This is the information page about the shipwreck Spearfish, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 22.622 N,0 55.638 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Albert
3. Algiers
4. Angry fish
5. Asger ryg
6. Axwell
7. Basil-2
8. Bettann (bow section)
9. British commerce
10. Cambrian princess (probably)
11. Carbineer
12. Coral
13. Cuba
14. Donegal (possibly)
15. Elford
16. Fort yale
17. Gartland
18. Gascony
19. Gerarda
20. Germa geisha
21. Hedwig lunstedt
22. Highland corrie
23. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
24. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
25. Hmcs alberni
26. Hms apley (possibly)
27. Hms evadne (possibly)
28. Hms loyalty
29. Hms prince leopold
30. Hms sapper
31. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
32. Hooness
33. Lightfoot (possibly)
34. Lola (possibly)
35. Lowmount
36. Maid of orleans
37. Orminster
38. Plm 4 (possibly)
39. Polandia (possibly)
40. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
41. Ringen
42. Saint enogat
43. Sines (possibly)
44. Spearfish
45. Teelin head
46. U 1195
47. Ub 81
48. Uss osprey
49. Vigda
50. Whale unit 552 (possibly)

 

Name: SPEARFISH

Length 28.7 meter, width: 6.4 meter, tonnage 143 ton

Cause: Built in 1957. oil engine, single shaft. converted from a side-trawler. struck leg of self-elevating drilling rig penrod 85. was holed and in sinking condition. later sunk by hms tartar by gunfire as considered to have been a danger to other shipping. (ll & fo portsmouth).

Year of registration: 1983

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 164 cm

Known since: 1983, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H2595/80 12.7.83 WK LOCATED 1.7.83 BY THV 'STELLA' IN 502236N, 005536W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.15 IN GEN DEPTH 56.95MTRS [LAT]. SONAR INDICATES WK APPARENTLY LYING ON HER KEEL (?UPRIGHT), BUT HEADING IS UNCERTAIN. NOT CONSIDERED A DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (TH HARWICH, TELEX 1.7.83). CHART AS WK 41MTRS. BR STD. H3898/82 3.11.83 WK 35.0MTRS IN 502230N, 005536W [EUR]. (FR NM 83 40 20). NCA. HH090/952/01 3.11.03 EXAM'D 7.6.03 IN 5022.622N, 0055.638W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51.8 IN GEN DEPTH 56-58MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS. LIES 164/344 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 952) INTACT AND UPRIGHT. AMEND TO WK 51MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 50 22.622 N,0 55.638 W

 

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