This is the information page about the shipwreck Bovey tracy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 28.932 N,2 4.86 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: BOVEY TRACY
Length 67.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1212 ton
Cause: Bombed by aircraft.
Year of registration: 1969
Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1969, last detected: 20170314
Details measurements/cartography: H3730/69 8.8.69 LOCATED BY HIFIX. LARGE WRECK LYING E/W. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 88FT IN 115FT. SCOUR 124FT. (HMS BULLDOG, 1969). INS AS WK 15FMS. NE1504.. H2233/71 27.1.71 EXAM'D IN 522900N, 020454E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPT 26.2M IN GEN DEPTH 34.0MTRS. SCOUR 35.8MTRS. LYING 285/105 DEGS. ABOUT 180MTRS LONG. SCOUR ON NTH SIDE OF WRECK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 30 2.9.70). AMEND TO WK 14FMS. BR STD. H4398/71 15.9.71 EXAM'D IN 522858N, 020452E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.0MTRS, FOUL AT 23.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.3MTRS IN 34.0MTRS. SCOUR 36.0MTRS. LENGTH 350FT. LIES WNW/ESE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 1.7.71). AMEND TO SW 12FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4629/71 21.12.71 IDENTIFIED AS 'BOVEY TRACEY' FROM SHIP'S BELL. HEAVILY FESTOONED WITH NETS. (E GILES). 5.4.72 AMEND TO SW 23.0MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 30.6.94 IN 522854.4N, 020458.3E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 27.1, FOUL 27.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.8 IN GEN DEPTH 33.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. IN ONE PIECE. (GARDLINE, HI 616). [WGD] POSN: 5228.936N, 0204.860E. SEP 2017/000067039 7.8.17 EXAM'D 14.3.17: IN 5228.932N, 0204.860E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS, LENGTH 72.8MTRS, WIDTH 14.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 120/300 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 143.2MTRS, 3.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 172 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 28.932 N,2 4.86 E