHINA' WRECK DUE TO POTTERY STILL FOUND ON THE WK. AN IRON BARQUE WITH NO SIGN OF ANY MACHINERY OTHER THAN WINCHES. PROBABLY SUNK IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. TRANSITS GIVE THE CENTRE OF THE MAIN PIECE OF WRECKAGE WHICH IS PARALLEL IRON GIRDERS/PLATES APPROX 8MTRS WIDE BY 20MTRS LONG LYING ROUGHLY N/S. PROBABLY BOWS TO THE SOUTH AS THERE ARE TWO ANCHORS TOGETHER AT THAT END, AS WELL AS ONE ON THE END OF A CHAIN SOME 50MTRS AWAY. (D A RAY, LTR DTD 12.6.97). AMEND TO USC 11MTRS IN REVISED POSN. - NM 2567/97. HH100/351/21 21.5.04 DIVED IN 0755.209S, 1425.471W [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 10-20MTRS. LIES 050/230DEGS WITH BOWS SW. 2 LARGE ARTILLERY PIECES LIE 200DEGS, 30MTRS FROM PORT BOW ANCHOR IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. WK IS QUITE BROKEN WITH PANELS COLLAPSED OUTWARDS. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 20.5.04) AMEND POSN. BR STD. 15.4.14 DIVED 15.11.12 IN 0755.20S, 1425.45W [WGD]. LENGTH APPROX 100MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT MEASURED AT 2MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP. (G J LOCKETT). NCA. RSDRA2022000203557 29.11.22 WK INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED, NOT VISIBLE IN M/B OR SSS DATA. FILES RENDERED COULD NOT BE GEO-REFERENCED. (HMS PROTECTOR, HI 1751). NFA.