This is the information page about the shipwreck Avalon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.472 N,0 8.37 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: AVALON
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 87 cm
Known since: 1975, last detected: 20200514
Details measurements/cartography: 8.9.75 WK IN 132DEG, 6.5C FROM NO.3A BINKS BUOY, OR 149DEGS, 1.47M FROM SPURN LT VESSEL. (LL, 6.9.75). GIVES POSN 533328N, 000829E. NCA. 10.9.75 POSN GIVEN AS 533305N, 000750E. (NAVEAM 287/75). NCA YET. 1.10.75 POSN FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION GIVEN AS 150DEG [T], 1.48M FROM S PURN HEAD HIGH LTHO, OR IN 533326.5N, 000826E. LEAST DEPTH AT POSN THOUGHT TO BE ABOUT 9MTRS & NETS ATTACHED TO WK MAY BE CREATING ADDITIONAL HAZARD. (BTDB HUMBER REPORT). NAVEAM 287/75. 3.10.75 WRECK REPD TO EXIST IN 533325N, 000826E. (MODUK NAVY). RIVER HUMBER NAVEAM 318/75. H5970/69 22.10.75 LEAST DEPTH NOW 10.4MTRS AT MAST, WITH 13.5MTRS OVER HULL. WK APPEARS TO BE SETTLING DEEPER. NO SIGN OF REPORTED ATTACHED NETS. LIES 150DEGS, 1.48M FROM SPURN HD LTHO. (BTDB HUMBER NM H68/75 & HUMBER HBR MASTER, TELECON 22.10.75).
- NM 2198/75. H5970/69 20.5.76 WK TO BE DISPERSED BY EXPLOSIVES. (BTDB HUMBER NMS 41 & 42/76). NCA YET. H5970/69 17.8.76 WK DISPERSED TO 13.2MTRS BELOW CD. (BTDB HUMBER NM 45 & 48/76). BR STD. HH091/178/01 4.3.08 EXAM'D 28.7.07 IN 5333.473N, 0008.370E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.15 IN GEN DEPTH 17.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 7.8MTRS, WITH 3.6MTRS, HT 1.9MTR. LIES 090/270 DEGS. BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1178). AMEND WK 16.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2011/000136845 3.8.11 LOCATED IN 5333.473N, 0008.366E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.55MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN DTD 18.7.11 FOR HI 1358). AMEND WK 16.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 29.1.13 EXAM'D 21.9.12 IN 5333.4725N, 0008.3655E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.4 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 5MTRS TOWARDS 315 DEGS. LENGTH 22.95MTRS, WIDTH 9.1MTRS, HT 2.6MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1400). LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.5MTRS. (SDC BATHY). NCA. SEP 2021/00006787 18.5.20 EXAM'D 18.05.20 IN 5333.472N, 0008.370E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS, LENGTH 8.00MTRS, WIDTH 3.00MTRS, HEIGHT 1.00MTRS, ORIENTATION 087 DEGS. BURIED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF DEBRIS OR SCOUR. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1683). AMEND DW 15.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BURIED
Position: 53 33.472 N,0 8.37 E