Vertical Datum: LAT Quality of Depth: SWS Vessel sank while under tow of CORNELIAN, 1945. Referred to as RESCUE DESPATCH BOAT 59. 26-NOV-1945 Barge sunk 1.15M 053deg NW Shingles Bn. Clear at 38ft 27-NOV-1945 Drift sweep clear at 33ft foul at 34ft, position 51 32 44N 001 14 30E or 051.5 Degs, 1.26M from NW Shingles Bn 02-NOV-1946 Dispersed DEC 1945 searched for by a/s and e/s, after dispersal no indication of wreck having existed. 28-APR-1956 Nothing found. Further search not justified as small wreck and original position uncertain. 17-SEP-1976 Close echosounder search carried out in charted position but nothing found. Seabed very uneven in this area. 04-FEB-1982 Located and swept in 51 32 45N 001 14 31E. Giving ng coords 624750.3E, 188027.5N. Clear at 11.9, foul at 12.3m, least echosounder depth 12.8 in general depth 15m. Scour 16.8m. Small but quite substantial.

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