This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.542 N,0 51.58 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. Algiers
3. Angry fish
4. Armenier
5. Arno (possibly)
6. Axwell
7. Basil-2
8. Bettann (bow section)
9. Cambrian princess (probably)
10. Carbineer
11. Cuba
12. Donegal (possibly)
13. Elford
14. Flag theofano
15. Fort yale
16. Fpt iv
17. Gartland
18. Gascony
19. Gerarda
20. Germa geisha
21. Glenlee
22. Hedwig lunstedt
23. Highland corrie
24. Hms apley (possibly)
25. Hms evadne (possibly)
26. Hms hazardous
27. Hms implacable
28. Hms northcoates
29. Hms pine
30. Hms prince leopold
31. Hms sapper
32. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
33. Hmsm a1
34. Lightfoot (possibly)
35. Lola (possibly)
36. Lowmount
37. Montecrana (possibly)
38. Polandia (possibly)
39. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
40. Saint andre (probably)
41. Shirala
42. Sines (possibly)
43. Spearfish
44. Teelin head
45. U 1195
46. U 86 (formerly)
47. U 86 (possibly)
48. Ub 81
49. Vigda
50. War helmet
51. Zaanstroom

 

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H2318/74 6.2.74 WK IN 503832N, 005137W [OGB] USING HSA & SEA-FIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8 IN GEN DEPTH 17.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 18.6MTRS. SEABED SAND, MUD, GRAVEL, PEBBLES & SHELL. APPEARS TO BE A SMALL BROKEN-UP WRECK OF DIMENSIONS ABOUT 10MTRS X 5MTRS. LIES IN SCOUR. GOOD E/S & SSS RESPONSE FROM N & S, BUT NOTHING FROM E & W. CLOSE NORTHWARD SEABED RISES TO 0.2MTRS SHOALER THAN WRECK. (SCES). CHART AS WK 15.8MTRS. NC 2045. H2318/74 2.10.75 CONSISTS OF TWO TANKS, TWO BULLDOZERS AND A FIELD GUN, ALL LYING IN SCOUR. THE HIGHEST POINT IS ONLY ABOUT 3FT ABOVE THE GENERAL DEPTH. (SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE LTD, VIA LT CDR J PAISLEY, SCES, 11.8.75). NCA. H3847/86 21.3.89 EXAM'D 1.11.88 IN 503831N, 005131W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.2 IN GEN DEPTHS 15.5 - 17MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 1.5MTR. LIES ON A GENTLY SHOALING BOTTOM AND EXTENDS ONLY ABOUT 0.3MTR ABOVE THE UPPER SIDE OF THE SCOUR. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 366). AMEND TO FOUL 15.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.10.08 DIVED 26-30.7.2008 IN 5038.540N, 0051.586W [WGD] USING GPS. SITE CONSISTS OF: 2 CENTAUR TANKS, INTACT AND UPSIDE DOWN; 2 ARMOURED D7 BULLDOZERS, INTACT AND ON THEIR SIDES; A BROKEN 4X4 VEHICLE; A GUN BARREL FROM THE LCT; AMMUNITION AND OTHER UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE; A KEDGE ANCHOR & 2 PROPELLERS. ALL LOST WHEN LCT(A) 2428 CAPSIZED UNDER TOW. DEBRIS COVERS AN AREA 30 X 25MTRS, ORIENTATED 150/330DEGS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 2.5MTRS. POOR SONAR CONTACT. CINC REQUESTED. (ALISON MAYOR, E-MAIL DTD 12.10.08) RECORD AMENDED TO CINC. NCA. SEP 2009/000045657 27.4.09 LOCATED 13.10.08 IN 5038.542N, 0051.580W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.78 IN GEN DEPTH 17.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.1MTR DEEP AROUND CONTACT. LENGTH 22MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 2.9MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FURGO OSAE, HI 1279). SEVERAL CONTACTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. AMEND OBSTN 15.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 12.5.17 OBSTN 15.7MTRS SHOWN ON BA 2045 (EDN 9, DTD 6.8.15). REMOVE CINC. 13.8.20 Assemblage of WWII Tanks and Bulldozers LOCATED IN 5038.542N, 0051.580W [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED SCHEDULED MONUMENT STATUS (The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979), DTD 31/5/2019. LIST ENTRY NUMBER 1459802. AMEND DW 15.7MTRS, ADD "HISTORIC" TO STATUS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SEVERAL CONTACTS COVER 22MTRS BY 15MTRS. UK NM 4687/20

Position: 50 38.542 N,0 51.58 W

 

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