This is the information page about the shipwreck Guiding light, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 42.533 N,3 38.991 W (57.76915, -3.3976)
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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.
Name: GUIDING LIGHT
Year of registration: 1964
Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 350 cm
Known since: 1964, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H4734/63 20.1.64 LIES IN 574449N, 033356W. POSN BY DECCA. (LT CDR J RALPH RNR). 1.12.70 INS AS NDW. LC 115. H454/67 10.8.76 EXAM'D 31.7.75 IN 574239N, 033857W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. SCOUR 55MTRS. (HMS ECHO, HI 80/75). BR STD. 21.12.84 THIS IS FV GUIDING LIGHT. (B GREIG, TELECON). SEP 2020/000300180 7.3.20 EXAM’D 19.8.20 IN 5742.533N, 0338.991W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 52.99MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. LENGTH 19.4MTRS, WIDTH 5.2MTRS, HT 2.6MTRS. ORIENTATION 350/010 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 19.5MTRS, 0.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 350 DEGS . (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1582). BURIED, WITH VISIBLE STRUCTURES. AMEND NDW 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BURIED, WITH VISIBLE STRUCTURES
Position: 57 42.533 N,3 38.991 W