Texaco Caribbean (Forward Section) Wreck

Surveying Details

H2088/71 15.1.71 FORWARD SECTION, DEPTH 6FT, FOUND IN 505843N, 011812E. (MOD SIG DTD 13.1.71). H2088/71 19.1.71 WK 1FM IN 505857N, 011731E, MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, RAFL IN 505804N, 011845E. (TH NM 17/71). - NM 154/71. H2088/71 22.4.71 H2088/71 22.4.71 LOCATED IN 505857N, 011754E. SWEPT BY TH TO 4FT. PROBABLE LEAST DEPTH 4FT. DISPERSAL OPERATIONS LIKELY TO TAKE ONE YEAR TO COMMENCE. (HMS KEDLESTON, 19.1.71 & TH NM 34/71). LC 1892. H(710/71 18.6.71 SITUATION AS AT 8.5.71: MAST REMOVED, FORECASTLE DECK, TO DEPTH 71FT, CUT, LIFTED & LAID ON FLAT SEABED. LEAST DEPTH APPROX 35FT. HOPE TO COMPLETE BY SUMMER 1972. (PROGRESS REPORT 1971 OF MEETING OF COASTAL STATES). H4667/70 1.10.71 FIXED IN 505856.5N, 011731E [OGB] USING HSA. ABOUT 0.5C SW OF CHARTED POSN. (RISDON BEAZLEY, HN 19.9.71). 17.5.72 CLEARED TO 70FT. SOME OF THE WK BUOYS TO BE WITHDRAWN 13.5.72. (LL, 17.5.72). H4667/70 1.6.72 ALL WK BUOYS WITHDRAWN & G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, RAFL ESTABLISHED IN 505904N, 011830E. (TH NM 46/72). - NM 1027(P)/72 & NM 1093/72. 21.6.72 EXTRA G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, RAFL LAID IN 505914N, 011827E. (TH NM 51/72). NCA. H4667/70 23.10.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 11FMS 4FT 'WKS' [COMBINED WITH AFT SECTION]. (TH NM 68/72). - NM 2057(P)/72 & NM BLOCK 2197/72. 30.3.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 21.3MTRS IN 505857N, 011731E. NC 1892. H4199/78 3.10.78 LOCATED 17.10.77 IN 505856N, 011731E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.2MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, BREADTH 40MTRS. LYING N/S. FOUL AREAS, NOT SEEN ON E/S, EXIST 290DEGS, 145MTRS; 255DEGS, 150MTRS & 175DEGS, 115MTRS FROM LEAST DEPTH POSN. (HMS BULLDOG HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H2330/84 3.3.86 EXAM'D 27.11.85 IN 505856N, 011732E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.1 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 5.7MTRS, LENGTH 40.4MTRS. LYING N/S. TWO AREAS OF WRECKAGE, WITH NO VERTICAL EXTENT LIE 260DEGS, 140MTRS AND 185DEGS, 120MTRS FROM S END OF WK. CHART AS SWEPT TO 21.1MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240B). - NM 799/86. HH091/159/01 31.8.07 LOCATED 12.7.06 IN 5058.981N, 0117.421E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.27 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 28.9MTRS, WIDTH 19.7MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT WITH DEBRIS ITEMS NEARBY. RETAIN SW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.