Torpedo Boat Wreck 12800

Surveying Details

H3848/86 14.1.91 WK EXAM'D 16.10.90 IN 503403.1N, 021948W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.7 IN GEN DEPTH 28.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.3MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.2MTRS, LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. SCATTERED WRECKAGE LIES WITHIN 20MTRS OF WK. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 367). CHART AS WK 26.5MTRS. - NM 472/91. HH100/351/22 19.2.06 DIVED 24.9.05 IN LISTED POSN. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH BY E/S. THE WRECK OF A TRAWLER OR SIMILAR. STEEL HULL, WOODEN DECK, DIESEL ENGINE. STERN AREA FAIRLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT, BOW AREA BROKEN DOWN TO SEABED LEVEL. HIGHEST POINT IS THE TOP OF THE STERN. COULD BE AN ADMIRALY VESSEL JUDGING BY THE AMOUNT OF COPPER/BRASS PIPEWORK AND OTHER FITTINGS FOUND. (G J LOCKETT). NCA. 22.6.06 DIVED IN 5034.081N, 0219.881W [WGD]. CONSIDERED TO BE AN MTB OF TIMBER CONSTRUCTION HELD TOGETHER WITH RIVETS. VESSEL HAS 3 ENGINES: 2 PAXMAN ENGINES WITH A 4 CYLINDER FODEN ENGINE BETWEEN. FURTHER INVESTIGATION TO FOLLOW. (B ELLIOT, TELECON 22.6.06). NCA. HH091/217/01 / SEP 2009/000158351 3.11.09 EXAM'D 10.6.08 IN 5034.086N, 0219.880W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.42 IN GEN DEPTH 28.18MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 14.35MTRS, WIDTH 5.02MTRS, HT 1.76MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE LARGELY BROKEN UP/COVERED WITH PROBABLY THE ENGINES PROMINENT. SMALL OBJECT WITH LEAST DEPTH 28.1MTRS, DIMENSIONS 1.05MTRS, WIDTH 0.84MTR, LIES NW IN SHALLOW SCOUR. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1217). AMEND WK 26MTRS. BR STD.