Other Wreck 912

Field Value
Obstruction Category foul ground
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
53 56.755 N,3 28.343 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 53.945917
  • Longitude: -3.472383
Water Depth 19 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Sonar Length 18
Sonar Width 0.25
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Original Detection Year 2010
Original Source ship visit/hydrographic note report
Last Amended Date Oct 25, 2010

Simplified Wreck Survey

Underwater obstruction located at coordinates 53 56.755 N, 3 28.343 W consisting of a lost steel drill casing measuring 18 meters by 10 inches with a weight of 1 ton dropped from 35 meters above the seabed and assumed buried in 4 to 6 meters of soft unconsolidated sediment classed as foul ground.

Surveying Details

SEP 2010/000176000 25.10.10 LENGTH OF STEEL DRILL CASING, 18MTRS BY 10 INCHES, WEIGHT 1 TON, LOST IN 5356.755N, 0328.343W [WGD]. DROPPED FROM 35MTRS ABOVE SEABED AND NOT LOCATED BY E/S. ASSUMED BURIED IN SOFT SEABED OF 4-6MTRS OF UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS. (FUGRO SEACORE LTD, HN DTD 6.10.10). INS AS FOUL. BR STD.

Circumstances of loss

LOST FROM JACK-UP BARGE EXCALIBUR ON PROPOSED WIND FARM LOCATION B12.

General Comments

STEEL DRILL CASING, 18MTRS X 10 INCHES. 1 TONNE

WRECK MAP LOADING ... 53 56.755 N,3 28.343 W
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