Wreck Dives

AIRCRAFT HALIFAX
Latitude: 50 46.30 N
Longitude: 00 14.00 W
Distance: 5.3nm bearing 246T from BRIGHTON 3.1nm bearing 171T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 12m
Height: 3m
Dive details: 4-engined bomber, nothing found recently, see TRAWLER (WOODEN)
References: HR/33 013604570, US 64, DS 152

ALAUNIA
Latitude: 50 41.00 N
Longitude: 00 27.20 E
Distance: 22.5nm bearing 109T from BRIGHTON 8.1nm bearing 143T from EASTBOURNE MARINA
Tonnage: 13405
Built: 1913
Sunk: 1916
Depth: 36m
Height: 12m
Dive details: Superstructure swept and lies on seabed alongside. Remarkably intact, but broken up amidships and towards stern
References: DS 325

ARIEL
Latitude: 50 38.90 N
Longitude: 00 24.80 W
Distance: 15.1nm bearing 230T from BRIGHTON 12.3nm bearing 211T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 2220
Built: 1885
Sunk: 1892
Depth: 32m
Height: 2m
Dive details: Bow section lies to SE, broken up 30ft back from bow, scour to the West
References: SS p1, DS 161

ASHFORD
Latitude: 50 39.10 N
Longitude: 00 07.70 E
Distance: 12.9nm bearing 136T from BRIGHTON 7.8nm bearing 160T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 1211
Sunk: 1906
Depth: 34m
Height: 6m
Dive details: Sitting upright and relatively intact – this is a great dive. You can get round the whole ship on one dive and swim through the central bridge section.

BALFOUR
Latitude: 50 42.80 N
Longitude: 00 24.30 E
Distance: 20.2nm bearing 106T from BRIGHTON 5.7nm bearing 147T from EASTBOURNE MARINA
Tonnage: 285
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 23m
Height: 2m
Dive details:Naval steam trawler, sinking deeply into the muddy uneven seabed. 134ft by 23ft.
References: DS 326

BARGE (AMMUNITION)
Latitude: 50 47.30 N
Longitude: 00 07.20 W
Distance: 1.3nm bearing 206T from BRIGHTON 5.2nm bearing 114T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 100
Built: 1939
Depth: 17m
Height: 4m
Dive details: Upright and complete; makes a good novice dive; DS suggests it may be a WW2 landing craft; it looks more like a barge.
References: HR/39 013605239, DS 196

BLANEFIELD
Latitude: 50 41.90 N
Longitude: 00 14.10 E
Distance: 14.5nm bearing 116T from BRIGHTON 8.1nm bearing 124T from NEWHAVEN
Sunk: 1906
Depth: 23m
Height: 6m
Dive details: Only located on echo sounder
References: DS 259

BRAUNTON
Latitude: 50 38.90 N
Longitude: 00 10.60 E
Distance: 14.3nm bearing 131T from BRIGHTON 8.8nm bearing 149T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 4575
Sunk: 1916
Depth: 30m
Height: 13m
Dive details: This is a massive ship, fairly broken up but some large pieces of wreckage sticking up at various places. Bow and stern sections recognisable, cargo ammo
References: DS 273

BUCKET DREDGER
Latitude: 50 49.00 N
Longitude: 00 12.40 W
Distance: 3.9nm bearing 279T from BRIGHTON 1.5nm bearing 103T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 8m
Dive details: Few remains, on Jenny grounds
References: HR/42 013605379, DS 142

CALEB SPRAGUE
Latitude: 50 38.30 N
Longitude: 00 25.50 E
Distance: 22.5nm bearing 116T from BRIGHTON 10.0nm bearing 158T from EASTBOURNE MARINA
Tonnage: 1813
Sunk: 1944
Depth: 46m
Height: 11m
Dive details: Lies down a slope, so you can pick your depth. Cargo steel and timber. Some salvage work of steel. Damage to port side around holds 3 and 4.
References: DS 229

CANDIA
Latitude: 50 34.30 N
Longitude: 00 30.70 W
Distance: 20.9nm bearing 227T from BRIGHTON 18.2nm bearing 213T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 6482
Built: 1896
Sunk: 1917
Depth: 45m
Height: 18m
Dive details: Still reasonably intact in an area of sand dunes
References: DS 115

