New cardinal buoy marks trawler wreck in Swale

Uplees NCB

Peel Ports Notice to Mariners No 3 Update

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SUNKEN 50 foot converted fishing trawler is lying awash in the small craft moorings adjacent to the “Scrubbing Dock” in the East Swale. The vessel is now marked by the UPLEES NORTH CARDINAL BUOY, light characteristic is a QUICK FLASH WHITE LIGHT. In position 51° 21.31’ N 000° 52.69’ E

Mariners are reminded that only the whip VHF aerial of the sunken vessel is visible at high water. The two yellow pellet buoys previously used to mark the wreck have now been removed.

UPDATE 18.5.15: Topmark is reported missing

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