Cables Chains Mooring Nets Tackle Wires Wreck 17406

Field Value
Obstruction Category foul ground
Status lifted
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		57 44.484 N,1 51.602 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 57.741400
  • Longitude: -1.860033
Water Depth 54 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type Cables/Chains/Mooring/Nets/Tackle/Wires
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Oct 11, 1981
Original Detection Year 1981
Last Detection Year 1986
Original Source other
Last Amended Date Dec 2, 2002

Simplified Wreck Survey

Underwater obstruction located approximately 11 miles east of Peterhead, Scotland in the North Sea at coordinates 57 44.484 N, 1 51.602 W. Originally reported as a 1000 meter seismic cable marked by unlit buoys, subsequent hydrographic surveys failed to locate the obstruction and it is presumed recovered.

Surveying Details

H3060/79 9.11.81 1000 MTRS SEISMIC CABLE IN PA 574430N, 015130W. (MV J E JONSSON VIA WICK RADIO & SIGNAL DTD 16.10.81). MARKED BY UNLIT BUOYS. SUBNAV ISSUED. H2336/84 20.6.86 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3 AND HYDROSEARCH. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). PRESUMED RECOVERED. AMEND LIFT. NCA.

Circumstances of loss

11.10.81 ABANDONED BY MV J E JONSSON ON 11.10.81.

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