CITY OF BRISBANE
Latitude: 50 44.50 N
Longitude: 00 00.70 E
Distance: 5.9nm bearing 131T from BRIGHTON 2.7nm bearing 223T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 7094
Built: 1918
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 20m
Height: 10m
Dive details: Stern is to the North and is broken up. Bow section remains fairly complete but deck area is a mess of wreckage.
References: HR/25 013702750,SSp6,DS214,SAB97

CITY OF LONDON
Latitude: 50 42.30 N
Longitude: 00 14.40 W
Distance: 8.0nm bearing 219T from BRIGHTON 7.1nm bearing 178T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 6311
Depth: 23m
Height: 3m
Dive details: The wreck lies upside-down with wreckage scattered on the northern side and a lareg area of broken wreckage to the east.
References: HR/15 013603929, DS 157

CITY OF WATERFORD
Latitude: 50 40.50 N
Longitude: 00 06.60 W
Distance: 7.9nm bearing 181T from BRIGHTON 10.3nm bearing 150T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 1338
Built: 1921
Sunk: 1949
Depth: 28m
Height: 7m
Dive details: Upright and fairly complete; starting to open up; brass valves and copper pipes exposed in engine room. Cargo of carpets visible at stern.
References: HR/9 013603644, SS p7, DS 221

CLODMOOR
Latitude: 50 43.60 N
Longitude: 00 00.60 E
Distance: 6.5nm bearing 137T from BRIGHTON 3.4nm bearing 212T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 3733
Built: 1902
Sunk: 1917
Depth: 20m
Height: 4m
Dive details: Bow section stands proud (off to the NE) but much of the midships section is buried under the sand. Large propeller suspended in mid-water.
References: SS p11, DS 217, SAB 96

DEEP 10’S
Latitude: 50 27.50 N
Longitude: 00 16.00 E
Distance: 25.3nm bearing 145T from BRIGHTON

DEVON COAST
Latitude: 50 44.40 N
Longitude: 00 08.70 E
Distance: 10.3nm bearing 112T from BRIGHTON 3.9nm bearing 122T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 668
Built: 1905
Sunk: 1908
Depth: 16m
Height: 2m
Dive details: Known as stoneboat, well broken up and Sunk: into the seabed
References: SS p13, DS 254

FORTUNA
Latitude: 50 41.60 N
Longitude: 00 02.30 W
Distance: 7.2nm bearing 159T from BRIGHTON 11.1nm bearing 134T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 1254
Built: 1912
Sunk: 1916
Depth: 27m
Height: 6m
Dive details: Fairly intact except superstructure, plating thin; recovered small port-hole in 1991, cargo cement
References: HR/13 013604995, SS p17, DS 220

FRODE
Latitude: 50 46.10 N
Longitude: 00 28.80 W
Distance: 14.4nm bearing 260T from BRIGHTON 9.5nm bearing 249T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 697
Built: 1917
Sunk: 1943
Depth: 10m
Height: 2m
Dive details: Strewn over a wide area, used by sports fishermen, barren seabed to the east
References: SS p15, DS 89, SAB 90

GASCONY
Latitude: 50 39.40 N
Longitude: 00 39.60 W
Distance: 22.9nm bearing 246T from BRIGHTON 7.0nm bearing 178T from BOGNOR SLIP
Tonnage: 3133
Built: 1908
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 28m
Height: 3m
Dive details: Well broken, boilers exposed, plating thin
References: SS p18, SAB 79

GLENARM HEAD/UNKNOWN
Latitude: 50 38.60 N
Longitude: 00 11.40 W
Distance: 10.3nm bearing 198T from BRIGHTON 11.0nm bearing 169T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 3908
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 46m
Height: 8m
Dive details: Intact and upright. Dive Sussex wrongly identifies as Porthkerry. HR wrongly identifies as Glenarm Head.
References: HR/4 013603164, DS 168

GLENARTNEY
Latitude: 50 38.80 N
Longitude: 00 25.50 E
Distance: 22.3nm bearing 115T from BRIGHTON 9.5nm bearing 156T from EASTBOURNE MARINA
Tonnage: 5201
Sunk: 1915
Depth: 31m
Height: 6m
Dive details: Lying on her startboard side on a flat seabed. Very broken up with only bow section and boilers clearly defined
References: DS 328

