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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 33 NW 41 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Polgrange |
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Summary
REMAINS OF BRITISH MERCHANT VESSEL, 1940
Monument Types
- WRECK (Modern - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)
Full description
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Vertical Datum: LAT 25/07/1940 Sunk by aircraft off Dover, whilst en-route Blyth for Portsmouth and Cowes. (2) 06-SEP-1940 Depth 65ft. 04-NOV-1946 clear at 69ft in 51 05 05N, 001 20 16E. 28-OCT-1977 Depth 21.7 in general depth 29m. Scour 31m, height 8.4m, length 72m. Lying 089/269deg. Other sources: WW2SL Additional INfo (2)
<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.
<2> Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, 1993, Desk based study of the maritime archaeological potential in areas under proposal for the Dover & Folkeston (Unpublished document). SKE6801.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology. 1993. Desk based study of the maritime archaeological potential in areas under proposal for the Dover & Folkeston. |
