Steam Ship Wreck 28649

Surveying Details

19.2.40 19.2.40 POSN 500600N, 031000W. (CONFID PORTSMOUTH GENERAL ORDERS). H095/39 15.1.41 H095/39 15.1.41 WESTERN APPS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE POSN 500600N, 031000W. H03526/44 21.1.45 H03526/44 21.1.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500600N, 031000W. (PLYMOUTH LIST). 22.7.55 22.7.55 WK 29FMS REPORTED IN 500608N, 031025W. (HMS SCOTT 1954). LC 2454. SONAR CONTACT IN 500536N, 031230W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).. HH100/351/14 4.3.99 HH100/351/14 4.3.99 LOCATED 12.10.98 IN 5006.138N, 0310.408W [OGB] USING DGPS. LIES NW/SE. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.1.99). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/912/01 7.2.01 HH090/912/01 7.2.01 EXAM'D 20.8.00 IN 5006.163N, 0310.478W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 76MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.1MTRS. LIES 117/297 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. WELL BROKEN WK. UPRIGHT. SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE. (GARDLINE, HI 912). NW END BROKEN. BR STD. HH100/351/20 13.8.03 HH100/351/20 13.8.03 DIVED 10.8.03. LEAST DEPTH OVER MAJORITY OF WK 63MTRS, HIGHEST POINT MAST AT 57MTRS. WK UPRIGHT & INTACT. STERN TO W BROKEN WITH SOME DEBRIS FIELD AND EXPOSED PROP SHAFT. MIDSHIPS CONTAINS HOLDS FULL OF SILT PLUS SINGLE GUN MOUNTING. BOW TO E MORE INTACT WITH MAST UPRIGHT. MOST OF WK COVERED WITH NETS FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH LIE FLAT AGAINST THE WK. UNABLE TO IDENTIFY. (M ADES, E-MAIL DTD 12.8.03). NCA. HH100/351/22 28.9.04 HH100/351/22 28.9.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. APPEARS TO BE A CARGO VESSEL OF APPROX LENGTH 200FT (61MTRS). BOW SECTION AND FOC'S'LE ARE COMPLETELY INTACT AND STAND 8MTRS HIGH. DEPTH TO BOTTOM OF SCOUR AT BOW IS 70MTRS. LARGE TRAWL HANGS DOWN THE FRONT OF THE BOW. AFT OF THE BOW SECTON THERE IS AN INTACT HATCH COMBING THEN THE WK IS COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF THE PROP SHAFT TUNNEL. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND TWO UNUSUAL ROUNDED BOILERS. UPRIGHT WITH BOWS E. NO APPARENT CARGO. (I TAYLOR & NR CHIPCHASE). NCA.