Maritime record 2254 - UNKNOWN, MARITIME AREA

NL56NE 9554 5946 6620
N 56 39.8 W 7 33.5833

Quality of fix = EDM
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 230
Orientation of keel/wreck = 085265

Surveying Details
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14 December 1988. A large wreck was located at 56 39 48N, 007 33 34W. The least depth by echosounder was 223 metres in a general depth of 230 metres.
Report by HMS ROEBUCK November 1988.

4 April 1989. The wreck was examined on the 8 December 1988 at 56 39 48N, 007 33 35W. NGR conversion gives eastings 59464, northings 766205. Decca [Hebridean] red b 9.93, green d 64.05, purple a 30.29. The least depth by echosounder was 223.7 metres in a general depth of 230 metres. No scour pits were observed. The estimated height from hydrosearch was 4.9 metres. The length was 46 metres (150 feet), and width 9.5 metres (31 feet). The vessel is intact, lying with its keel on an orientation of 085/265 degrees, with no projections noted. The site was not found by HMS HERLAD in 1976.
Report by HMS ROEBUCK.

Note: The site is outside the normal survey area and was reported by local fishermen.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.