Maritime record 2252 - UNKNOWN, MARITIME AREA

NL69NE 9552 6561 9782
N 56 57.0333 W 7 30.0667

Quality of fix = 0050
Evidence = Divers Report
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 9
Orientation of keel/wreck = 045225

Circumstances of Loss Details
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An unknown puffer sank after dragging its anchor in a storm and holing its stern on striking the shore.
Report by P. Camilli.

Surveying Details
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4 February 1982. The wreck of a puffer, 100 feet (30.4 metres) long, 20 feet (6.1 metres) beam, with its bows pointing to the SE, was reported in the entrance to BaghBeag, at 56 57 00N, 007 29 58W. The vessel was badly holed on its port side abaft the engine room. The least depth of water is 6.1 metres in a general depth of 12.1 at 1100am, 22 August 1981. Report by A. J. Jennions, 21 January 1982.

Note: The predicted tidal reduction is 3.3 metres clear water. Charted as a wreck with clearence of 2.8 metres.

6 March 1985. The site was dived on in 1984. The wreck is upright on the seabed.
Report by P. Camilli, 25 February 1985.

10 August 1994. The wreck was located at 56 57 01N, 007 30 08W [World Geodetic System Datum). The diver's description of site is as before.
Report by J Leigh.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.