This is the information page about the shipwreck Hauler, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.951 N,1 8.642 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)
Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
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: HAULER
Length 30.5 meter, width: 6.7 meter
Cause: broke adrift when under tow and sank. some salvage work carried out in 1975. later dispersed by explosives.
Year of registration: 1973
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 178 cm
Known since: 1973, last detected: 2002
Details measurements/cartography: H4851/73 20.9.73 H4851/73 20.9.73 SANK ABOUT 0.5M SE FROM SANDOWN PIER. (TOTLAND BAY CG). NCA. H4851/73 8.11.73 H4851/73 8.11.73 DW IN 503854N, 010833W [OGB], OR 110DEGS, 3.8C FROM SANDOWN PIER LT. (PORTSMOUTH LOCAL NM 55/73).
- NM 2248/73. 7.12.73 7.12.73 G SPHERICAL BUOY, RAREFL LAID 1C SE OF WK. (PORTSMOUTH LOCAL NM 57/73).
- NM 2452/73. H1270/72 12.9.75 H1270/72 12.9.75 SALVAGE WORK COMMENCED. SMALL EXPLOSIVE CHARGES MAY BE USED. (PORTSMOUTH LOCAL NM 25/75). H1270/72 4.10.76 H1270/72 4.10.76 WK DISPERSED REMAINS COVER AREA 80FT SQUARE. HIGHEST POINT 4FT ABOVE SEABED. DEPTH 14MTRS TAKEN IN AREA OF WK AT 12.05, 24.8.76, AT WHICH TIME THE TIDE GAUGE AT KINGSTAIRS, PORTSMOUTH READ 4.45MTRS. WK BUOY REMOVED. (QHM PORTSMOUTH HN 6/76, 16.9.76). AMEND TO WK 8.3MTRS, & DELETE BUOY. BR STD. H4613/73 16.12.76 H4613/73 16.12.76 WK REMAINS STAND AVERAGE OF 6FT ABOVE SEABED. HIGHEST POINT, A PROJECTING PIPE, IS 10FT ABOVE SEABED. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 8.7MTRS (TIDAL REDUCTION 3.7MTRS APPLIED). NUMEROUS METALLIC CONTACTS SURROUNDING WK. (HMS GAVINGTON, WK SURVEY DTD 30.9.76). NCA. H1310/87/9 6.3.87 H1310/87/9 6.3.87 DIVED ON IN 1986. WRECKAGE CONSISTING OF HULL PLATES, WIRE HAWSERS, PARTS OF WINCHES, AND SEVERAL LARGE WOODEN PILES. LIES E/W AND STANDS NO MORE THAN 1.5MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (M PRITCHARD, 16.2.87). NCA. HH090/962/01 2.12.02 HH090/962/01 2.12.02 EXAM'D 6.7.02 IN 5038.951N, 0108.642W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.3 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 26MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. DCS3 HT 1MTR. LIES 178/358 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, WELL BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 962). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL BURIED
Position: 50 38.951 N,1 8.642 W