Steam Ship Wreck 4721

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		51 2.841 N,1 14.931 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 51.047350
  • Longitude: 1.248850
Wreck Depth 17.9 m
Water Depth 20 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type steam ship
Sonar Length 65
Sonar Width 12
Shadow Height 2.5
Orientation 120
Cargo coal
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Sand
Scour Dimensions 0060.0,,002.5,070
Original Detection Year 1940
Last Detection Year 2010
Original Source other
Surveying Details H0651/40 1.8.40 DW PA IN 510312N, 011542E. (ADMIRALTY). - PFNM 1899/40. H0793/40 6.9.40 DW PA IN 510310N, 011548E. (ADMIRALTY). - NM 2214/40 & FNM 2215/40. H0651/40 22.2.41 WK PA, LEAST DEPTH 5FMS. (ADMIRALTY). - NM 385/41. H5824/60 2.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 54FT. (HMS SCOTT, 27.5.60). H5824/60 7.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 47FT, FOUL AT 48FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54FT IN GEN DEPTH 72FT. SCOUR DEPTH 81FT. (HMS SCOTT, 11.4.61). - NM 1175/61. H4199/78 22.8.78 LOCATED 19.10.77 IN 510249N, 011501E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.9MTRS, LENGTH 36MTRS. LYING 145/325DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). NE 1892. H1283/82/150 16.7.82 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF CARGO SS, WITH 2 HOLDS FOR'D AND AFT OF BRIDGE. APPROX 140FT LONG, 25FT BEAM. MOST OF WK UPRIGHT, BUT BOW BROKEN 20FT FROM STEM AND LYING ON PORT SIDE WITH MAX HT OF 20FT ABOVE SEABED. ALL SUPERSTRUCTURE FLATTENED. COAL IN STERN HOLDS. (P G WEATHERLEY, 9.7.82). H1310/82/40 22.12.82 THIS WK HAS ENGINE AMIDSHIPS, THEREFORE CANNOT BE 'ISLAND QUEEN', WHICH HAD ENGINE IN STERN. (P G WEATHERLEY, 11.12.82) HH242/400/08 16.9.96 LOCATED IN 510250.5N, 011457.5E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21.5MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 711, HN DTD 22.8.96). - NM 3506/96. HH090/711/01 23.1.97 EXAM'D 9.8.96 IN 510250N, 011458E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.5, FOUL 15.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8 IN GEN DEPTH 21.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. ONE PIECE OF PARTIALLY BURIED WRECKAGE. UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 711). NOT FULLY SWEPT, AMEND TO WK 15.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/921/01 28.11.00 EXAM'D 22.10.00 IN 5102.834N, 0114.956E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.5, FOUL 15.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.7 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 115/295 DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL, PARTLY BURIED WK WHICH APPEARS TO BE INTACT. (NP 1016, HI 921). BR STD. 3.2.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5102.841N, 0114.931E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.98MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. BROKEN CLOSE TO STERN. MAJORITY OF SUPERSTRUCTURE NO LONGER VISIBLE. HULL HAS ALSO COLLAPSED BEHIND BOW. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). LIES 120/300DEGS. SCOUR APPROX 2.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS ENE FROM NW (?BOW) END. MINOR SCOUR AT SE END. AMEND WK 17.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Last Amended Date Feb 3, 2011

General Comments

UPRIGHT/INTACT, SE BROKEN, SMALLER SCOUR AT SE END

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