Simplified Wreck Survey
Underwater Wreck Survey Details Position 51 40.54 N 1 32.544 E Southern North Sea off the coast of England. This historic shipwreck is an intact small coaster cargo vessel lying on its side with hull and superstructure in good condition. The wreck measures approximately 35 to 43 meters in length around 7 to 8.4 meters in beam and sits on a flat sandy seabed in a general depth of 19 to 20 meters with a least echo sounder depth of 13.6 meters. Surveys note a scour depth of up to 22.5 meters a sand plume downstream and a large magnetic anomaly.
Surveying Details
H03797/42 13.9.43 WK LOCATED IN 514022N, 013234E. DISPERSED. (CAPTAIN, SHEERNESS, 12.9.43). H03797/42 13.5.47 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 45FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46FT. LENGTH 100FT APPROX. LIES E/W IN GEN DEPTH 60FT. (COMMANDER, SHEERNESS, 12.5.47). INS AS WK 7FMS 3FT IN 514033N, 013232E. - NM 1417/47. H2132/70 21.1.70 EXAM'D IN 514031N, 013239E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.2MTRS [7FMS 4FT], FOUL AT 14.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.3 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 21.6MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 43/69). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 4FT [LAT]. - NM 304/70. 24.1.73 AMEND TO SW 14.2MTRS. NC 1975. H2132/70 10.4.79 EXAM'D 19.10.78 IN 514031N, 013240E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.8 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 22.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS, LENGTH 38MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEG. (SOISS, HI 60D/78). CHART AS WK 12.1MTRS. - NM 1089/79. H2007/81 17.2.81 LOCATED 6.8.80 IN 514031N, 013239E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS, LENGTH 43MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS. INTACT WITH HIGHEST POINT AT CENTRE OF WK. (HMS ECHO, HI 68C/80). NCA YET. HH090/481/01 26.11.90 EXAM'D 13.9.90 IN 514030.5N, 013239.1E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [5 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.0, FOUL AT 14.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.9 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 22.5MTRS. NO CLEAR DCS3 SHADOW OBTAINED. LENGTH 35MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEG. LARGE, RELATIVELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED IN AREA OF FLAT SANDY SEABED. A LONG PLUME OF SAND PERSISTS DOWNSTREAM OF WK. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY WAS OBSERVED. (NP 1016, HI 481). - NM 3561/90. HH100/351/20 5.8.03 HH100/351/20 5.8.03 DIVED IN 5140.538N, 0132.550E [WGD]. THIS IS A CARGO VESSEL LYING ON ITS SIDE. THE HULL AND SUPERSTRUCURE ARE INTACT AND SHOW NO SIGN OF COLLAPSING. THE SIZE OF A SMALL COASTER AND LOOKS TO BE LESS THAN 50 YEARS OLD FROM THE STATE OF THE SUPERSTRUCTRE. (B HICKINBOTTOM). NCA. SEP 2014/000130175 22.7.14 SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 13.6MTRS IN BATHY DATA FOR LONDON ARRAY WINDFARM DATA SURVEY DTD 2010/11 [EMU LTD]. (K FEATHERSONE, RT1 EAST, EMAIL DTD 21.7.14). AMEND WK 13.6MTRS. SEP 2014/000130175 22.7.14 DCS3 LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 8.4MTRS, HT 2.6MTRS. (LONDON ARRAY WINDFARM SURVEY, ROS 2010/11, EMU LTD).
General Comments
INTACT, ON ITS SIDE, PART BURIED, SAND PLUME DOWNSTREAM