This is the information page about the shipwreck Shirley betty, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 16.836 N,3 29.304 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: SHIRLEY BETTY
Length 11.6 meter, width: 4.3 meter, tonnage 23 ton
Cause: took in water and sank in calm conditions. (ll).
Year of registration: 1981
Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 175 cm
Known since: 1981, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H4287/77 17.9.81 H4287/77 17.9.81 SANK 180DEGS, 7.1M FROM BERRY HEAD, OR 501650N, 032900W. (BRIXHAM CG, TLX DTD 22.8.81). NCA. H5982/82 16.2.83 H5982/82 16.2.83 TWO WKS SHOWN IN 501659N, 032917W [OGB], USING DECCA, ON KINGFISHER CHART K (SW)3 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H2061/82 14.9.83 H2061/82 14.9.83 EXAM'D 20.4.83 IN 501648N, 032912W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.6 IN GEN DEPTH 53.5MTRS. NO SCOUR GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS HERALD, HI 132). CHART AS WK 49MTRS. BR STD. 2.5.13 2.5.13 EXAM'D 19.1.13 IN 5016.836N, 0329.304W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.85 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 9.2MTRS, WIDTH 5.2MTRS, HT 1.1MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. APPARENTLY DISINTIGRATED COMPLETELY AND APPEARS AS A SMALL MOUND. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 51MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: APPEARS AS A SMALL MOUND
Position: 50 16.836 N,3 29.304 W