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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 33 NW 46 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Efford |
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Summary
REMAINS OF VESSEL IN BALLAST, 1940
Monument Types
- WRECK (Modern - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)
Full description
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Vertical Datum: LAT Sank following a collision, was on passage Tyne to Fowey. 22-FEB-1941 Depth over wreck 5 fathoms. 19-NOV-1947 Dispersed over an extensive area about wreck, depth 57ft. Surrounding seabed 11-13 fathoms. Very small peaks and quite considerable scours. 01-NOV-1977 in 51 05 54N, 001 19 43E, Depth 16.8 in a general depth 23m, scour 24m, height 6.2m Lies 080/260degs, length 45m. Charted as wreck 16m. 15-MAR-1988 Shown as wreck 18.5m (1)
Additional Info (2)
Diving inspection of a number of sites one may be the MV Efford (TR 33 NW 44/46 & TR 34 SW 409) and possibly sheds new light on its location.(3)
<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1993, Desk based study of the maritime archaeological potential in areas under proposal for the Dover & Folkeston (Unpublished document).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.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1998, Dover and Folkestone WTW: Dover Outfall- Archaeological Diving Inspection (Unpublished document). SKE7400.
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 | Unpublished document: Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology. 1993.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. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1998. Dover and Folkestone WTW: Dover Outfall- Archaeological Diving Inspection. |
