Barge Wreck 26803

Surveying Details

H4177/77 8.9.77 SANK IN 112124N, 711030W, APPROX. HULL VISIBLE ABOVE WATER AND GIVES GOOD RADAR RETURN. PILOTS SAY IT WILL BE SALVAGED. (MT HOLY QUEEN, HN 15 & 18.8.77). NCA, H4177/77 11.10.77 OBSTN (MASTS) REPD IN 111930N, 711045W. (W GERMAN NM 3710/77). ALMOST CERTAINLY THIS WK. INS AS DWPA MAST IN 112000N, 711030W. - NM 2504/77. H1953/74 26.10.77 REPD IN 111930N, 711045W, APPROX, IN 60FT OF WATER. ARM OF A CRANE SHOWS 34FT ABOVE THE SURFACE. VISIBLE AT 7 MILES. (VENEZUELAN NM 052-09(P)/77). NCA. H4177/77 28.3.78 INS AS DWPA MASTS. (VENEZUELA NM 53/78). NCA. H4177/77 28.9.78 QK FL ORANGE LT OBSERVED 26.8.78 FIXED TO WK MAST. (MV HISTORIAN, 14.9.78). - NM 2389/78. H1953/74 2.11.78 FIXED R LT SHOWS ON WK, WHICH LIES IN POSN 112100N, 711042W. (RADAR & ASTRO OBS DURING SEVERAL TRANSITS OF THE AREA). NCA YET. H4177/77 9.2.79 POSN 112118N, 710954W (RADAR PLOT BASED ON E.M.BUOY). RA CONSPIC AT 10M. (MV GAMBHIRA, HN 24.8.78). AMEND TO MEAN POSN ADD LEGEND RA (CONSPIC). - NM 460/79. H4177/77 9.2.79 BARGE WITH PART STRUCTURE AWASH IN 112100N, 711112W. (VENEZ. NM 179(T)/78). H4177/77 23.8.79 LIGHT NOT OBSERVED AT DISTANCE OF 2.7M. RADAR CONTACT MADE AT APPROX 9M. (MT GUNVOR MAERSK, HN 3.7.79). NCA. H4177/77 29.1.82 FOUND TO LIE 170DEG, 0.9M FROM CHARTED POSN WHEN COMPARED WITH SATNAV FIXES. LT STILL EXTINGUISHED. CONTACT ON RADAR AT 7M. (MV WILTSHIRE, HN 6.1.82). NCA. 4.5.82 A SECOND DW PA (MAST) SHOWN IN 111920N, 711045W ON US CHART 2440 [DEC '81]. NCA. H4177/77 21.5.82 NO REFERENCE TO LIGHT IN VENEZUELAN NM 17.02/82. POSN GIVEN AS 077DEG, 24M FROM MARACAIBO BAR LANDFALL BUOY. LIES E/W WITH CRANE & DERRICK SHOWING 10MTRS AT HALF TIDE. VISIBLE FROM 7M. DELETE LT SYMBOL. - NM 1509/82. H4177/77 14.10.82 INS LEGEND (MASTS) ON 1966 [COR ON 1529]. - NM 2855/82. H4743/87 21.10.87 WK VERY CONSPICUOUS AND PROVIDED A GOOD FIXING MARK IN AUG 1987. (FLEET PORT GUIDE - MARACAIBO). 8.4.91 SHOWN AS 2 DANGEROUS WKS ON VENEZUELAN DHN-100. NCA YET. HH637/350/01 17.7.91 MASTS NOT SEEN FROM RANGE OF 2 MILES - EITHER VISUALLY OR ON RADAR. MARACAIBO PILOTS CONFIRM THAT MASTS NO LONGER SHOW. (MT AMBRA DOLPHIN, HN 15.6.91). DELETE LEGEND (MASTS) RA (CONSPIC). - NM 2189/91. HH668/510/01 28.5.92 REFERRED TO AS WK, ON IS CONSTRUCTED A METAL BN DRYING APPROX. 5MTRS, IN 112100N, 711005W. (VENEZUELAN NM 28/88). NCA.