Stones Masonary Rubble Wreck 3404

Field Value
Obstruction Category foul ground
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
50 39.804 N,0 24.814 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.663400
  • Longitude: -0.413567
Wreck Depth 22.52 m
Water Depth 24 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type Stones/Masonary/Rubble
Sonar Length 24.3
Sonar Width 21
Shadow Height 2
Orientation 163
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture 4,6
Original Detection Year 1973
Last Detection Year 2018
Original Source survey vessel
Surveying Details H3958/73 15.8.73 LOCATED IN 503954N, 002445W [OGB] IN ABOUT 76FT IN TRANSIT SONAR & E/S SURVEY. NO ON TOP DEPTH. (KELVIN HUGHES SURVEY [K6719/1-3], 1973). CHART AS USC 15.0MTRS. NC 1652. H4121/76 19.1.77 DREDGERS WERE REGULARLY FOUND WORKING IN THIS AREA. MANY SCOURS WERE FOUND GIVING STRONG ECHOES ON THE SONAR BUT IDENTIFIABLE AS HOLLOWS, AS OPPOSED TO HUMPS, BY VIRTUE OF THE SHADOW BEING ON THE SHIP SIDE OF THE DARK CONTACT ON THE TRACE. IT IS CONSIDERED POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS A DREDGING SCOUR SINCE FILLED IN BY TIDAL ACTION. NOT FOUND IN AREA SWEEP. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). DELETE IN VIEW OF GOOD COVERAGE IN AREA SWEEP. H4121/76 20.6.79 DIVED 16.5.78 & IDENTIFIED AS A PILE OF STONE BLOCKS. (D DILLINGHAM, SUBSERVS, 16.6.79). CHART AS FOUL. HH091/002/01 14.11.02 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. LIES IN AN AREA OF DREDGE SCOURS. COULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED OR BURIED BY DREDGING. (NP 1016, HI 1002). AMENDED DEAD. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 13.08.18 EXAM'D 05.02.18; IN 5039.804N, 0024.814W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.52MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 24.3MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HEIGHT 2MTRS, ORIENTATION 163/343 DEGS. A PILE OF STONE BLOCKS, CONSISTENT WITH THE 1978 DIVER'S REPORT. THE BULK OF THE STONES FORM A MOUND WITH LENGTH 18MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS BUT OUTLIERS WIDEN THE AREA COVERED. (MMT, HI 1498). INS FOUL 22.5MTRS.
Last Amended Date Aug 13, 2018

General Comments

PILE OF STONE BLOCKS CONFIRMED, APPROXIMATELY 250MTRS SSE OF PREVIOUS POSITION.

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