GLENLEE
Latitude: 50 40.50 N
Longitude: 00 33.90 W
Distance: 19.2nm bearing 245T from BRIGHTON 15.1nm bearing 233T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 4915
Built: 1917
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 20
Height: 5
Dive details: Smashed about by salvage operations, largely flattened and well silted; 2 boilers and plates on bottom
References: SS p20, DS 92, SAB 82

GRABWELL
Latitude: 50 41.30 N
Longitude: 00 25.90 E
Distance: 21.6nm bearing 109T from BRIGHTON 7.5nm bearing 147T from EASTBOURNE MARINA
Tonnage: 251
Sunk: 1942
Depth: 22m
Height: 5m
Dive details: 196ft pile lighter. Sank while on tow. Sits on a flat bottom
References: DS 324

HARPALION
Latitude: 50 42.50 N
Longitude: 00 16.30 E
Distance: 15.7nm bearing 111T from BRIGHTON 9.1nm bearing 114T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 20m

INGER
Latitude: 50 41.60 N
Longitude: 00 26.70 E
Distance: 22.0nm bearing 108T from BRIGHTON 7.5nm bearing 142T from EASTBOURNE MARINA
Depth: 24m
Height: 4m
Dive details: Very broken up. Plate recovered with the letters GER on it.

INVERCLYDE
Latitude: 50 46.40 N
Longitude: 00 03.70 W
Distance: 2.6nm bearing 140T from BRIGHTON 7.6nm bearing 113T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 215
Built: 1914
Sunk: 1942
Depth: 15m
Height: 3m
Dive details: Boiler with scattered wreckage 100 metres away to the west/north-west
References: HR/34 013604569, SS28, DS209, SAB94

JAFFA
Latitude: 50 38.60 N
Longitude: 00 27.00 W
Distance: 16.4nm bearing 233T from BRIGHTON 13.3nm bearing 215T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 1593
Built: 1897
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 30m
Height: 6m
Dive details: Lies on port side
References: SS p29, DS 160

JOSEPH ROBERT
Latitude: 50 41.60 N
Longitude: 00 15.00 E
Distance: 15.2nm bearing 116T from BRIGHTON 8.8nm bearing 123T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 46
Sunk: 1958
Depth: 22m
Height: 6m
Dive details: French trawler. Sits upright on a sandy seabed. Only 60 metres from U40 submarine.
References: DS 313

KERYADO, HMS
Latitude: 50 38.50 N
Longitude: 00 07.70 E
Distance: 13.3nm bearing 138T from BRIGHTON 8.4nm bearing 161T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 252
Built: 1920
Sunk: 1941
Depth: 35m
Dive details: Very broken up and becoming buried
References: DS 275

LAFOREY, HMS
Latitude: 50 38.60 N
Longitude: 00 13.90 W
Distance: 10.9nm bearing 206T from BRIGHTON 10.8nm bearing 177T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 995
Built: 1913
Sunk: 1917
Depth: 43m
Height: 8m
Dive details: Broken midships,bridge collapsed.
References: HR/5 013603188, DS 170

LALEN MENDI
Latitude: 50 40.30 N
Longitude: 00 17.80 E
Distance: 17.3nm bearing 117T from BRIGHTON 10.9nm bearing 124T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 2138
Sunk: 1917
Depth: 26m
Height: 6m
Dive details: Cargo unscreened coal. Torpedoed midships which is badly broken
References: DS 318

LANCER II
Latitude: 50 44.20 N
Longitude: 00 01.00 E
Distance: 6.3nm bearing 132T from BRIGHTON 2.8nm bearing 214T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 275
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 21m
Height: 7m
Dive details: Shape of ship still recognisable. Makes a good novice dive. Starting to break up. Long scour to east
References: HR/24 013702671, DS 215, SAB 98

LESTERS WRECK
Latitude: 50 44.90 N
Longitude: 00 01.00 W
Distance: 4.8nm bearing 136T from BRIGHTON 3.3nm bearing 242T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 20m
Height: 2m
Dive details: An old wooden boat that was carrying a cargo of stone. Now makes an interesting rummage with the cargo forming an artificial reef. No woodwork visible above seabed.

