This is the information page about the shipwreck Sheraton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 55.356 N,0 27.047 E (52.98535, 0.6546833)

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: SHERATON

Length 39.6 meter, width: 6.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 283 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Steal hulled steam trawler, built 1907 by cook, welton & gemmell, beverley, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 45hp, 1 boiler, single shaft. machinery by amos & smith, hull. owned at time of loss by standard steam fishing co. ltd. used during ww1 for boom defence work, during ww2 as a patrol vessel. stranded near huntstanton whilst being towed for use as a target hulk. (sibi & the tide & times of the wash newsletter spring 2008)

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: -5 meter

Known since: 1953, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: ST IN 525515N, 002706E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1190. H2704/53 26.8.53 WRECK LYING 232DEGS, 2.02M FROM HUNSTANTON WATER TR HAS ALMOST DISAPPEARED INTO THE SAND. 2 SMALL SHIPS FRAMES ABOVE THE SAND ARE VISIBLE & IT DRIES 2FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 7.4.53). AMEND TO ST DRIES 2FT. NE 1177 & NE 108. 25.4.55 AMEND TO ST DRIES 1FT [0.3MTRS] IN 525520N, 002709E [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 108. H2704/53 5.3.71 NOT SEEN DURING SURVEY, BUT KINGS LYNN HARBOUR MASTER REPORTS THAT IT STILL EXISTS AS CHARTED. DRIES 0.3MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, H525 2/70). NCA. 28.10.04 EUT POSN: 5255.356N, 0027.047E. NE 1200. 10.7.08 NAME GIVEN AS SHERATON. IN 2004 THE WK MEASURED 38.5MTRS LONG, 5.35MTRS WIDE WITH SIZEABLE AMOUNT OF HULL STILL EXISTING. TIMBER FRAME WITH RIVETED METAL. PLATES CAST INTO RIBS BUT ALSO RIVETED TO OTHER PLATES. TIMBER & IRON FROM WK HAVE BEEN FOUND ALONG THE BEACH. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE BELIEVE VESSEL ORIGINALLY CALLED STANDON WHEN BUILT IN 1907. THERE IS EVIDENCE WITHIN THE WK TO SUGGEST THAT SHE WAS POSSIBLY USED FOR TARGET PRACTICE. PHOTO. (THE TIDE & TIMES OF THE WASH NEWSLETTER SPRING 2008) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WK HAS ALMOST DISAPPEARED INTO THE SAND

Position: 52 55.356 N,0 27.047 E

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