Other Wreck 86643

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
53 36.88 N,3 23.778 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 53.614667
  • Longitude: -3.396300
Wreck Depth 18 m
Water Depth 19 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Shadow Height 2.6
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Scour Dimensions ,,001.5,
Original Detection Year 1946
Last Detection Year 1988
Original Source naval vessel
Surveying Details H4515/46 17.8.46 WK 36FT IN 533648N, 032336W. (HMS SEAGULL). - NM 2840/46. H4515/46 18.12.46 INS G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2) G, 10S. (TH NM 136/46). - NM 3914/46. H6706/48 24.11.48 AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT. DELETE BUOY. - NM 2626/48. (HMS SEAGULL). H1893/64 11.3.68 NOT FOUND. (HMS WOODLARK HI 8/67). 29.8.73 FIRST REPD IN JULY 1946 BY HMS SEAGULL IN 533648N, 032336E, OR 138.25 DEG, 5.55M TO QUEENS FORT. SWEPT CLEAR AT 36FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42FT IN GEN DEPTH 59FT. IN NOV 1948, 'ARGUS' REPD SWEPT CLEAR AT 49FT. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). H3838/86 20.5.88 EXAM'D 26.10.87 IN 533652N, 032342W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 20.5MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERT. HT 2.6MTRS. DIMENSIONS AND SHADOW HT NOT OBTAINED AS WK HAS BURIED ITSELF IN OWN SCOUR. CHART AS WK 18MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). AMEND TO WK 18MTRS. - NM 1791/88. H3838/86 28.10.88 REASSESSMENT OF VIDEO OF 26.10.87 EXAMINATION INDICATES THAT THIS IS POSSIBLY A DISCARDED NAVIGATION BEACON. (HMS BULLDOG, 6.10.88). 22.3.10 WRECKAGE AND SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY AT 5336.89N, 0323.79W [WGD] ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS BEING THE REMAINS OF YSTROOM ([7976]). LINES OF METAL PLATING LIE ON THE SEABED. (C MICHAEL, EMAIL DTD 21.3.10). NCA. RSDRA2024000160567 07.06.23 SEEN IN M/B DATASET 2023. (XOCEAN SURVEY DTD 2023). DEEPER THAN CHARTED. RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH 18MTRS ABOVE.
Last Amended Date May 14, 1999

General Comments

?BEACON IN OWN SCOUR, LINES OF METAL PLATING

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