MAASLUST
Latitude: 50 43.20 N
Longitude: 00 14.50 W
Distance: 7.4nm bearing 225T from BRIGHTON 6.2nm bearing 178T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 40
Depth: 19m
Height: 1m
Dive details: Intact, no superstructure, half-buried, 44ft tug
References: HR/18 013605033, DS 156

MILLGATE
Latitude: 50 42.30 N
Longitude: 00 09.80 E
Distance: 11.9nm bearing 120T from BRIGHTON 5.7nm bearing 136T from NEWHAVEN
Sunk: 1905
Depth: 22m
Height: 4m
Dive details: Badly rusted and holed, cargo cement, ribs showing
References: DS 261

MIOWN
Latitude: 50 48.30 N
Longitude: 00 15.40 W
Distance: 5.8nm bearing 269T from BRIGHTON 1.2nm bearing 201T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 379
Built: 1909
Sunk: 1914
Depth: 10m
Height: 2m
Dive details: Cargo of cement has made an artificial reef, lots of plates and boilers stand proud
References: SS p32, DS 138

MIRA
Latitude: 50 41.20 N
Longitude: 00 08.30 E
Distance: 11.7nm bearing 127T from BRIGHTON 6.1nm bearing 150T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 3538
Built: 1901
Sunk: 1917
Depth: 30m
Dive details: Superstructure gone but hull recognisable, sits on her beams, 345 ft long
References: SS p34, DS 265, SAB 101

MOHLEN PRIS
Latitude: 50 39.30 N
Longitude: 00 18.00 E
Distance: 17.9nm bearing 120T from BRIGHTON 11.6nm bearing 128T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 637
Sunk: 1917
Depth: 30m
Height: 9m
Dive details: Upside down on a sandy seabed. Cargo coal. Badly damaged midships
References: DS 317

MOLDAVIA
Latitude: 50 23.10 N
Longitude: 00 28.80 W
Distance: 29.0nm bearing 209T from BRIGHTON 27.8nm bearing 198T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 9500
Built: 1903
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 45m
Height: 17m
Dive details: Upright and largely intact
References: SS p36, DS 118

MULBERRY 1
Latitude: 50 44.70 N
Longitude: 00 42.20 W
Distance: 23.0nm bearing 260T from BRIGHTON 18.0nm bearing 254T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 6044
Built: 1943
Sunk: 1944
Depth: 9m
Height: 8m
Dive details: Known as the ‘Far Mulberry’, sits upright on the seabed, masses of fish, a conservation wreck, beware of metal spikes
References: DS 59

NORTHCOATES, HMS
Latitude: 50 39.70 N
Longitude: 00 35.40 W
Distance: 20.4nm bearing 244T from BRIGHTON 16.3nm bearing 233T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 277
Built: 1918
Sunk: 1944
Depth: 26m
Height: 7m
Dive details: Upright and largely intact
References: SS p38, DS 99

NY-EEASTEYR
Latitude: 50 39.50 N
Longitude: 00 21.60 W
Distance: 13.1nm bearing 227T from BRIGHTON 10.8nm bearing 203T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 61
Built: 1970
Sunk: 1980
Depth: 25m
Dive details: Intact with stern stoved in
References: SS p39, DS 163

NYON
Latitude: 50 38.00 N
Longitude: 00 12.30 E
Distance: 15.6nm bearing 131T from BRIGHTON 10.0nm bearing 146T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 5364
Sunk: 1962
Depth: 43m
Height: 14m
Dive details: Well broken. Cargo of cars and steel.
References: DS 272, SAB 102

NYON, SE
Latitude: 50 37.80 N
Longitude: 00 13.20 E
Distance: 16.3nm bearing 130T from BRIGHTON 10.6nm bearing 144T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 43m
Dive details: May be confused with Unknown 11

OCEAN SUNLIGHT
Latitude: 50 46.10 N
Longitude: 00 03.90 E
Distance: 6.9nm bearing 109T from BRIGHTON .4nm bearing 146T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 131
Built: 1929
Sunk: 1940
Depth: 10m
Height: 3m
Dive details: Partially dispersed by explosives, very broken up in 3 sections bow 800 yds 141 degrees Newhaven breakwater
References: HR/31 013703067, DS 244

OCEANA
Latitude: 50 42.30 N
Longitude: 00 25.60 E
Distance: 21.1nm bearing 106T from BRIGHTON 14.5nm bearing 106T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 6610
Sunk: 1912
Depth: 22m
Height: 6m
Dive details: Tangled mass of wreckage
References: DS 307

