Barge Wreck 64896

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		53 21.54 N,3 47.896 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 53.359000
  • Longitude: -3.798267
Wreck Depth 12.9 m
Water Depth 14 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type barge
Sonar Length 12.97
Sonar Width 5.35
Shadow Height 1.53
Orientation 240
Cargo stone
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Scour Dimensions 005.30,011.15,000.25,140.0
Original Detection Year 1986
Last Detection Year 2019
Original Source survey vessel
Surveying Details H5844/83 16.9.86 WK LOCATED IN 446970E, 5912740N [EUR]. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. HEIGHT 2 TO 4MTRS, APPROX. (BRIT TELECOM INTERNATIONAL, 18.8.86). [OGB] POSN: 532132N, 034749W. H1310/86/23 3.10.86 WK SHOWN IN APPROX POSN 532139N, 034704W ON CHARTLET ACCOMPANYING LIST OF 'OBSTNS' SUPPLIED BY J POVAH. MOST PROBABLY THIS WK. H5844/83 30.10.86 WK, LEAST DEPTH 10MTRS [LAT] IN 532131N, 034750W [OGB]. GEN DEPTH 14 TO 15MTRS. LIES NE/SW. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HEIGHT 4MTRS. (GEOSITE SURVEYS, 1.10.86). - NM 3339/86. H2993/88 14.6.88 EXAM'D 1.12.87 IN 532131N, 034750W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.2 IN GEN DEPTH 14.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. EXAM'D ALSO BY HMS BULLDOG - HYDROSEARCH - VERT HT 2.8MTRS, SHADOW HT 1.2MTRS. SMALL BROKEN-UP PIECE OF WRECKAGE. LENGTH 16.7MTRS, WIDTH 6.5MTRS, LYING 060/240 DEG. (HMS HECATE, HI 357). NCA. HH100/351/06 24.8.92 DIVED ON 19.7.92 IN CHARTED POSN. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WOODEN SLATE BARGE. CONSISTS OF LARGE COMPACT MOUND OF SLATES, 25 X 7MTRS, STANDING AT LEAST 2MTRS HIGH. OVERALL LENGTH IS APPROX 30MTRS AS SMALL RIBS OF TIMBER PROTRUDE BEYOND THE SLATE CARGO FROM THE SEABED. A DEEP SCOUR EXISTS TO NW OF WK. (K HURLEY, 9.8.92). NCA. HH100/351/07 10.9.93 DIVED ON 15.8.93 IN 532132N, 034749W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH. NO HULL REMAINS ABOVE SEABED. LIES 090/270 DEGS. THE SLATES ARE WELL SILTED. (N S JONES). NCA. SEP 2019/000245915 20.2.20 EXAM'D IN 5321.540N, 347.896W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.908MTRS, LENGTH 12.97MTRS, WIDTH 5.35MTRS, HEIGHT 1.53MTRS, ORIENTATION 60/240. SCOUR DIMENSIONS; LENGTH 5.30MTRS, WIDTH 11.15MTRS, 0.25MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 140 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI1573). INS AS DW 12.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Last Amended Date Feb 20, 2020

General Comments

ONLY CARGO REMAINS, DEGRADED REMAINS OF WRECK, SOME SCOUR PRESENT

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