Medium fishing trawler W 24


Ship index: Nr. Ship 24- (W 24)

Ship name: unknown

Ship type: Medium fishing trawler

Information: none

Ship's view:

Ships place: about 4 nautical to south west from Juodkrante

Building date and place: supposedly 1965

Drown date: unknown

Drowning conditions: unknown

Places where ship lays description:

Body lies in 27 meters. Ships front is turned to west. It lies about 2.2 nautical from onshore. Both anchors chains released and sanded. Bottom is sandy; body stands on straight keel sanded till water-level. Body is unbroken. In Captain Bridge aren’t any ships controlling gears and decoration parts. Metal is very rusted. Door is broken down and it lies near. Under captain bridge is a passage from right to left broadside. From here you can get to galloon, to the lodgment in the middle of ship and to the rooms in the rear. In the rear are almost all illuminators and majority are open. Cabins are sanded so there are very less space. Ships deck is made from wood, which is persisted very well. Holds are open and empty. There aren’t any clues of ships drowning. Ships feather and screw is sanded so you won’t see it. Body was grazed by trawler and it discontinued in 2002. In 2003 spring trawler webbed ships front and dispatching it failed.

Body was found in 2002 august while using professor Vladas Zulkaus coordinates. PADI diving centre “Oktopusas” and Klaipeda’s divers explorers Club members made an expedition and found ship using GPS and fathometer.

Information about exploration:

During expedition it was successfully set ships type and there was found electricity plug-in with date: 1965. So that’s why it is guessed that ship was made 1965. Ship was overlooked from inside and outside.

Means to save ship:

Before each dive divers must be informed about ship’s saving importance. They must be warned not to touch and not to lift things from water. Divers must have passed PADI wreck diver courses that is set for ship’s saving and safety diving near drowned ships.

Notes:

Sources: Seamap 1982 MCOPLIT

Made by Vladas Žulkus 2001.01.18

Arūnas Vainora 2003.10.11