PAGENTURM
Latitude: 50 38.10 N
Longitude: 00 13.00 W
Distance: 11.2nm bearing 202T from BRIGHTON 11.4nm bearing 174T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 5000
Built: 1909
Sunk: 1917
Depth: 44m
Height: 24m
Dive details: Decks almost vertical, guns and superstructure still in place. Huge scour 5-10 metres on the western side.
References: HR/1 013603048, SS p41, DS 169

PENTRYCH
Latitude: 50 43.40 N
Longitude: 00 15.80 W
Distance: 7.8nm bearing 229T from BRIGHTON 6.1nm bearing 186T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 3381
Built: 1899
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 20m
Height: 7m
Dive details: there is one large section that stands well proud. Lots of scattered wreckage around the ship spread out over a large area. Cargo coal.
References: SS p42, DS 155

PINE, HMS
Latitude: 50 43.00 N
Longitude: 00 37.20 W
Distance: 20.3nm bearing 254T from BRIGHTON 15.6nm bearing 245T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 530
Built: 1940
Sunk: 1944
Depth: 10m
Height: 1m
Dive details: Flattened by explosives
References: SS p43, DS 95, SAB 80

QUAIL
Latitude: 50 38.00 N
Longitude: 00 18.40 W
Distance: 12.9nm bearing 216T from BRIGHTON 11.6nm bearing 191T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 41m
Height: 8m
Dive details: An old steamship 260ft by 30ft. Stands upright and is reasonable intact. Brojken in some areas where cargo of glassware is spilling out onto seabed.
References: DS 172

RAMSGARTH
Latitude: 50 40.00 N
Longitude: 00 23.60 W
Distance: 13.8nm bearing 232T from BRIGHTON 11.0nm bearing 210T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 1553
Built: 1910
Sunk: 1916
Depth: 22m
Height: 5m
Dive details: Lies on starborad side, bow and stern fairly intact, midships is collapsing
References: SS p44, DS 159

SEVEN SEAS
Latitude: 50 38.90 N
Longitude: 00 15.40 E
Distance: 16.8nm bearing 124T from BRIGHTON 10.7nm bearing 135T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 1194
Sunk: 1915
Depth: 35m
Height: 7m
Dive details: Sinking into the seabed. Two forward and two aft holds which are well silted. Badly damaged near forward holds
References: DS 316

SHIRALA
Latitude: 50 40.90 N
Longitude: 00 35.20 W
Distance: 19.8nm bearing 247T from BRIGHTON 7.3nm bearing 194T from LITTLEHAMPTON
Tonnage: 5306
Built: 1901
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 26m
Height: 8m
Dive details: Well broken up and dispersed, lots of goodies in the general cargo
References: SS p46, DS 93, SAB 81

STANWOLD
Latitude: 50 38.00 N
Longitude: 00 20.10 W
Distance: 13.6nm bearing 220T from BRIGHTON 12.6nm bearing 142T from LITTLEHAMPTON
Tonnage: 1020
Built: 1909
Sunk: 1941
Depth: 36m
Height: 10m
Dive details: Intact but three quarters upside-down
References: SS p48, DS 175

STEAM TRAWLER
Latitude: 50 44.70 N
Longitude: 00 11.30 W
Distance: 4.9nm bearing 221T from BRIGHTON 5.1nm bearing 155T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 17m
Height: 5m
Dive details: Split midships in 1987, 98ft by 31 ft steam trawler. Decks have now collapsed and lies broken on the seabed. Good novice dive.
References: HR/26 0136043750, SAB 93, DS154

SUBMARINE U-40
Latitude: 50 41.60 N
Longitude: 00 15.00 E
Distance: 15.1nm bearing 116T from BRIGHTON 8.7nm bearing 124T from NEWHAVEN
Sunk: 1939
Depth: 22m
Dive details: Type 9A submarine. Sits upright. Recently salvaged. Only 60 metres from Joseph Roberts.
References: DS 314

SUBMARINE UC65
Latitude: 50 30.20 N
Longitude: 00 26.60 E
Distance: 27.7nm bearing 130T from BRIGHTON
Dive details: Deep mid-channel dive.

