Wreck: St dunstan (Dredger)

This is the information page about the shipwreck St dunstan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.288 N,2 42.068 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)


 

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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: ST DUNSTAN

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 211DEGS, 2.5M FROM ABBOTSBURY CHURCH. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SANK 12M NW BY N FROM PORTLAND BILL. (WW1SL). CHART AS DW IN 503816N, 024156W. BR STD. H6391/19 H6391/19 SUNK IN APPROX 503730N, 023820W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3287/24 12.5.24 H3287/24 12.5.24 AMENDED TO NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 3315. H3971/52 10.10.52 H3971/52 10.10.52 DELETED FROM ALL CHARTS. (HMS SCOTT SURVEY). NOTE. H2603/61 20.6.61 H2603/61 20.6.61 EXAM'D IN 503816N, 024156W USING HSA. SWEPT FOUL AT 64 FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69 IN GEN DEPTH 91FT. SCOUR 4FT DEEP. APPROX 200FT LONG. LIES E/W WITH HIGH POINT NEAR E END. IDENTIFIED BY DIVER AS AN OLD BUCKET DREDGER. (FSL MEDA, 19.5.61). H2603/61 17.7.61 H2603/61 17.7.61 WK IS A BUCKET DREDGER WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS. GREATEST HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 22FT. LIES WITH KEEL UPPERMOST. BUCKET & DEBRIS LIE ALONGSIDE. HULL HEAVILY CORRODED & BROKEN ATHWARTSHIPS 30FT FOR'D OF THE STERN. DIM. APPROX 100 X 40FT. TWIN PROPS & RUDDER. LIES NE/SW & IS PARTIALLY BURIED. CONSIDERED TO BE A HAZARD TO VESSELS ANCHORING IN VICINITY. (HMS DINGLEY, 11.7.61). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. H2603/61 31.10.61 H2603/61 31.10.61 SWEPT CLEAR 64, FOUL 64FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68 IN GEN DEPTH 91FT. DIMENSIONS: APPROX 230 X 130FT. LIES NE/SW. THIS RATHER PECULIAR SPREAD OF WRECKAGE WAS OBTAINED ON TWO SETS OF SWEEPS AT RT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER. (FSL MEDA, 4.10.61). H3950/70 21.5.71 H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 19.1MTRS. (FSL MEDA, 4.10.61). NC 3315. 12.5.75 12.5.75 ABOVE REPORTS CONFIRMED. WK IS CERTAINLY A BUCKET DREDGER. LIES ON SIDE. PROPS STILL ATTACHED. DEPTHS CONFIRMED. DIVED ON 11.5.75. (MR COURTNEY, YEOVIL SAC, TELECON). H2923/83 3.1.85 H2923/83 3.1.85 EXAM'D 25.7.84 IN 503815N, 024159W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR 20.5, FOUL 20.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.0 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5, LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. LYING 070/250DEGS. BROKEN UP WITH HIGHEST PART AT SW END. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 20.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 7.10.10 SEP 2010/000175706 7.10.10 EXAM'D 13.6.10 IN 5038.288N, 0242.068W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.31 IN GEN DEPTH 27.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 15.5MTRS, HT 5.1MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. ?ON PORT SIDE WITH SOME PLATES HAVING FALLEN AWAY. AMEND WK 22MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1343). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, BOWS SW

Position: 50 38.288 N,2 42.068 W

 

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