Wreck: Flying foam (possibly) (Sailing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Flying foam (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 49.257 N,4 2.194 W (49.605833333333, -4.0114166666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: FLYING FOAM (POSSIBLY)
Length 29.6 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 112 ton
Load: scrap metal,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined
Cause: built in 1879 at le huquet, jersey. passage london for briton ferry. sank following collision with ss starlight in w force 6. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1985
Water depth above wreck: 73 meter
Known since: 1985, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: 5.7.85 5.7.85 WK LOCATED IN 494916N, 040207W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS 5FMS ABOVE SEABED. CINC REQUESTED. (C WILLIAMS, RECORDED TAPE). INS AS WK 60MTRS. BR STD. H1311/88/60 19.12.88 H1311/88/60 19.12.88 SMALL WK LOCATED BY E/S IN 494917N, 040208W [OGB] USING DECCA. (T ALLEN, 14.11.88). NCA. 25.1.99 25.1.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HH091/059/01 22.11.05 HH091/059/01 22.11.05 EXAM'D 29.9.04 IN 4949.257N, 0402.194W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 70.8 IN GEN DEPTH 73.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 3.0MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL WK OR ITEM OF DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 70MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 7.9.07 7.9.07 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS BASICALLY A PILE OF NEATLY STACKED SCRAP IRON STILL CONFORMING TO THE SHAPE OF A WOODEN SHIP'S HOLD. THERE IS A PILE OF CHAIN AT ONE END. POSSIBLY 'FLYING FOAM'. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: STACKED SCRAP IRON IN THE FORM OF A SHIP'S HOLD
Position: 49 49.257 N,4 2.194 W
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