Maritime record TR 22 NW 9 - Unknown

Summary

UNIDENTIFIED WRECK, BELIEVED TO BE A STEAMSHIP

Location

Grid reference TR 21445 28732 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR22NW
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

Map

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Full Description

Vertical Datum: LAT Quality of Depth: ES Orientation: 105285 30-AUG-1977 Wreck reported. Stated to be fair sized and to stand 24 feet above seabed. 19-OCT-1977 In 51 00 53N 001 09 27E. Ng coords 621456E, 128718N. Least echosounder depth 18.8m in general depth 24m. Scour 25.3m. Side scan sonar height 4.9m, Length 115m. Apparently intact and lying on its side. Orientated 105/285 deg. 22-DEC-1982 Dived on in poor conditions. Impossible to determine type of vessel, but is definitely lying upright on seabed. (1) 20-APR-1995 Reports received from Folkestone BSAC suggest that this vessel is a turn of the century steamer.


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

Sources/Archives (1)

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

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 4 1993 12:00AM