Landing Craft Wreck 86751

Field Value
Wreck Category non-dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 52.53 N,6 9.99 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.875500
  • Longitude: -6.166500
Wreck Depth 85 m
Water Depth 91 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type landing craft
Sonar Length 30
Sonar Width 12
Shadow Height 4.1
Orientation 120
Tonnage 650
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Oct 19, 1944
Bottom Texture Sand
Original Detection Year 1981
Last Detection Year 2024
Original Source national coast guard or patrol
Surveying Details H1932/79 17.2.81 NOTHING LOCATED IN 505500N, 060500W, BUT WK, POSSIBLY THE TAMPA, LOCATED AND EXAM'D 24.9.80 IN 505230N, 060956W USING HYPERFIX [2 LOP]. DECCA USED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 85 IN GEN DEPTH 90MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 91MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEG IN FLAT SANDY AREA AND APPARENTLY PARTIALLY BURIED, BUT WITH HULL COMPLETE. MAGNETIC ANOMALY 30NT. (HMS FAWN, HI 56A/79-80). - CHART AS WK 85MTRS IN 505230N, 060956W - R/P. HH6346/87/2 16.12.91 EXAM'D 10.7.91 IN 505231.7N, 060959.6W [WGD] USING HF. UTM COORDS [CM 9 DEG W] 699337E, 5639803N. LEAST E/S DEPTH 88 IN GEN DEPTH 91MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4.1MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEG, WITH SANDWAVES RUNNING WSW FROM WK FOR ABOUT 60MTRS. SONAR HEIGHT DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE DUE TO EXTENSIVE SCOURING WHICH WAS NOT EVIDENT ON E/S. (HMS FAWN, HI 429). - RETAIN AS CHARTED. RSDRA202400023295330.10.24 30.10.24 WRECK DIVED IN POSN. WRECK IDENTIFIED AS LANDING CRAFT TANK FROM CONSTRUCTION. (MCA RECEIVER OF WRECK EMAIL, DTD 08.08.24). UPDATE VESSEL TYPE TO �LANDING CRAFT� AND REMOVE ALL 'TAMPA' ATTRIBUTES.
Last Amended Date Oct 30, 2024

Circumstances of loss

IN MID-OCTOBER 1944, VESSELS OF THE 9TH LCT FLOTILLA LEFT PORTS IN SCOTLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND, ENGLAND AND WALES TO LINK UP WITH CONVOY OS92/KMS66 BOUND FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ULTIMATELY ASIA, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE PLANNED INVASION OF JAPAN (OPERATION DOWNFALL, SCHEDULED FOR 1945/46).SIX LANDING CRAFT TANKS (480, 488, 491, 494, 7014 AND 7015) WERE LOST AT THE HEIGHT OF A STORM ON OCTOBER 18-19 1944, GOING DOWN WITH SOME OR ALL OF THEIR CREWS. 100 SAVED. 55 DIED.

General Comments

HULL COMPLETE - LIES IN AREA OF SANDWAVES

WRECK MAP LOADING ... 50 52.53 N,6 9.99 W
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