Bahia Paraiso Wreck

Surveying Details

HH150/350/01 22.2.89 SUNK APPROX 2M FROM PALMER BASE. ON STBD SIDE IN ABOUT 50FT OF WATER. ABOUT 20% OF HULL IS VISIBLE ABOVE WATER. (LL, 6 & 17.2.89). NCA YET. HH150/350/01 12.4.89 WK COULD BREAK OPEN BEFORE SALVAGE CREWS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLOAT HER NEXT SUMMER. (LL, 29.3.89). HH150/350/01 4.5.89 SALVAGE AUTHORITIES CONSIDER THAT VESSEL CANNOT BE REFLOATED BEFORE WINTER SETS IN. (LL, 5.4.89). HH150/350/01 14.6.89 WK NOW 90% SUBMERGED. LEAKING OIL, WITH APPROX 70,000 GALLONS STILL ON BOARD. (LL, 1.6.89). HH150/350/01 3.8.89 AGROUND, WITH HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE, 258.5DEG, 0.8M FROM PUNTA BONAPARTE. (CHILE NM 59/89). CHART AS ST IN 644652N, 640648W [UND]. - NM 2445/89. HH150/350/01 25.1.90 ALMOST COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN AND SLOWLY BREAKING UP. (LL, 13.12.89). HH150/350/01 17.7.91 LOCATED IN 644717.6S (?644642.4S), 640611.8W USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. DRIES 1.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEG WITH PORT BILGE KEEL SHOWING. OBSERVERS STATE WK MOVES WITH THE ONSET OF ICE AND SO MUST BE PARTLY BUOYANT. SALVAGE OPS TO RECOVER FUEL OILS STILL BEING UNDERTAKEN. (HMS ENDURANCE H525 19.3.91). NCA YET, POSN QUOTED LIES IN NEARY 100MTRS. HH150/350/01 14.4.92 WK IS TO BE EMPTIED OF FUEL OIL AND GAS IN JOINT VENTURE FUNDED BY NETHERLAND AND ARGENTINE GOVERNMENTS. WK LIES ON STBD SIDE IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS, WITH APPROX 2MTRS OF HULL EXPOSED. WK WILL NOT BE REMOVED ENTIRELY BECAUSE OF THE COST. (LL, 10 & 30.3.92). HH697/420/02 4.2.93 FUEL OIL SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED BY DUTCH SALVAGE CO. VESSEL WILL NOT BE SALVED. (LL, 18.1.93). HH696 4.10.93 WK SHOWN TO LIE JUST E OF ISLA PARAISO, PORT ARTHUR. (REPORT ON OIL REMOVAL OPS, FIG. 1). NCA. 17.1.97 WK REPORTED AS STILL LEAKING OIL. (LL, 15.1.97). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 5.10.00 [WGD] POSN: 6446.900S, 640600W. NC 446. 17.4.12 SHOWN AS ST 'BAHIA PARAISO WK' IN 6446.853S, 6405.795W [WGD] ON US 29123 [2011 EDN]. BR STD.