Wreck: Wast (possibly)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Wast (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 42.027 N,2 32.217 E (52.91125, 2.3091833)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: WAST (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 82 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: 12.11.17 12.11.17 POSN 524500N, 023000E. (DR FOWLER'S BOOK). H6411/21 H6411/21 INS ON CHARTS. H4282/26 14.10.26 H4282/26 14.10.26 INS AS NDWPA IN 524500N, 023000E. H3730/69 3.6.69 H3730/69 3.6.69 NOT FOUND AFTER INTENSIVE SONAR & E/S SEARCH. (HMS BULLDOG). DELETED. NE 1504. 20.11.72 20.11.72 SHOWN IN 524500N, 023000E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES CHART 1954. H3835/86 16.3.88 H3835/86 16.3.88 WK EXAM'D 30.6.87 IN 524200N, 023220E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.0 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING 082/262 DEG AND GIVES NO SONAR SHADOW. LARGELY BURIED WITH ONLY ABOUT 2MTRS PROTRUDING ABOVE SEABED. MUCH OF THE WK COULD BE BURIED IN THE LARGE AMOUNT OF SAND WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED TO THE N OF THE WK. (NP 1008, HI 354). INS AS WK 41MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MAINLY BURIED, POSSIBLY IN SAND MOUND TO N OF WK

Position: 52 42.027 N,2 32.217 E

 

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