Other Wreck 29249

Field Value
Wreck Category non-dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		49 58.56 N,5 40.841 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 49.976000
  • Longitude: -5.680683
Wreck Depth 52 m
Water Depth 61 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Sonar Length 121
Sonar Width 25
Shadow Height 8.4
Orientation 104
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Pebbles
Original Detection Year 1917
Last Detection Year 2005
Original Source other
Surveying Details 1917 WK IN 495800N, 054100W. (AP REPORT FALMOUTH, DOCKET M017693). POSN 8 MILES S OF WOLF ROCK. H2137/54 22.6.54 H2137/54 22.6.54 LOCATED BY SV 'HELP' FEB/MAY 1954 IN 495830N, 054040W USING DECCA OR 070DEGS, 5.4M FROM WOLF ROCK. DEPTH OVER WK 35FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 34FT. TWO DECKS. RATHER SIMILAR TO WK OF 'VINOVIA' [22536]. (RISDON BEAZLEY LTD., 23.5.54). CHART AS NDW. 25.11.74 25.11.74 LOCATED IN 495834N, 054050W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1974). NCA. 6.6.75 6.6.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC 50MTRS. NE 777. H2979/74 17.2.76 H2979/74 17.2.76 FF IN 495838N, 054047W USING DECCA. LOCATED WITH MAGNETOMETER BUT NOT DIVED ON. (E GILES, HYDROSERVE LTD, 29.1.76). NCA. H2590/76 3.3.76 H2590/76 3.3.76 LOCATED IN 495831.21N, 054047.1W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM MANY DIRECTIONS. POSITIVE SMALL WRECK. CLOSELY SOUNDED OVER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). AMENDED TO WK 55.0MTRS [30FMS] IN 495831.2N, 054047.1W. NE 777 & NE 1148. H4551/76 6.10.76 H4551/76 6.10.76 REPD 070DEGS 5.4M FROM WOLF ROCK AND TO BE 34FT HIGH. (RISDON BEAZLEY,17.9.76). [IN GEN DEPTH OF 66MTRS]. NCA. H1930/76 29.11.76 H1930/76 29.11.76 WRECK LOCATED 3,5.8.76 DURING SIMRAD SONAR TRIALS. FIXED BY DECCA. FROM DCS3 TRACE - IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. AFTER ONE PASS - APPEARS TO BE A PINNACLE 35FT HIGH (FROM SHADOW) AMID RIDGES LYING E/W. FROM SIMRAD SONAR - LEAST DEPTH 55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. CONTACT ABOUT 400 X 100MTRS IN SIZE. CLASSED AS MULTIPLE RIDGES ON A SMOOTH SEABED LYING SW/NE. BEST CONTACT FROM THE NW AT A RANGE OF 400MTRS. FISH CONTACTS IN THE AREA. NOT CLOSELY SOUNDED. (HMS HERALD, HI 18/76). NCA. RETAIN AS CHARTED. AWAIT NEXT SURVEY FOR EXACT CLASSIFICATION. H2979/74 24.2.77 H2979/74 24.2.77 FF REPD IN 495823N, 054029W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 3.2.77). NCA. H2979/74 11.8.77 H2979/74 11.8.77 FF IN POSN BY DECCA. CONFIRMED WK BY MAGNETOMETER. (E GILES, 3.8.77). NCA. H2979/74 16.12.77 H2979/74 16.12.77 THREE FFS REPD IN 495827N, 054023W; 495833N, 054038W; AND 495850N, 054044W. POSNS BY DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. H1310/82/7 11.3.82 H1310/82/7 11.3.82 POSITIVE WK IN POSN BY DECCA. (A M JONES, 12.2.82). NCA. H5982/82 21.4.83 H5982/82 21.4.83 TWO WKS SHOWN IN 495833N, 054104W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)7, 1982. POSN BY DECCA. NCA. HH091/059/01 7.4.05 HH091/059/01 7.4.05 EXAM'D 24.9.05 IN 4958.560N, 0540.841W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 52.9 IN GEN DEPTH 61.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 121MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 8.4MTRS. LIES 104/284 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). PROBABLE 3-ISLAND VESSEL, UPRIGHT, BROKEN AT STERN, COLLAPSED AT HOLDS WITH CARGO SPILLED NEARBY. PROBABLY BOWS W. AMEND WK 52MTRS. BR STD.
Last Amended Date Apr 7, 2005

General Comments

?3 ISLAND VESSEL, BROKEN AT STERN, COLLAPSED AT HOLDS

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