Lighter Wreck 76607

Field	Value
Wreck Category	dangerous wreck
Wreck Location Marine Coordinates (DMM)	35 54.07 N,14 30.237 E
Latitude, Longitude Decimal Degrees	Latitude: 35.901167 Longitude: 14.503950
Wreck Depth	4.758 m
Water Depth	10 m
Water Level Effect	always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum	Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type	lighter
Sonar Length	33.27
Sonar Width	6.89
Shadow Height	2.72
Orientation	170
Conspic Visual	not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar	not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk	Apr 1, 1942
Original Detection Year	1975
Last Detection Year	2023
Original Source	diver
Surveying Details	H1310/74/78 17.3.75 WK LOCATED IN 355408N, 143016.8E [EUR]. BELIEVED TO BE FUEL LIGHTER SUNK AT SAME TIME AS HMS PANDORA. LIES N/S WITH BOW N, ON 40DEG ROCK SLOPE. DEPTH TO POINT OF BOW IS 4MTRS AND BOW STANDS 2MTRS HIGH. STERN LIES IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. LENGTH 32MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. HULL FAIRLY COMPLETE, BUT WITH BOMB DAMAGE HALF WAY ALONG PORT SIDE. (D. SANDERSEN, DTD 7.3.75). CHART AS DWP. NC 974. H1310/84/11 2.4.84 LIES STILL VIRTUALLY AS DESCRIBED IN 1975. (G.J. UNDERWOOD, DTD 14.3.84). NFA. 13.1.01 WGD POSN: 3554.060N, 1430.241E. NC 177. SEP 2019 /000112606 20.11.2018 EXM'D 20.11.2018; WRECK LOCATED IN 3554.069637N, 1430.236560E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.758MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. LENGTH 33.27MTRS, WIDTH 6.89MTRS, HEIGHT 2.72MTRS, ORIENTATION 170DEGS. (HMS ECHO SNT 06_17 H525). AMEND DW 4.7M IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date	Jul 17, 2023

Circumstances of loss

VESSEL, BOMBED & SUNK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

Data missing from the wreck bow.

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