This is the information page about the shipwreck Hector gannet, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 0.293 N,1 50.398 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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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3. Alice taylor
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5. Alston
6. Angele-erika
7. Artemisia
8. Ayrshire (possibly)
9. Barrhill
10. Bertha
11. Blacktoft (possibly)
12. Camilla weston
13. Cantabria (probably)
14. Cardanel
15. Chevington
16. Clansman (possibly)
17. Corbrook
18. Corchester
19. Cordene
20. Corduff
21. Courier (probably)
22. Dashwood
23. Ems
24. English trader
25. Excellenz mehnert
26. Friesland
27. Fulgens
28. Galatea (possibly)
29. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
30. Georgia (for'd part)
31. Glen derry (probably)
32. Goodwood (possibly)
33. Hector gannet
34. Hms agate
35. Hms cantatrice
36. Hms dhoon (probably)
37. Hms dungeness
38. Hms force
39. Hms francolin
40. Hms tranio
41. Hms true accord (probably)
42. Hms washington (probably)
43. Hms william stephen
44. Hmsm c 11
45. I t l anna b
46. Ilse
47. Ionian (probably)
48. Kentwood (probably)
49. La perouse (possibly)
50. Leelite
51. Leopold ii
52. Londoner (probably)
53. Marsworth
54. Meriones
55. Montferland
56. Mount ida
57. Navarra (possibly)
58. Newland (possibly)
59. Norman queen
60. Oakgrove
61. Onto
62. Osprey
63. Otter
64. Oxshott (possibly)
65. Pegrix
66. Robrix
67. Roine
68. Rose marie
69. Roy
70. Rye
71. Seagull
72. Seaham
73. Sheaf water
74. Trevethoe
75. Vanilla (probably)
76. Vigo
77. Waldinge
78. Walkure
79. Whintown (possibly)
80. Willowpool
81. Xanthe
82. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: HECTOR GANNET

Length 38.1 meter, width: 9.1 meter, tonnage 361 ton

Cause: built in 1962. home port gt yarmouth. a tm stern trawler employed as safety vessel for hewett a drilling platform. was severely damaged, capsized and sank while attempting to rescue platform crew following a gas blowout.

Year of registration: 1968

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 52 cm

Known since: 1968, last detected: 20190222

Details measurements/cartography: H7794/68 27.11.68 INS DW IN POSN 305 DEG, 2.25C FROM PLATFORM. (THV MERMAID).

- NM 2055/68. H7794/68 12.12.68 LOCATED IN 530007N, 015029E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 49FT, FOUL AT 50FT. THOUGHT TO BE LYING ON PIPELINE. (THV MERMAID). AMEND TO SW 8FMS 1FT.

- NM 67/69. H7794/68 16.4.69 WK BELIEVED TO HAVE DRIFTED ONTO AND DAMAGED AS YET UNUSED GAS PIPELINE. AN EFFORT TO MOVE WK ON 31.3.69 FAILED AS IT IS TOO DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN SEABED. (LL 1.4.69). H7794/68 30.4.69 WK TO BE MOVED USING FLOATING CRANE MAGNUS III. (LL 27.4.69). H7794/68 14.5.69 WK MOVED TO POSN 530017N, 015023E. (BOT & LL). H7794/68 23.6.69 EXAM'D 16.5.69. STANDS 33FT ABOVE SEABED WITH 85 DEG LIST. APPROX LEAST DEPTH 45FT [LWST]. (DECCA NAV CO LTD, FOR PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO LTD). H7794/68 10.9.69 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK (MAST) IS 40FT. THIS IS TO BE CUT DOWN TO 46FT. DEPTH OVER FUNNEL IS 54FT. (PHILLIPS PETROLEUM). H7794/68 4.11.69 MAST REMOVED. HIGHEST POINT NOW FUNNEL CASING AT 60FT. (MAREX DIVING). AMEND TO WK 10FMS. LC 106. H7794/68 16.1.70 POSN NOW 530019.9N, 015029.7E. (PHILLIPS PETROLEUM, 14.11.69). H7794/68 3.2.70 WK MOVED TO 530019.9N, 015029.75E - CLOSE TO WK OF CHEVINGTON. (MAREX DIVING, 14.11.69; BOT, 24.1.70). DELETE. COVERED BY SHOALER WK CLOSE W. HH090/524/01 3.1.92 EXAM'D 10.7.91 IN 530016.4N, 015036.8E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.4MTRS. NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.5 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR 4MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEG WITH HULL APPARENTLY INTACT. POSSIBLE DEBRIS LIES TO W OF WK. SWEPT CLEAR TO 1.8MTRS BELOW LEVEL OF SANDWAVES SOME 40MTRS TO N OF WK. (LAND & MARINE, HI 525). CHART COMBINED WITH WK CLOSE W. SHOW AS SW (WKS) 15.3MTRS IN 530016N, 015031E (MEAN POSN OF CHEVINGTON AND HECTOR GANNET). BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 10.6.02 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND TO SW WK 21MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000100123 13.5.20 EXAM'D 22.02.19; IN 5300.293N, 0150.398E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 35.8MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HEIGHT 5.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 052/232 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 238 DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT, LISTING TO PORT. AFT SECTION IS VISIBLE AND INTACT, WITH FORWARD SECTION BURIED BY SAND WAVE. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND DW 20.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 53 0.293 N,1 50.398 E

 

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