Wreck: Trident (Fishing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Trident, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 20.246 N,2 40.073 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: TRIDENT
Length 59.7 meter, tonnage 1832 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products
Cause: lost with all seven crew.
Year of registration: 1974
Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1974, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H2336/84 25.7.85 H2336/84 25.7.85 LARGE DISPERSED WK LOCATED IN 582016N, 023958W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 48 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 246, HN 11.7.85). NCA YET. H2336/84 21.3.86 H2336/84 21.3.86 EXAMINED 28.6.85 IN 582016N, 023958W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 60MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 246). BR STD. HH091/150/01 23.1.08 SEP 2008/000007851 & HH091/150/01 23.1.08 EXAMINED 26.6.06 IN 5820.246N, 0240.073W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.6 IN GEN DEPTH 56.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 49MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS WITH BOWS 210DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 37MTRS TOWARDS 255DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. GENERALLY INTACT, ON IT SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). PROBABLE ABANDONED TRAWLS LIE CLOSE BY. AMEND WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 21.10.10 21.10.10 WK WAS DIVED IN 2001 BY DIVERS FROM DIVE BOAT KARIN AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS TRIDENT. (K HEATH, TELECON 21.10.10) IDENTITY AMENDED. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: GENERALLY INTACT, ON ITS SIDE, ?ABANDONED TRAWL CLOSE BY
Position: 58 20.246 N,2 40.073 W
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