T.R. THOMPSON
Latitude: 50 40.20 N
Longitude: 00 05.60 E
Distance: 11.2nm bearing 137T from BRIGHTON 6.4nm bearing 168T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 3538
Built: 1897
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 30m
Height: 14m
Dive details: Recognisable shape, collapsing internally, upright with a bad break half-way along, gun on aft deck, cargo iron ore
References: SS p50, DS 264, SAB 100

TRAWLER (WOODEN)
Latitude: 50 46.30 N
Longitude: 00 14.00 W
Distance: 5.3nm bearing 246T from BRIGHTON 3.1nm bearing 171T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 12m
Dive details: Lies a few yards to the south of the Halifax Bomber. Unable to locate recently.
References: DS 153

UNKNOWN 7 SW OF QL
Latitude: 50 37.60 N
Longitude: 00 19.00 W
Distance: 13.5nm bearing 216T from BRIGHTON 12.1nm bearing 193T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 42m
Height: 10m
Dive details: Lies in deep hole/valley. 290 ft long. 3 metre scour on North, 20 metre sand wave poised above her.
References: DS 174

UNKNOWN 9 W OF QL
Latitude: 50 37.80 N
Longitude: 00 19.60 W
Distance: 13.6nm bearing 218T from BRIGHTON 12.0nm bearing 194T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 30m
Height: 10m
Dive details: Well broken up, possibly 260 ft freighter. Nearby is another 370 ft area of wreckage. 2 wrecks? or 1 split in two? Possibly the TYCO
References: DS 173

UNKNOWN 11
Latitude: 50 37.90 N
Longitude: 00 13.10 E
Distance: 16.2nm bearing 130T from BRIGHTON 10.5nm bearing 144T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 37m
Dive details: 120 ft lying on flat sand seabed
References: DS 271

UNKNOWN 12 GLEN HD!
Latitude: 50 37.00 N
Longitude: 00 16.60 W
Distance: 13.2nm bearing 209T from BRIGHTON 12.5nm bearing 185T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 52m
Height: 10m
Dive details: Intact and upright. Dive Sussex identifies as Glenarm head.
References: DS 180

UNKNOWN 13
Latitude: 50 38.60 N
Longitude: 00 09.20 E
Distance: 13.9nm bearing 135T from BRIGHTON 8.7nm bearing 155T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 35m
Height: 3m
Dive details: A wooden boat, upright with ribs showing, 155 ft long. Depth is based on charted position.
References: DS 274

UNKNOWN 20 CRAB WK
Latitude: 50 39.60 N
Longitude: 00 12.70 E
Distance: 15.0nm bearing 126T from BRIGHTON 9.0nm bearing 139T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 2500
Depth: 29m
Height: 8m
Dive details: Very battered, on soft silt seabed, midships is a mess. Locally known as big crab wreck.
References: DS 269

UNKNOWN 22 E OF ASH
Latitude: 50 39.70 N
Longitude: 00 11.30 E
Distance: 14.2nm bearing 127T from BRIGHTON 8.3nm bearing 143T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 1500
Depth: 30m
Height: 6m
Dive details: Upside-down, large wreck, some swim throughs, large stern section and propeller.
References: DS 268

UNKNOWN 23
Latitude: 50 40.60 N
Longitude: 00 19.80 W
Distance: 11.5nm bearing 227T from BRIGHTON 9.3nm bearing 200T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 23m
Height: 7m
Dive details: Reasonably intact and rolled onto her side; some stern superstructure. ENgine room can be accessed through the upturned and thinning hull.
References: DS 158

UNKNOWN 31 W OF CLOD
Latitude: 50 43.90 N
Longitude: 00 00.70 W
Distance: 5.7nm bearing 141T from BRIGHTON
10.4nm bearing 121T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 19
Height: 3m
Dive details: An old wreck well Sunk: into silt, 105ft long. Main wreck is to the WNW of GPS position. Odd bits of wreckage appear out of the sand.
References: HR/22 013605082, DS 213

UNKNOWN 32 CELTIC
Latitude: 50 44.10 N
Longitude: 00 03.70 E
Distance: 7.7nm bearing 123T from BRIGHTON 2.3nm bearing 177T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 21m
Height: 3m
Dive details: Partially buried and broken up, 92 ft long. Called Celtic by local fishermen. Boiler-shaped cylinder and broken wreckage.
References: HR/23 013702658, DS 262

