| Ref Title: | Survey Notes MDHB/MS/4/3/1/82 | Ref Note: | DURING NEXT 4 DAYS THE WK SANK DOWN ABOUT 15FT THROUGH THE SAND ONTO HARD BOTTOM REMAINS-UNFAVOURABLE WEATHER HAVING PREVENTED AN ATTEMPT BEING MADE TO LIFT HER ATTEMPT TO LIFT 11.1.1900 UNSUCCESSFUL OWING TO LIFTING VESSELS NOT BEING LARGE ENOUGH AT HALF FLOOD ONE OF THE CAMELS WAS UNDER MATER FOR HALF HER LENGTH THE OTHER CAMEL & THE TWO LUMPS WERE IMMERSED TO THE LEVEL OF THEIR DECKS & ALL WIRE ROPES HAD TO BE SLACKED UP TO PREVENT THE LIFTING VESSEL GOING UNDERWATER ESTIMATED WEIGHT 600 TONS POWER EXERTED BY THE FOUR LIFTING VESSELS EQUAL TO ABOUT 800 TONS DESTROYED BY MDHB BETWEEN 20.2 & 30.4.1900 DEPTH BELOW LBD(LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS) 12.10.71 POSN 532623N 031029W (MERSEY D & HR SURVEY K3500-8 MAY 1971) H5282/71 26.3.75 UNCHARTED CATEGORY (MD & HC LETTER 14/3/75) |