Sailing Vessel Wreck 36353

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
25 16.915 N,55 16.48 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 25.281917
  • Longitude: 55.274667
Water Depth 11 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type sailing vessel
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Jan 1, 1988
Bottom Texture Mud
Original Detection Year 1995
Last Detection Year 2005
Original Source survey vessel
Surveying Details H4497/88 2.5.89 LOCATED 18.2.89 BY SMB AND ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED TO BE MOUND OF DREDGE SPOIL. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. POSN FROM DCS3 TRACE 251649N, 551624E. (HMS HERALD, HI 474). INS AS DW. - NM 1471/89. 23.6.92 [WGD] POSN: 251655N, 551628E. 10.5.95 REVISED [WGD] POSN: 251701N, 551631.6E. NC 3175 [1:125,000]. 1.4.05 [WGD] POSN: 2516.915N, 5516.480E. NE 3411 [1:15,000, LARGEST SCALE].
Last Amended Date Apr 1, 2005

Circumstances of loss

THOUGHT TO BE WK OF A DHOW DUMPED BY AUTHORITIES IN 1988. (HMS HERALD).

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