Maritime record MDO20210 - Saratoga (Admiralty MVF No 14)

Remains of the 1982 wreck of British ex-admiralty fishing vessel which foundered while under tow approximately 2 miles SSW of Bran Point.

Ex Admiralty MVF No 14, sunk under tow. Very little remains on the bottom Vertical datum: Not known Horizontal datum: WGS 84 Quality of fix: Surveyed with DGPD and found by multibeam. Charted as SARATOGA, 'entire wreck', in the Marine zone. <1> 'Ex-Admiralty MFV No.104 (`43). Sank whilst under tow. Wreck located in 22m by a fishing vessel which snagged its nets, causing part of the wheelhouse to come free. DECCA position (SW chain) Red (G) 0.30; Purple (G) 57.10' <1> Note numbering discrepancy. Vessel structure: Lies in position 50°35.93 N, 002°21'.40W, in a general depth of 22m. It lies orientated to 0° Sonar dimensions: 2 x 1.4m Is described as 'debris with two main contacts' following a 2009 multi-beam survey, suggesting that it is severely broken up. <3> NRHE from here 1= < http://www.wrecksite.eu/ukhoDetails.aspx?18704 > Accessed 21-JUL-2010 by subscription only. 2 = Larn 3 = < http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10143 > Accessed 21-JUL-2010, certain information by subscription only. 4 = Accessed 21-JUL-2010 5 = Compiler comment 21-JUL-200 Built: 1943 Dimensions given in a report after her sinking are 61.5 x 17.6 x 23 feet Source 2 gives her dimensions as 18.59 x 5.49m Both sources give her tonnage as 53 grt. Propulsion: Screw-driven oil engine. Construction material: Wood Owner is not known. <3> citing <1>> Source 3 gives the alternative name of SARATOGO No more information about the vessel can be foundand perhaps curiously, the vessel is not listed as a loss for the year 1981 in source 4. As she was under tow, perhaps this almost 40-year-old fishing vessel was at the end of its useful life and en route for breaking up. <5>

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