This is the information page about the shipwreck Sunlight, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 36.516 N,3 25.541 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: SUNLIGHT

Length 35.1 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 203 ton

Cause: tore bottom open on merkle reef during storm.

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1953, last detected: 1977

Details measurements/cartography: H4811/75 16.5.77 LOCATED 7.7.76 IN 583632.4N, 032527.0W USING HSA. LEAST DEPTH BY LEAD LINE 3.2 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. SEABED IS ROCK. WRECK JUST VISIBLE AT LOW WATER AT A DEPTH OF ABOUT 10FEET. ONLY THE BOILER CASING REMAINS. THE WOODEN HULL IS TORN OPEN. SOUNDING LEAD LOWERED ONTO HIGHEST PART OF WRECK AND LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED. CASING IS HEAVILY WEED COVERED AND DIFFICULT TO FIND WITHOUT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. (HMS HERALD, HI 13B/76). INS AS WK 3.2MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULLED, ONLY BOILER REMAINS

Position: 58 36.516 N,3 25.541 W

 

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