The wreck lies in 70m of water with its keel orientated approximately NW-SE with the bow to the NW. The wreck is upright on the seafloor and generally intact. A section of the superstructure is visible as an upstanding feature in the stern half of the vessel. There is evidence of a slight collapse of the deck amidships. The vessel's dimensions, as measured from the most recent survey work are 32.8m (107.6ft) in length, 7.6m (24.9ft) wide, and with a measurable height off the seabed of 2.9m.
A debris field lies primarily off the stern to the south and a further anomaly, extending 17.7m by 8.5m, is located around 90m to the south-east. There is an area of scour around the bow and stern of the vessel.
Event and Historical Information:
The wreck was originally located on 9th April 1945 and relocated on 17th February 1980. Further survey was undertaken on 13th June 2003. The wreck was then subject to a detailed multibeam survey in 2021 during work associated with the Project Erebus Floating Offshore Windfarm.
The wreck is currently unidentified, although its dimensions are an almost exact match for the fishing vessel HORATIO (NPRN 274748) which was lost in the area in 1938. FV HORATIO was 109ft (33.2m) in length and 21.4ft (6.5m) in width and can be assumed to be an identification for UKHO 11902 with reasonable certainty.
Sources include:
Erebus Floating Wind Farm. Archaeology Technical Report - 2021/MSDS20149/5, High Potential Anomaly ERS21_0032.
UKHO ID 11902: Contains public sector information, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, from UK Hydrographic Office.
J.Whitewright, RCAHMW, January 2023.