Sailing Vessel Wreck 47546

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Status historic
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 18.445 N,3 57.259 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.307417
  • Longitude: -3.954317
Water Depth 1 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type sailing vessel
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Jun 1, 2015
Original Detection Year 1991
Last Detection Year 1991
Original Source other
Surveying Details 8.5.91 HSITE, IN WHICH EXTENSIVE MATERIAL THOUGHT TO BE FROM AN EARLY 16TH CENTURY SPANISH VESSEL HAS BEEN LOCATED, DESIGNATED AS AN HISTORIC WK SITE AS AN EMERGENCY. AREA WITHIN 250MTRS OF 501824.5N, 035711.5W PROTECTED. (D OF ENVIRONMENT, FAX 30.4.91 & LETTER 3.5.91 AND ENCLOSURES). NCA YET. HH232/354/02 20.5.91 NOW REPORTED AS SITE OF AT LEAST TWO WKS. CANON AND SWIVEL GUNS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED - SOME DATING FROM 16TH CENTURY AND SOME FROM 18TH CENTURY. (W. MORNING NEWS, 6.5.91). 30.7.91 DESIGNATION AS HISTORIC WK SITE CONFIRMED. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO. 1110/91 DTD 1.5.91). INS HIS, RADIUS 250MTRS, CENTRED ON 501824.6N, 035711.4W [OGB] WITH LEGEND. - NM 2289/91. 19.12.91 TIN INGOTS, THOUGHT TO BE FROM THE ROMAN ERA, LOCATED AND RECOVERED WITHIN 100YDS OF PROTECTED SITE. THOUGHT NOT TO BE CONNECTED WITH THIS WK. (M PALMER, 22.11.91 - ANNUAL REPORT ON SITE). CHARTLETS INCLUDED WITH THE REPORT INDICATED THAT THE WK SITE ACTUALLY LIES OUTSIDE THE DESIGNATED AREA, TO THE SE. D OF E INFORMED.
Last Amended Date Jan 18, 2007

Circumstances of loss

THOUGHT TO BE ONE OF THE SHIPS WHICH BROUGHT KING PHILIP OF CASTILLE ON A STATE VISIT TO ENGLAND AND WAS WRECKED DURING A STORM.

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