This is the information page about the shipwreck Portslade (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 57.458 N,1 9.325 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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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: PORTSLADE (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 126 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H0793/40 14.6.46 SUNK IN APPROX 505712N, 010854E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H4551/76 15.11.76 WK IN 505732.6N, 010926.7E [EUR]. POSN BY DECCA. REPORTED HT 5FT. (RISDON BEASLEY, 27.10.76, SURVEYED 1976). INS AS WK 19MTRS IN 505727.6N, 010927.7E [OGB]. BR STD. H4199/78 20.10.78 LOCATED 21.9.77 IN 505725N, 010926E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28-30MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 31MTRS. LENGTH 54MTRS, LYING 120/300DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.. HH090/711/01 30.1.97 EXAM'D 5.8.96 IN 505727N, 010918E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.8, FOUL AT 24.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.9 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 130/310DEGS. BROKEN WRECKAGE AND SCATTERED DEBRIS. IN AREA OF SANDWAVES AND IS PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 25.07.16; IN 5057.458N, 0109.325E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.04MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 65.6MTRS, WIDTH 8.2MTRS, HEIGHT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 126/306 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 40MTRS, 4.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 070 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 57.458 N,1 9.325 E