Cables Chains Mooring Nets Tackle Wires Wreck 4844

Field Value
Obstruction Category foul ground
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
58 28.5 N,0 15.248 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 58.475000
  • Longitude: 0.254133
Water Depth 144 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type Cables/Chains/Mooring/Nets/Tackle/Wires
Shadow Height 1.2
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Original Detection Year 1989
Original Source survey vessel
Last Amended Date Aug 18, 1989

Simplified Wreck Survey

Underwater obstruction identified as a wire rope measuring 1.2 meters in height located in the North Sea at coordinates 58 28.5 N, 0 15.248 E. This seabed obstruction was originally reported during an Occidental Petroleum Ltd survey and is charted as a foul area. Mariners are advised that this underwater hazard remains a point of interest for navigation near the UK coast.

Surveying Details

HH254/440/01 18.8.89 HH254/440/01 18.8.89 WIRE ROPE, 1.2MTRS HIGH, LOCATED IN 58232.4N, 011520.9E [EUR]. (OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LTD SURVEY, 21.6.89). INS AS FOUL. BR STD.

Circumstances of loss

PRESUMED DEBRIS FROM PIPER ALPHA.

WRECK MAP LOADING ... 58 28.5 N,0 15.248 E
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