Barge Wreck 26803

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		11 21.2 N,71 10 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 11.353333
  • Longitude: -71.166667
Water Depth 15 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type barge
Length 41.1 m
Width 15.2 m
Draught 3.4
Orientation 90
Cargo portable buildings,machinery and mechanical parts
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Aug 14, 1977
Original Detection Year 1977
Last Detection Year 1992
Original Source survey vessel
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.
Last Amended Date Aug 12, 2019

Circumstances of loss

SANK WHILE EN ROUTE TO ORINOCO AREA, WHEN THE BOTTOM FELL OUT.

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