Aircraft Wreck 47778

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 46.385 N,0 14.093 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.773083
  • Longitude: -0.234883
Wreck Depth 8.8 m
Water Depth 12 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type aircraft
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Jan 1, 1943
Original Detection Year 1970
Last Detection Year 2015
Original Source diver
Surveying Details H1247/70 18.5.70 A FOUR ENGINE BOMBER, UPSIDE DOWN WITH ALL HER ENGINES, TWO VERY LARGE WHEELS & ONE WING, LOCATED IN 504624N, 001436W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 5FMS 1FT, HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED IS 8FT. LOCATED BY BRIGHTON & WORTHING BSAC WHEN THEY HAD TO RECOVER A TRAWL. (D W PECKHAM, BSAC, 17.5.70). CHART AS WK 5FMS 1FT [9.4MTRS]. R/S. H3221/70 14.8.70 CONFIRMED AS MULTI ENGINE AIRCRAFT, AFTER EXAMINATION BY ARL SCANNER, IN 504621N, 001400W [OGB] USING DECCA. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED APPROX 6FT. (RV 'CLIONE', MAY 1970). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. R/S. H3221/70 20.1.71 HIGHEST PART STANDS AT 9FT ABOVE SEABED FROM SECTOR SCANNER. (MR HARDON-JONES, RV 'CLIONE', 14.1.71). 7.4.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 1652. H1965/76 3.12.80 NOTHING FOUND DURING INTENSIVE SEARCH WITHIN 400MTRS OF POSN. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). NCA YET. 4.1.12 THIS IS A DITCHED STERLING BOMBER. (G RAYNER, TELECON). NCA. SEP 2015/000083467 25.1.17 NOT SEEN IN M/B DATASET. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY 2015, HI 1478). RETAIN FOR FILING ONLY.
Last Amended Date Jan 25, 2017

Circumstances of loss

DITCHED, CREW RECOVERED.

General Comments

UK NM 3576/18

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