Maritime record TR 57 NE 2 - Unknown wreck

Summary

UNIDENTIFIED WRECK

Location

Grid reference TR 55292 75639 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR57NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Vertical Datum: LAT Quality of Depth: ES Orientation: NWSE 04-JAN-1972 New wreck found in position 51 25 23N 001 40 20E, echosounder depth 20.6m (67.5Ft). Small side scan sonar contact on very rocky bottom on S Edge of Drill Stone Bank about 40ft long lying NW/SE. Not swept could be part of wreck in 51 25 10N 001 39 53E. (1)

Detailed side sonar scan and magnetometer survey results were obtained in 2007. (2)

A dived survey of the anomaly detected by side scan sonar survey of the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm site found no wreckage exposed. The wreck is thought to be of 20th or 21st century origin. (3)


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

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, Archaeological Assessment of Marine Geophysical Data, Pre-development Monitoring Report Offshore Wind Farm Site (Unpublished document). SKE18180.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Thanet Offshore Wind Farm: Archaeological Diver Assessment of Anomaly 7069 (Unpublished document). SKE18182.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. EXTRACTED 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, Archaeological Assessment of Marine Geophysical Data, Pre-development Monitoring Report Offshore Wind Farm Site.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Thanet Offshore Wind Farm: Archaeological Diver Assessment of Anomaly 7069.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Dived survey, Thanet Offshore Wind Farm site (Ref: 60078) (EKE12649)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Marine geophysical survey, Thanet Offshore Wind Farm site and cable route (EKE12648)

Record last edited

Feb 28 2013 2:35PM