Maritime record TR 01 NE 166 - Unknown

Summary

A possible Twentieth Century pontoon is visible on vertical aerial photographs of 1941 in shallow water on the beach to the east of the Coastguard Lookout at the Dengemarsh Gut Shafts. It was no longer visible at this location by the time of the next available vertical aerial photograph of 1946. This feature has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. Status: Site

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Grid reference TR 07010 16473 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR01NE
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

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25-FEB-1947 Position 50 54 36N 000 56 42E.

21-OCT-1959 Area surveyed without positive results, a visual
examination was made at LW and bottom sweeps carried out. Nothing
located.

09-APR-1975 Not found, no close search. General sea bed depth by
echosounder 1m.

The beached remains of what appears to be a simple rectangular pontoon are centred at TR 0685 1659. It lies 335m to the south-east of the Coastguard Lookout at the Dengmarsh Gut Shafts. It measures approximately six metres by nine metres in size. The pontoon is most clearly visible on oblique aerial photographs of 1941. By the time of the next available vertical aerial photographs of 1946, the possible pontoon was no longer visible at this location.

This record may be duplicated by Monument Number 812977


<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a.

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  • None recorded

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10073)

Record last edited

Jul 8 2024 3:01PM