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 57 41.371 N,3 47.531 W (57.7756, -3.7598166666667)

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: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 79 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3060/79 29.9.81 LOCATED 6.8.81 IN 574125N, 034727W. DCS3 HT 7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. BELIEVED TO BE AN AIRCRAFT. MANY SCOUR MARKS ON SEABED. (PALMER, EAE MARINE SURVEY, 25.8.81). INS AS WK 35MTRS. BR STD. H1310/84/40 15.11.84 LOCATED IN 574126N, 034720W USING DECCA. (B. GREIG). NCA. HH100/351/01 22.11.89 LOCATED IN CHARTED POSN AND DIVED ON. PART OF AIRCRAFT WING FOUND CONTAINING TWO ENGINE COWLINGS. THEREFORE CANNOT BE FROM A WELLINGTON BOMBER. (HMS CHALLENGER, 27.10.89). HH100/351/145 5.8.99 DIVED IN 5741.373, 0347.548W [WGD] USING GPS. FOUR ENGINE COWLINGS LOCATED TOGETHER WITH CIRCULAR WINDOWS. CONSIDERED TO BE THE WK OF SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT. LARGE PIECES OF FUSELAGE REMAINING BUT THE WINGS HAVE BEEN WELL DAMAGED BY TRAWLERS. LIES ON TOP OF MUDDY SLOPE. MAX HT 5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 24.7.99). NCA. SEP 2020/000300180 8.3.20 EXAM’D 8.3.20 IN 5741.371N, 0347.531W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.93MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. LENGTH 20.4MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS. ORIENTATION 079/259 DEGS. BURIED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1582). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BURIED

Position: 57 41.371 N,3 47.531 W

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