This is the information page about the shipwreck Misty dawn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 51.846 N,3 25.33 W (54.966733333333, -3.2847)

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: MISTY DAWN

Length 8.5 meter, tonnage 7 ton

Cause: built in 1980. steel hull. snagged nets while trawling for shrimps. rolled quickly to port, capsized and sank stern first. crew of 2 were spotted from shore and recovered after one hour in the water. (maib).

Year of registration: 2008

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 2008, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2008/000056549 1.7.08 SUNK IN 5451.854N, 0325.315W [WGD]. MARKED BY EMERGENCY WRECK MARKING BUOY. (TH NM 23/08). TO BE LIFTED. NCA. SEP 2008/000091591 18.11.08 EXAM'D 5.11.08 IN 5451.854N, 0325.315W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 8.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.1MTRS. APPEARS TO BE SINKING INTO THE SAND AND IS LESS OF AN OBSTRUCTION THAN WHEN IT SANK. GEN DEPTH MUCH DEEPER THAN CHARTED 2MTR DEPTHS. AS MIN DEPTH OF 1.8MTRS ABOVE DATUM IS REQUIRED TO ENTER SILLOTH DOCK CONSIDERED THAT WK WILL NOT BE A DANGER, OTHER THAN TO FV USING NETS. (THV MAIR, ROS DTD 6.11.08). INS AS WK SW 8.3MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2008/000091589 18.11.08 EMERGENCY WK MARKING BUOY IN 5351.854N, 0325.241W [WGD] TO BE WITHDRAWN. (TH, EMAIL DTD 10.11.08). BUOY NEVER CHARTED. NCA. 21.11.08 INS AS WK (NO DEPTH SPECIFIED). (RT1 DECISION).

- NM 6857/08. HH091/291/01 & SEP 2009/000174502 17.11.09 EXAM'D 1.3.09 IN 5451.846N, 0325.330W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.33 IN GEN DEPTH 11.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 8.5MTRS, WIDTH 2.5MTRS, HT 2.8MTRS. LIES 135/315DEGS WITH BOWS NW. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1291). SMALL FV WITH CUDDY FWD. LIES WITH BOWS SE. AMEND WK 8.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2020/000315101 26.01.21 EXAM'D BY BDC; IN 5451.846N, 0325.330W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.94MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS, LENGTH 8MTRS, WIDTH 6.8MTRS, HT 1MTR, ORIENTATION 000/180 DEGS. NFS. (BDC EXAMINATION OF BARROW PORT AUTHORITY SURVEY DTD 21.07.2020). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SE

Position: 54 51.846 N,3 25.33 W

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