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 (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Arfon
8. Athen
9. Barryman
10. Binnendijk
11. Black hawk (aft section)
12. Black hawk (fwd section)
13. Britannia (possibly)
14. British inventor (bow section)
15. Chasseur 6
16. Chasseur 7
17. Countess of erne
18. Earl of abergavenny
19. Elena r
20. Enecuri
21. Ethel (probably)
22. Evertsen
23. Forester (& pontoon)
24. Franziska
25. Frogner ?
26. Gripfast
27. Hartburn (probably)
28. Hartlepool (part of)
29. Hartlepool (part of)
30. Himalaya
31. Hms arfon
32. Hms fisgard ii
33. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
34. Hms james fennel
35. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
36. Hms landrail (probably)
37. Hms warrior ii
38. Hmsm a3
39. Hmsm l24
40. Hmsm m2
41. Hmsm p555
42. Hmsm sidon
43. Inisinver
44. Iolanthe
45. Juvenile delinquent
46. License to kill (possibly)
47. Longsand
48. Mallard (possibly)
49. Marie therese
50. Martha
51. Merchant royal
52. Milo
53. Neree (possibly)
54. Neree (probably)
55. Onward (probably)
56. Orne (possibly)
57. Pas (c.182)
58. Pitchipoy (possibly)
59. Rowella
60. Royal adelaide
61. Saratoga
62. Scaldis
63. Stancrest
64. Sudon (possibly)
65. Terrapin
66. Thera (possibly)
67. U 322 (possibly)
68. Ub 74
69. Valdes (probably)

 

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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