This is the information page about the shipwreck Quail, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.069 N,0 18.525 W (50.6344833, -0.30875)

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: QUAIL

Length 68.3 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 924 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: Sank following a collision with french ss 'san martin'.

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1979, last detected: 1986

Details measurements/cartography: H1965/76 6.7.79 DCS3 CONTACT, CLASSIFIED WK, LOCATED IN 503802N, 001821W [OGB]. LENGTH APPROX 70MTRS. NOT EXAMINED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). WK LOCATED 25.6.75 IN 503804N, 001819W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. ESTIMATED SONAR HT 11MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). CHART AS WK 21MTRS IN HMS BULLDOG'S POSN.

- NM 1725/79. 21.6.79 VERY OLD STEAMSHIP. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. LARGE COUNTER STERN. SITTING UPRIGHT WITH NO MASTS OR UPPER WORKS. ORIENTATION NE/SW, BOWS SW. NO SCOUR. AT LEAST 95FT CLEAR OVER WK. (D PECKHAM, BRIGHTON, TELECON). NCA. H1965/79 11.12.79 EXAM'D 16.10.79 IN 503802.5N, 001821.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.6 IN GEN DEPTHS 30-43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. LYING 030/210DEGS. LARGE INTACT WK, PARTIALLY BURIED IN SAND, BUT GIVING STRONG SONAR RETURN. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 32MTRS. BR STD. H1965/76 4.12.80 EXAM'D 3.5.80 IN 503802N, 001826W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.6 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 79.8MTRS, BEAM 9.1MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. ALMOST INTACT, BUT WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE AT BOWS, LYING 080/260DEGS, BOWS W. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/81/30 16.11.81 DIVED ON IN 40MTRS AT LW NEAPS. NUMEROUS WOODEN DEADEYES AND A SOUNDING LEAD FOUND. (T W BENNETTO, 10.11.81). H1310/29/86 25.11.86 DIVED EXTENSIVELY IN 1985. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'QUAIL' - BELL RECOVERED. FO'C'SLE HAS BEEN CUT OFF ABOUT 12MTRS FROM STEM AND IS LYING ON PORT SIDE ABOUT 10MTRS FROM REMAINDER OF WK. REMAINDER OF HULL IS INTACT AND ON EVEN KEEL IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. (T W BENNETTO, 28.10.86).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 38.069 N,0 18.525 W

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