Barge Wreck 11592

Surveying Details

H03785/53 8.6.55 FOUL AREA 1C RADIUS CENTRED ON N2 BUOY MARKS POSN WHERE 3 THAMES BARGES SANK. (HBR MASTER ROSYTH). - NM 755/55. H525 20.4.67 POSN [NOT STATED] FIXED BY HSA. THE AREA WAS SOUNDED OUT WITH LINES AT MOST 100FT APART. 2 SEPARATE WKS WERE FOUND. THE LARGER WK LOOKS RATHER BIG FOR A THAMES BARGE, & MAY JUST POSSIBLY BE 2 SUNK TOGETHER, WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE MISSING THIRD BARGE. NO SONAR RESPONSE WAS OBTAINED FROM THE WKS. (HMS MYRMIDON H525 2/67). H2059/67 16.5.68 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10FMS 2FT, & WK 8FMS 2FT. (HMS MYRMIDON & QHM, ROSYTH). - NM 1231/68. H2626/74 26.6.74 B CONL BUOY, RAFL, LAID 560056N, 032112W. (AQHM, ROSYTH HN 7/74). - NM 1139/74. H2521/72 22.10.74 IDENTIFIED AS 3 BARGES, 2 ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER, & ONE CLOSE BY. (DIVERS REPORT QHM ROSYTH 5.9.74).H454/67 11.11.75 NOW CHARTED AS WK 0.2MTRS IN 560124.5N, 032124W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 736. [SEE 2811 & 2812 FOR OTHER TWO BARGES] H2521/72 30.3.79 BELIEVED TO BE 'THAMES BARGES'. TWO OF THEM NAMED - 'JIMMY PIPER' & 'ALICE PIPER'. (QHM ROSYTH). 29.06.02 WGD POSN 5601.404N, 0321.484W. NE 736. SEP 2016/000236167 25.2.16 EXAM'D 25.2.16; IN 5601.416N, 0321.496W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.4 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS, LENGTH 25.49MTRS, WIDTH 8.07MTRS, HEIGHT 3.26MTRS, ORIENTATION 110/290 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1490 FIRTH OF FORTH). AMEND DW 1.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.