Archaeology Notes

Event ID 757394

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ39NE 8002 3792 9515

N 57 56.5 W 3 2.9167

Formerly NJ39NE 8281

Quality of fix = HF6

Evidence = Echo sounder

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 77

Orientation of keel/wreck = NS

Surveying Details

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2 March 1987. A small wreck, about 20 metres (65 feet) long, was examined on the 21 November 1987 at 57 56 30N, 003 04 09W. NGR eastings 337917, northings 895143. The least echosounder depth was 74 in a general depth of 77 metres. No scour pits were observed. The side scan sonar indicated a height of 2.6 metres. The keel is lying on an orientation of 000/180 degrees.

Report by HMS BEAGLE.

3 June 1886. A new corrected position, 57 56 30N, 003 02 55W, is given.

Report by HMS BEAGLE.

Hydrographic Office 1995.