This is the information page about the shipwreck Helwick lt float, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.196 N,4 36.536 W (51.707666666667, -4.38545)

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: HELWICK LT FLOAT

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter

Known since: 1943, last detected: 1977

Details measurements/cartography: H02475/43 4.12.43 H02475/43 4.12.43 POSN 512618N, 043000W. 7.4.45 7.4.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 512600N, 043000W (AUBD 320/2, HMS ST STEPHEN). H3804/72 20.3.78 H3804/72 20.3.78 LOCATED 26.5.77 IN 512810.1N, 043628.1W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 35-45 MTRS. SONAR HT 3MTRS. LENGTH & ORIENTATION DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. APPEARS CIRCULAR (HMS FAWN, HI 41/77). CLOSE INSPECTION OF DCS3 INDICATES WK MAY BE SLIGHTLY SHOALER THAN REPD BY FAWN. INS AS WK 37MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 28.196 N,4 36.536 W

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