Simplified Wreck Survey
Underwater Wreck Survey Details: Unidentified Shipwreck near the English Channel and UK Coastline. Location Coordinates: 51 6.322 N, 1 43.988 E. Comprehensive hydrographic survey history reveals a largely intact shipwreck with a degraded southern section, resting in a general seabed depth of 37 meters. The least depth over the obstruction is 35.0 meters, measured via multibeam sonar. Structural dimensions of the submerged wreck: length 32.3 meters, width 9.5 meters, and height 2.7 meters, oriented at 164/344 degrees. Seabed scouring is present with dimensions extending 36.6 meters in length and 1.7 meters in depth towards 037 degrees, alongside evidence of debris to the western side. Regular examinations by the UK Hydrographic Office confirm its charted position and structural status.
Surveying Details
H4453/72 18.3.75 WRECK LOCATED IN 510620.9N, 014403.2E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38.4MTRS. (HMS FOX, SIG DTD 7.3.75). CHART AS WK 19FMS [35MTRS] IN 510616N, 014405E [OGB]. - NM 694/75. H4453/72 14.4.75 EXAM'D IN 510621N, 014403E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.8 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. SAND WAVES, APPROX 10MTRS HIGH, NEARBY. GAVE GOOD DCS3 CONTACT. (HMS FOX, H525 20.3.75). H2981/75 4.8.86 LEAST DEPTH NOW 34MTRS IN 510621N, 014401E [EUR]. (BREST NM 86 24 27). AMEND TO WK 34.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN. G/S. [OGB] POSN: 510616N, 014403E. H3159/86 23.9.86 SHOWN AS WK 34.8MTRS ON FR SURVEY, [K9845/9], 1985. NCA. 3.7.90 UNKNOWN IN 510622.8N, 014403.3E [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS, FIXED BY TRIDENT III. EXAM'D BY E/S, MAGNETOMETER & SONAR. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.8 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.21611061). NCA. SEP 2015/000171587 10.11.15 EXAM'D BY BDC, WK FOUND IN 5106.315N, 0143.989E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 38MTRS. LENGTH 30.0MTRS, WIDTH 9.5MTRS, HT 3.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 170DEGS. SCOURS DEPTH 2MTR,. LENGTH 40MTRS, ORIENTATION 45DEGS. NFS. (DS8, CEFAS SURVEY 2014). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH, POSN AMENDED. SEP 2017/000083886 12.07.17 EXAM'D 22.3.17 IN 5106.315N, 0143.987E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.05MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS, LENGTH 32.3MTRS, WIDTH 9.5MTRS, HEIGHT 2.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 164/344 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 36.6MTRS, DEPTH 1.7MTRS, TOWARD 037 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS LARGELY INTACT WITH A DEGRADED SOUTHERN SECTION. EVIDENCE OF DEBRIS TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE WRECK AND SCOURING MOST NOTABLY TO THE EAST AND WEST (EGS, HI1537). AMEND NDW 35.0MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
General Comments
LARGELY INTACT WITH DEGRADED SOUTHERN SECTION.