Cables Chains Mooring Nets Tackle Wires Wreck 4865

Field Value
Obstruction Category foul ground
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
58 29.82 N,0 18.71 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 58.497000
  • Longitude: 0.311833
Water Depth 135 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 Sep 18, 2006
Original Detection Year 2006
Original Source national coast guard or patrol
Last Amended Date Sep 25, 2006

Simplified Wreck Survey

Underwater obstruction located at coordinates 58 29.82 N, 0 18.71 E in the North Sea. This navigation hazard consists of dumped wire debris reported by MFV Ocean Harvest III. The site is charted as foul ground and is marked as an underwater obstruction to shipping and maritime traffic.

Surveying Details

25.9.06 SEP 2006/000381593 25.9.06 WIRE DUMPED IN 5829.82N, 0018.71E [WGD]. (MFV OCEAN HARVEST III, VIA ABERDEEN CG, EMAIL DTD 18.9.06). INS AS FOUL. - NM 4779/06.

Circumstances of loss

PICKED UP IN NETS WHILE FISHING. APPROX 50-60FT RECOVERED ON DECK AND THEN DUMPED. COULD BE AS LONG AS 200MTRS. (MFV OCEAN HARVEST III).

General Comments

LARGE WIRE, POSSIBLY UP TO 200MTRS IN LENGTH

WRECK MAP LOADING ... 58 29.82 N,0 18.71 E
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