This is the information page about the shipwreck Margaret smith, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 42.965 N,1 28.155 W (50.716083, -1.469250)

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: MARGARET SMITH

Length 43 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 309 ton
Load: sand

Cause: developed stbd list while off cowes. capsized and drifted to the sw. finally sank e of yarmouth. (ll).

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1978, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H4613/73 12.7.78 LYING APPROX 200FT W OF NO 6 MOORING BUOY, YARMOUTH ROADS. (TH COWES, TELEX DTD 30.6.78). STILL LYING AS REPORTED. DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT HAS REQUESTED OWNERS TO TAKE EARLY SALVAGE ACTION. (TH, TELECON 12.7.78). CHART AS DW PA IN 504258N, 012805W.

- NM 1702(T)/78. H4613/73 10.11.78 DEPT OF TRANSPORT UNABLE TO GET RESPONSE FROM OWNERS. TRINITY HOUSE, IN LTR DTD 4.7.78, GAVE POSN AS 504254N, 012808W. (CDR RAMSEY, DEPT OF TRANSPORT, 9.11.78). CHART AS WK 5.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2794/78. H4613/73 14.11.78 ABOVE POSN CONFIRMED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5FT [LAT] IN GEN DEPTH 38FT. WK STANDS 19.5FT ABOVE SEA BED. (TH, 4.7.78). NCA. H4470/81 4.8.83 EXAM'D 14.10.82 IN 504255N, 012803.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP] & HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 6.3MTRS. NO FOUL. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 13 TO 14MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. LYING NE/SW. LENGTH ABOUT 50MTRS. REPORTED TO BE UPSIDE DOWN. (SCESU, HI 98). AMEND TO SW 6.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2220/83. H1310/85/3 17.1.85 DIVED ON IN 1984. STILL INTACT, LYING ON ITS STBD SIDE WITH BOWS W. (M PRITCHARD, 7.1.85). H1270/82 26.1.87 CONFIRMED WK IN CHARTED POSN. LEAST DEPTH 6MTRS. (TH HARWICH, 26.1.87). H3846/86 19.4.88 EXAM'D 17.6.87 IN CHARTED POSN. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.3 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.06MTRS. LIES, IN ONE PIECE, 045/225 DEGS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 365). HH091/143/01 16.12.05 EXAM'D 10.9.05 IN 5042.958N, 0128.159W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.18 IN GEN DEPTH 13.4MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 60MTRS TOWARDS 250 DEGS. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 1143). RETAIN SW 6.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2010/000068407 30.4.10 TO BE BUOYED WITH Y CYLINDRICAL BUOY, 'MARGARET SMITH'. EXPECTED TO BE SEMI-PERMANENT WITH REVIEW IN MAY 2011. (M JAMES, NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY, EMAIL DTD 26.4.10). INS Y SPECIAL BUOY.

- NM 2659(T)/10. SEP 2010/000084138 26.5.10 BUOY WILL BE LIT, FI.Y.3S, WITHIN THE NEXT 3/4 WEEKS. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE WK WILL BE PROTECTED UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WRECKS ACT, AND THEREFORE ITS CHARTED DEPICTION WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. (M JAMES, NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY, TELECOM DTD 20.5.10). AWAIT FURTHER. NCA. SEP 2011/000088467 12.5.11 WK OR SIMILAR OBJECT LOCATED IN 5042.962N, 0128.136W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 6.2 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. 50MTRS IN EXTENT. (FATHOMS LTD, HN DTD 6.5.11). NCA. SEP 2011/000130288 3.8.11 WK LIES IN 5042.965N, 0128.155W [WGD]. BUOY IN 4542.974N, 0128.155W. (NEW FOREST NATIONAL PART AUTHORITY, EMAIL DTD 13.7.11). AMEND POSN. INS BUOY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON STBD SIDE, BOWS W

Position: 50 42.965 N,1 28.155 W

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