Wreck: Runswick (Sailing vessel)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Runswick, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 17.458 N,0 10.959 W (54.2909667, -0.18265)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: RUNSWICK

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 333 cm

Known since: 1997, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 14.7.97 IN 541726.9N, 001057.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 48MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. HIGHLY FRAGMENTED WITH HIGH POINT AT THE N END. PARTIALLY BURIED WITH SAND AMIDSHIPS. STRONG LINEAR SONAR REFLECTIONS. (GARDLINE, HI 730). ALTHOUGH WELL SOUNDED, IN VIEW OF HIGH POINT CASTING STRONG SHADOW AND DCS3 HT, INS AS WK 42MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/17 25.4.01 DIVED IN 1999. A DECAYED WRECK SAT UPRIGHT. BOWS STANDING HIGH, BUT COLLAPSED AFT AND THE STERN IS MISSING. PROBABLY IRON CONSTRUCTION. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE SCHOONER 'RUNSWICK'. BELL FOUND ON THE SEABED AFT OF THE FORECASTLE. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 16.06.16 EXAM'D 22.02.16 IN 5417.458N, 0010.959W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. LENGTH 47.2 MTRS, WIDTH 14.4 MTRS, HT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 333/153. SCOUR LENGTH 8.5MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 033 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WRECK IS PARTIALLY INTACT, WITH ONLY WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE BOW, WHICH STILL RETAINS SOME SORT OF STRUCTURE. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 44MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact

Position: 54 17.458 N,0 10.959 W

 

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