This is the information page about the shipwreck Saratoga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.934 N,2 21.401 W (50.598900, -2.356683)

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: SARATOGA

Length 18.6 meter, width: 5.5 meter, tonnage 53 ton

Cause: ex-admiralty mfv 41. built of wood in 1943. oil engine single shaft. sank while under tow from weymouth to poole. later snagged by fv which pulled the wheelhouse free. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H4745/78 3.11.81 LOCATED BY FV, WHICH SNAGGED ITS NETS. POSN 037DEGS, 6.3M FROM PORTLAND BILL LT. PART OF WHEELHOUSE FLOATED FREE. (PORTLAND MRSC SIG DTD 1.11.81). SUNKEN VESSEL WAS IN VERY POOR MATERIAL CONDITION. CONSIDERED NOT TO BE HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. DIMENSIONS:- 61.5 X 17.6FT. MAX HT 23FT. NO MAST. (TELECON TH COWES, 3.11.81). CHART AS USC PA 12MTRS.

- NM 2697/81. H1310/88/38 9.8.88 LOCATED IN 503600.5N, 022107W [OGB]. STANDS 1-3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS AT LW. LIES NE/SW. (T G WILSON, 6.7.88). CHART AS WK 19MTRS.

- NM 2679/88. H3848/86 14.1.91 EXAM'D 30.11.90 IN 503553.8N, 022119.9W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.6 IN GEN DEPTH 21.6MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 1.3MTRS. VERY BROKEN WRECKAGE LYING OVER AREA 40 X 30MTRS AND IN TWO MAJOR PARTS. PROBABLY NOW COVERED WITH SAND. (HMS GLEANER, HI 367). CHART AS WK 19.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 472/91. HH091/217/01 - SEP 2009/000158351 2.11.09 EXAM'D 6.6.08 IN 5035.934N, 0221.401W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.09 IN GEN DEPTH 21.79MTRS. NO SCOUR. TWO RECTANGULAR CONTACTS SURROUNDED BY NUMBER OF SMALLER CONTACTS. LARGEST BLOCK HAS LENGTH 2.03MTRS, WIDTH 1.41MTRS, HT 0.7MTR. CONSIDERED FULLY BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1217). AMEND OBSTN 21.5MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEBRIS WITH TWO MAIN CONTACTS

Position: 50 35.934 N,2 21.401 W

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