Steam Ship Wreck 56972

Field Value
Wreck Category non-dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 6.437 N,4 55.625 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.107283
  • Longitude: -4.927083
Wreck Depth 50 m
Water Depth 61 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type steam ship
Sonar Length 127
Sonar Width 27
Shadow Height 10.25
Orientation 68
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture 1/4/17
Debris Field NIL
Original Detection Year 1973
Last Detection Year 2014
Original Source fishing vessel
Surveying Details H3193/70 15.6.73 WK, PROBABLY OF A LIBERTY SHIP, LOCATED IN 500624N, 045527W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS 42FT HIGH, LENGTH 300FT. LIES E/W. (R DAVIS & C WILLIAMS, 25.4.73). CHART AS WK 44MTRS. BR STD. H3110/72 27.11.73 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SWEEP, BUT NOT SEARCHED FOR. (HMS HECATE, 1973). DELETE. BR STD. 27.9.76 FF IN 500636N, 045532W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 29.1.76). NCA. 22.5.78 RE-INSERT WK 44MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H5982/82 8.4.83 WK SHOWN IN 500637N, 045534W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW 6) [1982 EDN]. NCA. HH232/354/01 23.4.91 EXAM'D 1.3.91 IN 500626.5N, 045536W [WGD] USING GPS AND TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS, APPROX. LIES 250/070DEGS. LARGE INTACT WK WITH HIGH POINT AT E END. (HMS BULLDOG, HN DTD 19.3.91). AMEND TO WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 14.4.00 DIVED IN 5006.396N, 0455.568W [WGD] USING DGPS. DEPTH TO WK 56MTRS IN GEN DEPTH BY DEPTH GAUGE 64MTRS AT LW SPRINGS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. LENGTH 250MTRS. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 14.4.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 4.5.00 VESSEL IS OLD AND PROBABLY OF WW2 ORIGIN. DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A LIBERTY SHIP. UPRIGHT AND GENERALLY INTACT. SLIGHT LIST TO PORT. BOWS STAND SOME 7-8MTRS HIGH. HOLDS COLLAPSED INWARDS. BOWS E. BOW SECTION NETTED. J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 4.5.00). NCA. HH100/351/22 16.6.05 APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO PORT WITH STBD HULL FOLDED OUT FROM MAIN WRECKAGE. DECKS ARE UPRIGHT ALTHOUGH COLLAPSED GIVING ACCESS TO BOILERS. THREE LARGE BOILERS, ONE OF WHICH APPEARS INVERTED. SEVERAL CARGO HOLDS WITH HATCH COMBINGS. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. VISIBLITY POOR, MAKING REPORTING DIFFICULT. (L BISHOP). NCA. SEP 2014/000153151 18.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 5006.432N, 0455.642W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.75 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 127MTRS, WIDTH 27MTRS, HT 10.25MTRS. LIES 068/248 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (MMT, HI 1455). BOWS ENE. AMEND WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/000153151 5.11.14 LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.35MTRS IN 5006.437N, 0455.625W [WGD]. (BDC, HI 1455). RETAIN WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date Nov 5, 2014

General Comments

UPRIGHT & INTACT, COLLAPSED, BOWS ENE

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