Steam Ship Wreck 57227

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 42.94 N,0 46.39 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.715667
  • Longitude: 0.773167
Wreck Depth 30 m
Water Depth 37 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type steam ship
Sonar Length 60
Sonar Width 43
Shadow Height 6.4
Orientation 94
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Sand
Original Detection Year 1993
Last Detection Year 2006
Original Source diver
Surveying Details HH100/351/06 17.3.93 HH100/351/06 17.3.93 QUITE LARGE WK, FIRST LOCATED BEFORE 1980, IN 504253.5N, 004626E [OGB] USING DECCA. ORIGINALLY STOOD SOME 50FT HIGH BUT HAS BEEN BLOWN UP BY DIVERS AND IS NOW WELL BROKEN. UNDERSTOOD PROPELLER, ETC REMOVED. NO SCOUR. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (P J BATT, 23.2.93). CHART AS NDWPA. BR STD. 11.11.98 11.11.98 AMEND TO NDW. FIX QUALITY WAS DECCA. BR STD. 11.11.98 11.11.98 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN 5 YEARS. HH232/570/07 29.9.04 HH232/570/07 29.9.04 EXAM'D IN 5042.936N, 0046.392E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 30.4, FOUL 30.8MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.0MTRS. (NP 1016, HN DTD 28.9.04). AMEND SW 30MTRS. - NM 4861/04. HH091/082/01 29.10.04 HH091/082/01 29.10.04 EXAM'D IN 5042.936N, 0046.392E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 30.4, FOUL 30.8MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.99 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 14MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT 7MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP INTO NUMEROUS PIECES OF WRECKAGE COVERING AN AREA OF SOME 500MTRS SQUARE. FOUR MAIN AREAS OF WRECKAGE. THE SURROUNDING AREA APPEARS TO BE SAND OVERLYING ROCK WITH LARGE TROUGHS RUNNING THROUGH THE AREA. PARTS OF THE WK APPEAR TO HAVE FALLEN INTO THESE TROUGHS. LARGEST PART OF THE WK IS THE SHOALEST AND LIES IN THE CENTRE OF THE DEBRIS FIELD. (NP 1016, HI 1082). NCA. HH091/159/01 9.7.07 HH091/159/01 9.7.07 EXAM'D 5.11.07 IN 5042.935N, 0046.388E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.68 IN GEN DEPTH 36.3MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 43MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 094/274 DEGS. DEBRIS 50MTRS TOWARDS 312 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). IN SEVERAL PARTS. QUOTED DIMENSIONS APPEAR TO BE FOR SOUTHERN THREE PARTS, WITH DEBRIS BEING THE FOURTH PART. NCA. HH091/159/01 25.10.07 HH091/159/01 25.10.07 EXAM'D IN 5042.940N, 0046.390E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.76 IN GEN DEPTH 37.2MTRS. COVERS 60MTRS BY 43MTRS, HT 6.4MTRS. (OSAE, HI 1159, REVISED ROS). NCA.
Last Amended Date Oct 25, 2007

General Comments

AREA OF DEBRIS WITH FOUR MAIN PARTS, LARGEST IS SHOALEST

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