This is the information page about the shipwreck Tower base, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.814 N,3 28.844 W (53.613567, -3.480733)

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: TOWER BASE

Year of registration: 1961

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter

Known since: 1961, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H4501/61 16.10.61 SUNK IN POSN 533700N, 033054W. NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (F C FAGAN). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. H1893/64 11.3.68 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR AND E/S SWEEP. NUMEROUS SAND WAVES IN VICINITY SEA CONDITIONS AND LACK OF TIME PRECLUDED AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH. WK MAY WELL STILL EXIST. (HMS WOODLARK HI 9/67). 21.5.74 DELETED ALL CHARTS. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). H3838/86 9.11.87 WK LOCATED IN 533648N, 032846W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 20.7 IN GEN DEPTH 24.0MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD 5.11.87).

- NM BLOCK 366/88. H3838/86 20.5.88 DESCRIBED AS SMALL PILE OF WRECKAGE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). NFA. H3838/86 2.11.88 EXAM'D 27.10.87 USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.7 IN GEN DEPTH 24 TO 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 5.9MTRS; SHADOW HT 2.2MTRS. LENGTH 13.1MTRS, BEAM 9.2MTRS. WRECKAGE, ALMOST CIRCULAR IN SHAPE WITH NO DISTINCTIVE FEATURES. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). NFA. 23.3.10 THIS IS THE WRECKAGE OF A TOWER BASE. (C MICHAEL, EMAIL DTD 21.3.10). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: APPEARS AS ALMOST CIRCULAR WRECKAGE

Position: 53 36.814 N,3 28.844 W

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