Steam Ship Wreck 42447

Surveying Details

H3110/72 8.1.73 WK IN 500546.1N, 035909.4W [OGB] USING HI-FIX [2 LOP]. NO SONAR CONTACT, SANDWAVE AREA. FAIRLY LARGE SHIP LYING E/W, GOOD FIRM ECHO TRACE. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. SEABED OF MUD, SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EITHER SIDE. (HMS HECATE, 1972). CHART AS WK 60MTRS. BR STD. H1280/76/31 31.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500549N, 035907W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DTD 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. H4514/76 16.9.76 WK IN 500549.93N, 035911.44W [OGB] USING DECCA. WRECK DRIFTED OVER GOING SE TO NW ON 23.5.76 AT 11.24HRS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 34FMS IN GEN DEPTH 38FMS. FROM E/S DRIFT TRACE WRECK APPEARS TO HAVE HIGHEST PART ON SE END. (T ALLEN, 9.9.76). NCA. HH091/059/01 6.5.05 EXAM'D 25.7.04 IN 5005.803N, 0359.241W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.1 IN GEN DEPTH 69.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 89MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 9.5MTRS. LIES 146/326 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 326 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 7.9.07 MIDSHIPS THE WK APPEARS TO BE WELL TIPPED OVER TO PORT. THE BOILER IS PARTLY COVERED BY THE STBD HULL PLATES. FWD OF THE BOILER THE WK IS BROKEN DOWN INTO LARGE PIECES WITH NO SIGN OF THE BOW. ABOUTH 20MTRS FROM THE BOILER, THE STERN IS THE HIGHEST PART. APPEARS TO HAVE HAD MACHINERY AFT AND BE ABOUT 1000GT. (N R CHIPCHASE).