This is the information page about the shipwreck Defiant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 31.072 N,0 39.627 W (54.517867, -0.660450)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: DEFIANT

Length 16 meter, draught: 1.8, tonnage 58 ton

Cause: wooden hull. grounded. took water while in tow and sank. crew recovered. (lloyds casualty week).

Year of registration: 2010

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 134 cm

Known since: 2010, last detected: 20161217

Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2010/000171843 22.10.10 SANK IN 5431.082N, 0039.644W [WGD]. POSN CONFIRMED BY SOUNDING BY M FISHING EMULATOR II. (HUMBER CG, EMAIL DTD 15.10.10). NCA. SEP 2010/000171702 22.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5431.082N, 0039.644W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 12.6MTRS. TOW ROPE ATTACHED TO WK WITH SMALL BUOY ATTACHED TO IT. (NLB PHAROS, VIA TH, EMAIL DTD 16.10.10). INS AS WK 12.6MTRS. BR STD. SEP2017/000002822 28.4.17 EXAM'D 17.12.16 IN 5431.072N, 0039.627W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.66MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17.5MTRS, LENGTH 29.9MTRS, WIDTH 4.7MTRS, HEIGHT 2.28MTRS, ORIENTATION 134/314 DEGS. WRECK IS DEFIANT LYING AMONG ROCKS, COMPLETELY BROKEN UP. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND DW 13.6MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 31.072 N,0 39.627 W

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