Wooden Vessel Wreck 53247

Field Value
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 42.871 N,0 41.135 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.714517
  • Longitude: -0.685583
Wreck Depth 7.86 m
Water Depth 9 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type Wooden Vessel
Sonar Length 9.52
Sonar Width 6.7
Shadow Height 1.68
Orientation 238
Cargo stone
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Sand
Original Detection Year 1977
Last Detection Year 2018
Original Source survey vessel
Surveying Details H4822/75 24.3.77 LOCATED 20.7.76 IN 504250N, 004102W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.7 IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. NO SCOUR. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 73/76). INS AS OBSTN 7.7MTRS. BR STD. H1310/82/18 12.7.82 OBSTN CONSISTS OF LARGE STONE BLOCKS LYING ON THE SCANT REMAINS OF A VERY OLD WOODEN VESSEL. PROBABLY A CARGO OF MIXON STONE. REQUEST COMMMERCIAL GUARD. (D M DILLINGHAM, 5.7.82). HH232/570/02 15.7.92 CONSIDERED TO BE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST. (ENGLISH NATURE, COASTAL ZONE PLAN INFORMATION REVIEW, 1992). 27.8.98 COMMERCIAL GUARD REMOVED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HH091/003/02 20.1.03 EXAM'D 29.11.02 IN 5042.869N, 0041.142W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 8.7, FOUL 8.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.7 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.5MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 103). AMEND TO OSW 8.7MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2019/000094901 16.05.19 EXAM'D 21.10.18 IN 5042.871N, 0041.135W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.86MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9TRS. LENGTH 9.5MTRS, WIDTH 6.7MTRS, HEIGHT 1.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 058/238 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1561). AMEND TO OBSTRN 7.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date May 16, 2019

General Comments

NO TYPICAL WRECK CHARACTERISTICS AND DOES NOT RESEMBLE STONE FORMATIONS.

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