This is the information page about the shipwreck Pescado, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 3.418 N,1 40.34 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
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: PESCADO
Length 17.4 meter, tonnage 25 ton
Cause: Capsized and sank. cause unknown but thought nets may have become entangled with wreckage on seabed.
Year of registration: 1986
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 124 cm
Known since: 1986, last detected: 20161207
Details measurements/cartography: H2917/83 15.8.86 LOCATED IN 520328N, 014024E, LYING BETWEEN TWO SANDWAVES. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.75, FOUL AT 13.10MTRS. IN GEN DEPTH 25.3MTRS. DIVING OPS ON WK BROKEN OFF AS IT IS ENCLOSED WITH ITS OWN NETS. MARKED BY E CARD BUOY, VQ(3) 5S, LAID 090(T), 100MTRS FROM WK, IN 520328N, 014029.5E. (OCC TH HARWICH, TLX DTD 13.8.86).
- NM 2577/86. H2917/83 17.12.86 WK NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.8MTRS. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH NM 82/86).
- NM 98/87. SEP 2016/000091759 22.8.17 EXAM'D 7.12.16; IN 5203.418N, 0140.340E [WGD]. LEAST WCD 21.64MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, LENGTH 23.3MTRS, WIDTH 7.2MTRS, HEIGHT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 124/304 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 30.81MTRS, 1.99MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 124 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 3.418 N,1 40.34 E