Wreck: Hms ocean sunlight (Drifter)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms ocean sunlight, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 46.205 N,0 4.028 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

Name: HMS OCEAN SUNLIGHT

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20150811

Details measurements/cartography: H0574/40 24.6.40 DW IN POSN 144DEGS, 4.4C FROM W BREAKWATER LT, NEWHAVEN. (NOIC NEWHAVEN). - PFNM 1575/40 & NM 2078/40. H0574/40 31.5.41 G CONL BUOY LAID 250DEGS, 30YDS FROM WK. (ADMIRALTY). - TFNM 1263/41 & FNM 2619/41. H0574/40 9.12.43 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 5FMS. (ADMIRALTY). AMENDED TO WK 5FMS & BUOY DELETED.

- NM 2632/43. H0574/40 25.11.46 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 3.5FMS IN 504612N, 000412E. (HMS VERNON). AMENDED TO WK 3.5FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3807/46. H0574/40 18.6.47 CLEAR AT 26FT. DISPERSAL CARRIED OUT BUT SUSPENDED OWING TO DAMAGE BEING CAUSED ASHORE. (1947 SURVEY & CSO PORTSMOUTH). AMENDED TO WK 4.5FMS.

- NM 1576/47. H0574/40 19.3.51 DRIFT SWEPT 18.10.50 IN 504610N, 000404E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 19FT FOUL AT 20FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22FT IN GEN DEPTH 32FT. (HMS SCOTT, 8.12.50). AMENDED TO WK 3FMS 0FT IN REVISED POSN, MARKED BY G CON LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G CLOSE S OF WK.

- NM 561/51. H0574/40 18.12.51 DIVING SURVEY SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1951. AFTER DIFFICULTY, LOCATED 151DEGS, 8C FROM WEST PIER LIGHT NEWHAVEN. FORE PART OF VESSEL FOR ABOUT 25FT AFT FROM THE STERN STANDS ABOUT 14FT ABOVE THE BOTTOM IN A 4FT SCOUR. LEAST DEPTH 28FT IN GEN DEPTH 42FT. (DIRECTOR OF BOOM DEFENCE AND MARINE SALVAGE, 6.12.51). H0574/40 23.5.52 WRECK IN THREE PARTS IN POSNS USING BEARINGS & DISTANCES FROM NEWHAVEN LT:- POSN OF PART 1: 141DEGS, 4.0C, SWEPT CLEAR AT 23FT FOUL AT 24FT, IN GEN DEPTH; POSN OF PART 2: 139.5DEGS, 4.1C, SWEPT CLEAR AT 24FT FOUL AT 25FT, IN GEN DEPTH 31FT; POSN OF PART 3: 137.5DEGS, 4.6C, SWEPT CLEAR AT 25FT FOUL AT 26FT, IN GEN DEPTH 31FT. (SML 324, 30.4.52 - HMS SCOTT SURVEY & SWEEP TRACINGS). AMENDED TO WK 3.75FMS IN 504609N, 000404E.

- NM 936/52. H1028/57 12.7.57 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM WEEKLY NEWHAVEN. (CP56467/57). 14.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 7.0MTRS. NC 536. 7.4.72 AMENDED TO SW 6.7MTRS [LAT]. NC'S 536 & 1652. HH090/960/01 3.11.04 LOCATED BY MAGENTOMETER ONLY IN 5045.491N, 0004.136E [WGD] AND 5045.515N, 0004.014E. (NP 1016, HI 960). AMEND DEAD. BR STD. 4.12.13 NOT LOCATED IN 2013 USING M/B. (EGS, HI 1312). NCA. SEP 2015/000083466 8.2.16 EXAM'D 11.08.15 IN 5046.205N, 0004.028E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9.5MTRS. LENGTH 15MTRS, HT 2.6MTRS, WIDTH 2.9MTRS, SCOUR 43MTRS TOWARDS 095. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 7.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MAGNETIC ANOMALY ONLY

Position: 50 46.205 N,0 4.028 E

 

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