Maritime record TR 38 SW 10 - Unknown

Summary

UNIDENTIFIED WRECK

Location

Grid reference TR 30997 84874 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR38SW
District THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Vertical Datum: LAT Quality of Depth: SWS 25-MAY-1959 General depth 11-9fms 5ft Scour 13fms seabed uneven. 27-MAY-1954 Drift sweep clear at 57ft foul at 58ft. General depth 64ft. Least depth by echosounder 59ft scour 14ft position as mentioned. 06-AUG-1959 Depth of 10fms 3ft found by echosounder. 25-JUL-1960 Wire sweep clear 57ft foul 58ft. Least echosounder depth 59ft in 60ft depth 19-JUN-1961 No trace found. Single ship sweep to 2ft off bottom scour 09-JUL-1962 No sign of wreck seabed 53ft scour 78ft. This scour stretches for over 200yds in an east to west direction. seabed bumpy. 03-MAY-1966 No sweep general depth of seabed by echo 64ft scour depth by echo 81ft. 13-DEC-1968 A small wreck difficult to locate but easily identifiable by its large scour. Difficult to sweep as it lies on the edge of a bank which is higher than the wreck immediately southwards. 2 ship drift sweep wreck clear at 55ft. Foul at 57ft. Least depth over the wreck by echo 58ft. General depth of the seabed by echo 65ft. Depth of the scour by echo 75ft, fix in position 51 30 54N 001 19 47E. 31-JUL-1969 2 Ship drift sweep wreck cleared at 17.3M. Foul at echo of seabed 19.4M depth of scour by echo 23.4M poor sonar contact probably masked by 15.7M bank close SE. Fix in position 51 30 54N 001 19 48E. 17-SEP-1976 Wreck fixed position 51 30 54N 001 19 48E. Single vessel drift sweep. Cleared 17.3m. Fouled 17.5m. Least depth by echosounder 17.5m. Sea bed echosounder 18m. Scour 25m. Deepest scour W of wreck. Suspected piece of wreck found 80m S by E swept to 15.6m (1)


<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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Record last edited

Oct 8 1993 12:00AM