Patrol Boat Wreck Jp 78887

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
8 23.592 S,124 41.142 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: -8.393200
  • Longitude: 124.685700
Water Depth 6 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Mean Lower Low Water
Type patrol boat
Flag JP
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Jan 1, 1944
Bottom Texture Sand
Original Detection Year 1996
Original Source diver
Surveying Details HH100/351/12 27.11.96 REMAINS OF SMALL JAPANESE PATROL VESSEL LIE IN 082335.5S, 1244108.5E. LIES NEAR THE BEACH IN 6MTRS AND IS MOSTLY BURIED IN SAND. UNUSUAL SPIRAL PROPELLOR RECOVERED FROM WK 4 YEARS AGO. (V SKOGLIE). NCA.
Last Amended Date Jul 31, 2000

Circumstances of loss

BOMBED DURING WW2 BY AN AMERICAN AEROPLANE IN 1944.

General Comments

MOSTLY BURIED IN SAND

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