Steam Ship Wreck 92240

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		51 18.79 N,2 9.004 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 51.313167
  • Longitude: 2.150067
Wreck Depth 23.5 m
Water Depth 22 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type steam ship
Sonar Length 105
Shadow Height 9.1
Orientation 135
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Original Detection Year 1969
Last Detection Year 2017
Original Source diver
Surveying Details H6738/68 29.1.69 SKETCHED BY DIVERS. LIES UPSIDE DOWN. IN TWO PARTS. FORECASTLE, 18MTRS LONG, LIES ABOUT 80MTRS FROM MAIN SECTION, WHICH IS IN 511857N, 020900E [EUR]. MAIN PART 105MTRS LONG, 10MTRS HIGH. FORECASTLE POSN: 511902N, 020850E. (NETHERLANDS DOVER STRAIT SURVEY 6/68 & 9/68). INS AS WK 22.7MTRS. - NM 277/69. H4667/70 4.1.71 LOCATED BY HMS NURTON IN 511852N, 020905E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. (HMS BEAGLE & HMS NURTON, H525 13.10.70). NCA. H1928/71 29.1.71 FORECASTLE FIXED IN 511902N, 020850E [EUR] BY HMS NURTON. (HMS BEAGLE R OF S 1.1.71) NFA. H6738/68 11.9.72 WK 22.7MTRS IN 511857N, 020900E. (NETHERLANDS SURVEY [K6055/2], HMS BEAGLE & NETHERLANDS LTR DTD 28.9.72). NC 323. 23.4.74 SHOWN AS WK 24.0MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1035. H4833/75 9.6.76 LOCATED MARCH 1976 IN 511850N, 020906E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.5 IN AREA OF SANDWAVES AND PROMINENT RIDGES. LEAST DEPTH OF NEAREST 20MTRS. GAVE GOOD SONAR RETURNS FROM TWO DIRECTIONS. FORECASTLE NOT FOUND & NOT SEARCHED FOR. (HMS FOX, ROS DTD 31.3.76). NE 323. H2820/71 9.11.81 NOT SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS SURVEY MAR/APR 1981 [K8495]. H3159/86 22.9.86 SHOWN AS WKS 23.4MTRS, IN 511854N, 020912E [EUR], AND 24.5MTRS, IN 511848N, 020903E, ON FRENCH SURVEY, 1985 [K9845]. BR STD. H1271/83 22.11.88 SHOWN AS WK 22.7MTRS ON FRENCH 6735. LOCATED BY V/S, E/S & MAGNETOMETER, THE WK IS IN 2 PARTS 100MTRS APART. STANDS 9.1MTRS IN 32MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, 1987, NO.21612021) BR STD. 16.2.93 LISTED AS 2 WKS 22.5 & 24.5MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, 1992, NOS.21612021 & 21612278). 1.11.96 SHOWN AS WKS 19MTRS IN 511850N, 020906E [EUR], WITH DEPTH 23MTRS CLOSE NW, ON BELGIAN 102 REPROMAT MAY '96 & BELGIAN 102 [1994 EDN], & AS WK 19MTRS ON FRENCH 7214 [1988 EDN]. CHART AS WKS 19MTRS ON NC 1873, NOW LARGEST SCALE. 25.1.01 CHARTED AS WKS 23MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 1873 [MAY'97 EDN]. SEE [59122] FOR SECOND PART. 25.1.01 SHOWN AS WKS 23MTRS IN 5118.90N, 0209.09E [EUR] WITH WK 24.5MTRS IN 5118.83N, 0209.10E [EUR] ON BELGIAN 102 [APRIL 2000 EDN]. BR STD. 16.10.03 WKS 19MTRS SHOWN IN 5118.84N, 0209.18E [EUR] ON FRENCH 7214 [INT 1480] [1988 EDN CORRECT TO OCT'01]. SHOWN AS WK 19MTRS IN 5118.87N, 0209.018E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [INT 1480] [JAN'02 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 1873. HH351/400/05 29.11.05 SHOWN AS WK 23MTRS ON BELGIAN 102 [MAY'05 EDN]. SHOM STATE THAT WK SHOULD BE SHOWN AS WK 22.5MTRS (E-MAIL DTD 29.11.05). AMEND TO WK 22.5MTRS IN EXISTING POSN 5118.870N, 0209.018E [WGD]. NM ACTION REQUIRED FOR CHARTS 1873 & 1872. - NM 6140/05. 25.5.11 SHOWN AS WK 22.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5118.851N, 0209.002E [WGD] ON FR401040 [EDN 1.44]. 31.7.15 SHOWN AS WK 23.5MTRS IN 5118.851N, 0209.002E [WGD] ON BE 102 [NE MAY 2015, COR TO 23/4/15] AND 23.5MTRS IN 5118.790N, 0209.004E [WGD] ON FR474240 [ED1.11, DTD 11.5.15], WK IS IN FRENCH WATERS. AMEND TO DW 23.5MTRS IN 5118.790N, 0209.004E [WGD].
Last Amended Date Jul 13, 2017

General Comments

INVERTED, IN TWO PARTS, SEE [59122] FOR OTHER PART See Also: 59122

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