Trawler Wreck 14975

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 43.979 N,0 0.797 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.732983
  • Longitude: -0.013283
Wreck Depth 18.16 m
Water Depth 21 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type trawler
Length 32 m
Sonar Length 31.2
Sonar Width 2.5
Shadow Height 2.7
Orientation 6
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture 4/17,6
Scour Dimensions 135,,000.4,095
Original Detection Year 1980
Last Detection Year 2015
Original Source survey vessel
Surveying Details H1965/76 16.12.80 WK, POSSIBLY SMALL TRAWLER, LOCATED 23.4.80 IN 504356N, 000035W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. DECCA USED. E/S 'ON TOP' NOT OBTAINED BECAUSE OF LOBSTER POTS IN AREA. GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 31.9MTRS, BEAM 8.1MTRS, HT 2.3MTRS. LYING 010/190DEGS, BOWS N. HAS CENTRAL HOLD & HIGH POINT AFT. (HMS BULLDOG HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 18.7MTRS. R/P. H1310/86 26.11.86 DIVED ON. LOOKS LIKE AN EARLY IRON S TRAWLER WELL SUNK INTO THE SILT WITH 0.5MTR OF GUNWHALE STANDING PROUD OF SEABED. HIGHEST POINT IS BOILER AND IRON STEERING GEAR STANDING 3MTRS HIGH. NO SCOUR. SEVERAL FISHING TRAWLS AND OTHER GEAR ENTANGLED WITH WK. (T W BENNETTO, 28.10.86). NCA. SEP 2015/000083467 5.5.16 EXAM'D 23.11.15; IN 5043.979N, 0000.797W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.16MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20.9MTRS. SCOUR 135MTRS, LENGTH 31.2MTRS, WIDTH 2.5MTRS, HT 2.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 006/186. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK PARTIALLY BROKEN UP WITH LITTLE STRUCTURE REMAINING. (GARDLINE 2015, HI 1478). AMEND DW 18.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date May 5, 2016

General Comments

WK PARTIALLY BROKEN UP WITH LITTLE STRUCTURE REMAINING

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