This is the information page about the shipwreck Heye p, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.152 N,3 43.371 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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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: HEYE P
Length 47.9 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 296 ton
Load: clay products
Cause: 18.12.79 ran aground in force 8 gale. crew rescued. (ll, 18.12.79).
Year of registration: 1979
Water depth above wreck: 0 meter
Known since: 1979, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H4287/77 2.1.80 H4287/77 2.1.80 HARD AGROUND AT PRAWLE PT. BREAKING UP [WHEELHOUSE GONE]. NO CHANCE OF SALVAGE. (CG BRIXHAM, TELEX DTD 17.12.80). POSN 249DEGS, 400YDS FROM PRAWLE POINT CG LOOKOUT. LYING ON GULL RK WITH ONLY STERN SHOWING - BOWS LYING BETWEEN THE ROCK AND CLIFFS. LIKELY TO BE COMPLETELY BROKEN UP SOON. CONSTITUTES NO HAZARD. (TELECON, BRIXHAM CG, 21.1.80). NCA. H4287/77 29.1.80 H4287/77 29.1.80 BOW REPD LYING ON ROCKS OFF PRAWLE POINT AND CAN BE SEEN. STERN SECTION HAS MOVED INTO A GULLEY ON THE WESTERN SIDE AND CAN ONLY BE SEEN AT LW. NEITHER PART IS A DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (RECEIVER OF WRECK, SALCOMBE, 19.1.80). NCA. H1941/79 2.4.81 H1941/79 2.4.81 BROKEN WKGE, DRYING 2MTRS, CAN BE SEEN ON THE ROCKS ON NE SIDE OF PRAWLE ISLAND. (HMS FOX, HI 54A/79). NCA. POSN 501207N, 034318W FOR FILING ONLY. H1310/84/38 7.11.84 H1310/84/38 7.11.84 FIVE OTHER WKS LIE IN APPROXIMATELY THIS POSN: - (A) DUTCH E INDIAMAN 'DE BOOTE' [SEE 18435] - WRECKED 8.11.1738; (B) 'GLAD TIDINGS' - 1292TON SV - WRECKED 15.12.1882; (C) 'BONA' - 80TON KETCH - WRECKED 4.8.1907; (D) 'IDA' - A COLLIER - STRUCK AND BROKE IN TWO 22.9.1930, AND (E) 'LOUISE-YVONNE' - FRENCH ONION BOAT WHICH RAN AGROUND 29.9.1935. (K MCDONALD). NCA. 24.8.87 24.8.87 HMS CROCODILE [SEE 18384] ALSO WRECKED 1784 IN THIS POSN. (THW CROCKER, NNS 23C/2018). NCA. 16.8.11 16.8.11 UNABLE TO ACCESS POSN. TOO CLOSE INSHORE. (MARIN MATTEKNIK HI 1356). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 12.152 N,3 43.371 W