Freighter Wreck 57422

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 37.753 N,0 19.675 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.629217
  • Longitude: -0.327917
Wreck Depth 21.5 m
Water Depth 30 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type freighter
Sonar Length 113
Sonar Width 23.9
Shadow Height 8
Orientation 115
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Sand
Original Detection Year 1975
Last Detection Year 1980
Original Source diver
Surveying Details H1283/75 2.5.75 WK LOCATED IN 503748N, 001935W [OGB] USING DECCA. APPROX 260FT LONG, LYING NW/SE. IDENTIFIED AS CARGO VESSEL. (D M DILLINGHAM, SUBSERVS, 25.4.75). CHART AS USC 15MTRS. - NM 1031/75. H4121/76 20.1.77 OUTSIDE AREA OF HI BUT PROBABLY CONTACT [DEF. WK] OBTAINED BETWEEN LINES 4 CABLES SE OF ABOVE POSN. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). NCA. H1309/76 2.8.77 WRECK OF UNKNOWN FREIGHTER IN 503754N, 001930W [OGB] USING DECCA. BROKEN UP. NO SCOUR. MAX HEIGHT 35FT IN MIN DEPTH 120FT. (D W PECKHAM, SALVAGE CONTRACTOR, 21.11.76). CHART AS WK 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 2450. H1965/76 6.7.79 DCS3 CONTACT, CLASSIFIED WK, LOCATED IN 503747N, 001934W. SECOND CONTACT, CLASSIFIED GOOD, POSSIBLE WK, LOCATED IN 503744N, 001922W - POSSIBLY TWO PARTS OF SAME WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND POSN TO 503747N, 001934W [OGB]. BR STD. 8.7.79 REPD THAT DEPTH CHARGES, STILL ARMED, LIE IN VICINITY OF THIS WK. (D PECKHAM, SHOREHAM). NCA. H1965/79 11.12.79 EXAM'D 17.10.79 IN 503746N, 001931W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.3 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS, LENGTH 72.7MTRS, BEAM 11.5MTRS. LYING 130/310DEGS. LARGE WK, WELL BROKEN UP & IN TWO MAIN PARTS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 23.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. - NM 30/80. H1965/76 27.11.80 EXAM'D 23.4.80 IN 503743N, 001935W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.6 IN GEN DEPTH 29.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 113MTRS, BEAM 23.9MTRS, HT 8MTRS. VERY BROKEN UP & DISPERSED. IN AREA OF SANDWAVES, LYING 115/295DEGS, BOWS SE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). [AS POSN DIFFERS FROM EARLIER REPORT IN 1979, AS DO DIMENSIONS AND DESCRIPTION, THERE IS POSSIBILITY OF TWO WRECKS IN OR NEAR THIS POSN]. AMEND TO WK 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. - NM 2795/80.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
Last Amended Date Mar 20, 2000

General Comments

UK NM 3576/18

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