Other Wreck 4706

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Status Dead = Not detected by numerous sources therefore considered not to exist
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
51 1.552 N,1 16.265 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 51.025867
  • Longitude: 1.271083
Water Depth 23 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Cargo railway: stock and construction materials
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Original Detection Year 1982
Last Detection Year 2016
Original Source diver
Surveying Details H1310/82/22 22.9.82 WK LOCATED IN 510131N, 011622E [OGB] USING DECCA. WELL SUNK INTO SEABED. VERY LITTLE REMAINS OF WK EXCEPT CARGO, WHICH IS TWO LARGE PILES OF RAILWAY LINES, A STEEL WINCH, AND ANCHOR & CABLE. MILK JUG WITH INSCRIPTION 'UNION CASTLE LINES' FOUND ON SITE, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN DROPPED FROM PASSING VESSEL. WK LIES ABOUT 155DEGS, 75YDS FROM NEARBY STEAM TUG. (P G WEATHERLEY, 15.9.82). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. [WGD] POSN: 5101.552N, 0116.265E. 23.4.16 NOT SEEN IN M/B DATASET. (DS24 FOLKESTONE POMERANIA MCZ, SURVEY 2012). AMEND DEAD. SEP2016/000091764 18.4.17 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET. (GARDLINE 2016, HI 1497). NFA.
Last Amended Date Apr 23, 2016

General Comments

WOODEN HULL

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