This is the information page about the shipwreck Pool fisher, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.492 N,1 26.583 W (50.458200, -1.443050)

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: POOL FISHER

Length 66.4 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1028 ton
Load: minerals

Cause: built in 1959 by n v schps 'foxnol'. owned at time of loss by james fisher & sons ltd. passage hamburg for runcorn. cargo potash. capsized and sank in very heavy weather while on passage hamburg to runcorn. it was concluded that vessel sank because no1 hatch was not properly secured. (ll & msd).

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 193 cm

Known since: 1979, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 8.11.79 SANK ABOUT 8 MILES S OF ST CATHERINE'S LT, ISLE OF WIGHT. (LL, 7.11.79). H2555/74 26.11.79 OBSTN, PRESUMED TO BE 'POOL FISHER', LOCATED IN 503018N, 012557W [OGB]. BUOY LAID CLOSE S. (TH, TLX DTD 8.11.79). H2555/74 13.11.79 SWEPT CLEAR AT 125FT. VERY UNEVEN BOTTOM, VARYING BETWEEN 120-170FT. BUOY REMOVED. (TH, TLX DTD 13.11.79). INS SW 37MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/07 8.11.93 SEVERAL PINNACLES EXIST CLOSE TO CHARTED POSN. WK OF 'POOL FISHER' HAS BEEN LOCATED AND DIVED ON SOME MILES AWAY. (M WOODWARD, 13.10.93). NCA YET. HH100/351/08 10.12.93 LOCATED APPROX 9 MILES SW OF ST CATHERINE'S POINT IN 502730N, 012636W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES N/S, VIRTUALLY UPSIDE DOWN WITH BOW SOUTH. SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED UNDER THE WK. HIGHEST POINT IS PROPELLER STANDING 23FT ABOVE GEN DEPTH 130FT. BOW IS BROKEN OFF AND NEARLY END UP. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (M J WOODWARD, 3.12.93). PREVIOUS POSN AMENDED TO ROCK, SW 37MTRS. BR STD. NOT TO BE CHARTED YET. 5.3.97 INS AS USC 30MTRS IN 502730N, 012636W [OGB]. BR STD. 5.2.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HH090/962/01 6.12.02 EXAM'D 18.7.02 IN 5027.457N, 0126.589W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.4 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTRS DEEP EXTENDS UP TO 28MTRS AROUND WK. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 50MTRS TOWARDS 090 DEGS. APPEARS MOSTLY BURIED WITH DEBRIS TO THE E. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO WK 28MTRS. BR STD. HH090/962/01 11.11.03 SWEPT CLEAR 28.3, FOUL 28.6MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 28MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 5.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5027.492N, 0126.584W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. ORIENTATION 193/013 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, 1.8MTRS DEEP. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, PROP IS HIGHEST POINT, BOW BROKEN OFF

Position: 50 27.492 N,1 26.583 W

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