Caisson Wreck 5969

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Status lifted
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
60 8.583 N,24 55.95 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 60.143050
  • Longitude: 24.932500
Water Depth 7 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Mean Sea Level
Type Caisson
Length 20.1 m
Width 14.9 m
Draught 7.9
Tonnage 700
Tonnage Type gross
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Oct 10, 1985
Original Detection Year 1985
Last Detection Year 1987
Original Source national HO/authority notice to mariners
Markers W CARD LT BUOY V(9)10S,
Surveying Details H3443/77 3.2.86 ANK IN 600835N, 245557E. SHOWS 1MTR ABOVE WATER. MARKED BY W CARD LT BUOY V(9)10S, LAID IN 600835N, 245554E. WILL BE RAISED DURING SUMMER OF 1986. (HELSINKI NM 1125(T)/85). NCA. 20.10.87 SHOWN AS STRANDED WK ON FINNISH 191 [1986 EDN]. NCA. H3020/87 2.11.87 CAISSON AND BUOY REMOVED. (HELSINKI NM 436/87). AMENDED TO LIFT. NFA.
Last Amended Date Jul 26, 2017

Circumstances of loss

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW.

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