UNKNOWN 41
Latitude: 50 42.30 N
Longitude: 00 27.80 E
Distance: 22.5nm bearing 105T from BRIGHTON 7.4nm bearing 135T from EASTBOURNE MARINA
Depth: 19m
Dive details: Badly broken and split in two
References: DS 304

UNKNOWN 43
Latitude: 50 42.50 N
Longitude: 00 25.30 E
Distance: 20.9nm bearing 106T from BRIGHTON 6.3nm bearing 144T from EASTBOURNE MARINA
Depth: 26m
Height: 4m
References: DS 308

UNKNOWN 44
Latitude: 50 42.80 N
Longitude: 00 24.30 E
Distance: 20.2nm bearing 106T from BRIGHTON 13.7nm bearing 105T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 20m
Dive details: Almost completely buried. Possibly the Balfour
References: DS 309

UNKNOWN 45
Latitude: 50 41.00 N
Longitude: 00 20.30 E
Distance: 18.4nm bearing 113T from BRIGHTON 11.9nm bearing 117T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 33m
Height: 9m
Dive details: Small coaster sitting upright but well Sunk: into the soft seabed. 4 holds and her bridge
References: DS 319

UNKNOWN 46
Latitude: 50 41.50 N
Longitude: 00 20.60 E
Distance: 18.4nm bearing 112T from BRIGHTON 11.9nm bearing 114T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 30m
Height: 6m
Dive details: 50ft long
References: DS 320

UNKNOWN 47
Latitude: 50 41.00 N
Longitude: 00 22.80 E
Distance: 19.9nm bearing 111T from BRIGHTON 13.4nm bearing 113T from NEWHAVEN
Sunk: 1906
Depth: 23m
Height: 5m
Dive details: 262ft long. An old steamer, well Sunk: into the seabed and heavily silted
References: DS 321


Latitude: 50 41.70 N
Longitude: 00 28.00 E
Distance: 22.8nm bearing 107T from BRIGHTON 8.0nm bearing 137T from EASTBOURNE MARINA
Depth: 28m
Height: 8m
Dive details: On a rough seabed of hills and valleys. Very broken
References: DS 327

UNKNOWN 50
Latitude: 50 40.90 N
Longitude: 00 15.50 E
Distance: 15.7nm bearing 118T from BRIGHTON 9.4nm bearing 126T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 34m

UNKNOWN OBSTRUCTN 2
Latitude: 50 40.10 N
Longitude: 00 17.40 W
Distance: 10.8nm bearing 220T from BRIGHTON 9.4nm bearing 190T from SHOREHAM
Depth: 27m
Height: 2m
Dive details: Unidentified obstruction
References: DS 165

VASCO
Latitude: 50 39.50 N
Longitude: 00 01.90 E
Distance: 10.3nm bearing 149T from BRIGHTON 7.0nm bearing 188T from NEWHAVEN
Depth: 33m
Height: 5m
Dive details: Locally known as SOUTH WRECK, sits atop a deep scour, 3 big holds and a deckhouse aft, bell recovered in 1990
References: HR/8 013701678, DS 228

VENUS
Latitude: 50 45.50 N
Longitude: 00 05.30 E
Distance: 7.9nm bearing 111T from BRIGHTON 1.5nm bearing 131T from NEWHAVEN
Tonnage: 22
Sunk: 1981
Depth: 12m
Height: 3m
Dive details: Blown into 3 pieces as it obstructed the ferry
References: DS 248

WAR HELMET
Latitude: 50 37.40 N
Longitude: 00 37.50 W
Distance: 22.1nm bearing 240T from BRIGHTON 18.3nm bearing 228T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 8184
Built: 1917
Sunk: 1918
Depth: 28m
Height: 6m
Dive details: Well flattened midships, stern well broken, bow complete; boxes of shell cases have been found
References: SS p54, DS 105, SAB 83

ZAANSTROOM
Latitude: 50 39.10 N
Longitude: 00 38.90 W
Distance: 21.5nm bearing 244T from BRIGHTON 17.4nm bearing 233T from SHOREHAM
Tonnage: 900
Built: 1895
Sunk: 1911
Depth: 30m
Height: 9m
Dive details: Now resembles a barge, with superstructure collapsed into the holds
References: DS 98