Wooden Vessel Wreck 3053

Field Value
Obstruction Category foul ground
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 47.55 N,0 13.284 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.792500
  • Longitude: -0.221400
Wreck Depth 7.03 m
Water Depth 9 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type Wooden Vessel
Sonar Length 13.5
Sonar Width 5.6
Shadow Height 1.6
Cargo stone,cement
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture 9,7
Scour Dimensions 005.4,,000.5,020
Original Detection Year 1983
Last Detection Year 2015
Original Source diver
Surveying Details H1310/83/41 24.11.83 OLD WOODEN BARGE OR LUGGER, WITH CARGO OF CONCRETE OR GRANITE BLOCKS. LOCATED 20.10.83 IN 504723N, 001313W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH ABOUT 7MTRS BELOW C.D. LIES N/S WITH ONLY FEW PLANKS REMAINING UNDER CARGO, WHICH STANDS UP TO 2.5MTRS HIGH. LENGTH 15.2MTRS, WIDTH 6.1MTRS. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE WK ON WHICH THE BRITISH CONGER SPEAR FISHING RECORD WAS MADE. E/S TRACE SUPPLIED. (P A VAN DER BOON, 29.10.83). INS AS WK 7.0MTRS. BR STD. HH090/944/01 16.11.01 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. (NP 1016, HI 944B). PREVIOUS REPORT INDICATES REMAINS OF SOLID CARGO. AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083467 4.5.16 EXAM'D 13.12.15; IN 5047.550N, 0013.284W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.03MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8.75MTRS. SCOUR 5.4MTRS, LENGTH 13.5MTRS, WIDTH 5.6MTRS, HT 1.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY.THOUGHT TO BE WOODEN VESSEL.(GARDLINE 2015, HI 1478). AMEND FOUL 7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date May 5, 2016

General Comments

UK NM 3576/18

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