Other Wreck 68657

Field Value
Wreck Category non-dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		55 8.74 N,5 18.045 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 55.145667
  • Longitude: -5.300750
Wreck Depth 45.77 m
Water Depth 61 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Sonar Length 37.08
Sonar Width 8.09
Shadow Height 15.96
Orientation 354
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Mud
Scour Dimensions 043.3,014.7,002.1,143
Original Detection Year 1972
Last Detection Year 2021
Original Source ship visit/hydrographic note report
Surveying Details H3671/72 21.7.72 WK LOCATED IN 550843N, 051759W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. (HMS FOX, HN 12/72). H3671/72 12.9.72 LOCATED IN 550843N, 051759W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP] AND DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.2 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. SEABED MUD. INTRIGUING WK, TALL SLIM OBJECT ON ITS END IN MUD LEANING OVER TO ONE SIDE. ?SUBMARINE WITH BOWS IN MUD OR ?CRANE. LENGTH 40FT BY 25FT. STANDS 58.5FT PROUD OF SEABED. DCS3 HT 61FT. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). INS AS WK 26FMS. BR STD. H2265/73 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK 44MTRS. NC 2199. H3671/72 7.12.76 INS WK 26FMS BY NM. - NM 73/77. H5982/82 4.11.82 WK SHOWN IN 550849N, 051805W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS A-PLOT 4 [1982]. REFERRED TO AS A TANKER. HH100/351/21 24.5.04 DIVED IN 5508.737N, 0518.032W [WGD]. LOOKS LIKE A WORKBOAT THAT HAS BEEN BLOWN APART MIDSHIPS WITH BOW OR STERN STICKING UP AT ABOUT 50 DEGS. THERE ARE SOME NETS, BUT THESE ARE TIGHT TO THE WRECK. A DERRICK OR SMALL CRANE STICKS UP. LENGTH IN EXCESS OF 25MTRS. (D BELLMONT, EMAIL DTD 17.5.04). NCA. SEP 2021/000322449 22.12.21 EXAM�D 13.5.21 IN 5508.740N, 0518.045W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.77MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. LENGTH 37.08MTRS, WIDTH 8.09MTRS, HT 15.96MTRS. ORIENTATION 354/174 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 43.3MTRS, WIDTH 14.7MTRS, 2.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 143 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1718). SEMI INTACT, WITH BOW OR STERN STICKING UP AT A CONSIDERABLE ANGLE. AMEND NDW 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date Dec 22, 2021

General Comments

BROKEN MIDSHIPS, DERRICK/CRANE FORMS HIGH POINT

WRECK MAP LOADING ... 55 8.74 N,5 18.045 W
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