Simplified Wreck Survey
Underwater Wreck Survey Details for the Bottle Wreck off the English Coast Coordinates 50 40.926 N 0 36.581 W Historic wreck identified as the wooden sailing barge Northcoates carrying cast iron pipes and 1845 wine and beer bottles cargo located in the English Channel near Portsmouth Latest hydrographic surveys confirm a least multibeam depth of 19.14 meters in a general depth of 21 meters with a wreck dimension of 12 meters length 9 meters width and 2.2 meters height oriented at 018/198 degrees featuring scattered debris field mostly to the north and west
Surveying Details
H04726/44 21.12.44 DW IN 504020N, 003720W. (ADMIRALTY). - NM 2866/44. H04726/44 8.8.47 NO SIGN OF WK COULD BE FOUND IN 504020N, 003720W. AN AREA BOUNDED N BY LAT 504042N, S BY 503942N, E BY 003542W AND W BY 003818W HAS BEEN SOUNDED & OROPESA SWEPT TO LEAST SAFE DEPTH OF 50FT MLWS. AN AREA COVERING REPORTED POSN 503927N, 003654W WAS ALSO SWEPT TO A LEAST SAFE DEPTH OF 54FT MLWS. (CSO PORTSMOUTH, 1.7.47). [SEARCH FOR WK OF 'NORTHCOATES' - SEE 20036]. AMEND TO NDW. - NM 2051/47. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS USC 15.0MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1652. H4822/75 23.3.77 WK LOCATED 8.6.76 IN 504053N, 003628W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. VERY SMALL BOTH IN HEIGHT & EXTENT. SONAR BOX SEARCH AROUND ORIGINAL POSN OF 'NORTHCOATES' CARRIED OUT WITHOUT SUCCESS. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 73/76). AMEND TO WK 19.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/83/39 12.10.83 'NORTHCOATES' LOCATED IN 503941N, 003519W. [SEE 20036]. (T FRANCIS). H1310/85/7 11.2.85 FOUND TO BE REMAINS OF WOODEN SAILING BARGE. HULL NOW ALMOST DISINTEGRATED. CARGO OF CAST IRON PIPES. MANY WINE & BEER BOTTLES FOUND WHICH HAVE BEEN DATED TO APPROX 1845. (T J FRANCIS, 23.1.85). HH091/002/01 19.11.02 EXAM'D 9.9.02 IN 5040.926N, 0036.582W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.6, FOUL 19.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.8 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. POORLY DEFINED CONTACT. (NP 1026, HI 1002). AMEND TO SW 19.6MTRS. BR STD. 3.7.13 KNOW LOCALLY AS THE 'BOTTLE WK'. WAS CARRYING EXPORTS FOR THE COLONIES TO PLYMOUTH FOR TRANSHIPMENT. (R LEE, EMAIL DTD 18.6.13). SEP 2018/000198963 13.08.18 EXAM'D 06.02.18; IN 5040.926N, 0036.581W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.14MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 12MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HEIGHT 2.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 018/198 DEGS. DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THE REMAINS OF A VESSEL BUT PREVIOUS INFORMATION INDICATES THAT IT IS. DEBRIS LIES ON ALL SIDES BUT MOSTLY TO THE N &W. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 19.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
General Comments
WOODEN HULL, POORLY DEFINED.