Wreck: Scimitar (Trawler)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Scimitar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 10.055 N,1 50.841 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)


 

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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: SCIMITAR

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 167 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20170130

Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 CONFIRMS LOSS AND OTHER RELEVANT DETAILS. H4282/26 14.10.26 INS AS DW (1916)(PA). H0650/40 22.3.43 AMEND TO NDWPA.

- NM 586/43. H3273/61 10.9.62 UNKNOWN WK LOCATED IN POSN 521002N, 015100E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 86FT IN 110FT. (HMS SCOTT 1962). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 17.3.70 AMEND TO WK 14FMS. NE 1543. H4629/71 27.1.72 FOUND IN TWO PARTS AND IDENTIFIED AS TRAWLER SCIMITAR. NAME SCIMITAR FOUND ON PROPELLOR. E/S DEPTH 79FT. STANDING UPRIGHT & IN TWO SECTIONS. BOW S. CONSIDERABLE DISTURBANCE ON SURFACE. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS). 31.7.74 AMEND TO WK 26MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 9.1.95 EXAM'D 12.8.94 IN 521001.41N, 015057.14E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.8, FOUL 25.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.9 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. PROBABLY BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 616).

- NM 685/95. SEP 2017/000091759 5.9.17 EXAM'D 30.01.17; IN 5210.055N, 0150.841E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 26.8MTRS, WIDTH 12.7MTRS, HEIGHT 5.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 167/347 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 17.09MTRS, 0.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 047DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT WITH POSSIBLE NETS AND FLOATS WITHIN THE AREA. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 10.055 N,1 50.841 E

 

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