Barge Wreck 38898

Surveying Details

H3885/74 17.6.81 BARGE SUNK IN 140055.3N, 610004.5W, TO MARK SEAWARD END OF PROPOSED EXTENSION TO RUNWAY FOR VIGIE AIRFIELD. MARKED BY R LT, FL.1S, MOUNTED ON ITS PROW. (B.H.C. ST LUCIA, 2.6.81). NCA YET. H3885/74 6.7.81 CHARTED AS R LT, Q.R.14FT.2M IN 140055.3N, 610004.5W. (B.H.C. ST LUCIA, 2.6.81) NO MENTION OF BARGE. - NM 1453/81. H1277/82 3.3.82 STF/DWP, 260FT LONG, 35FT BEAM, HDG 163DEG, SHOWN CENTRED ON 140057N, 610006W ON PHOTOPLOT DOS PG 1627, LP1 (CONTRACT 186, LC1, INDEX NO 1523/705). R/P. H2318/85 1.10.85 MUCH OF THE RECLAMATION INFILL OF RUNWAY EXTENSION HAS BEEN WASHED AWAY AND WK NOW ISOLATED FROM SHORELINE. FORWARD, SE END, STANDS 1.5MTRS ABOVE MSL. Q.R LT ON FOREPEAK OF BARGE. (HMS FOX, HI 285). SHOWN IN 140059.8N, 610012.4W [NAS] ON SURVEY [K9675/1]. - NM 3025/85. 18.8.88 FROM PHOTO OF WK, HT OF DERRICK ON BOW IS 4.0MTRS ABOVE LAT DATUM. CHART AS STF/DWP. NC 499. 30.11.89 SHOWN WITH Q.G. LT ON NC 499. HH671/801/02 10.6.03 PHOTOS OF WRECK TAKEN AT LW ON 9.5.2002 SUPPLIED BY GARETH KIRK, WHO SERVED ON HMS FOX IN 1985. WK HAS BROKEN UP SINCE 1985, WHAT IS LEFT IS GROUNDED ON THE BOW, THERE IS NO LIGHT ON THE WK, IT IS MARKED BY A LT BN, APPROX 2MTRS HIGH, SITUATED OFF THE BOW, IN 1401.00N, 6100.13W [WGD] USING HANDHELD GPS. (GARETH KIRK, MV LOGOS II, LTR REC'D 28.5.2002) BN SHOWN ON PHOTOPLOT PG 2285/1, BUT WK NOT SHOWN. CHART BRANCH DECISION TO AMEND STF, BOW END OF WK, TO STP, CARRYING INTERTIDAL TINT, IN 1401.03N, 6100.12W [WGD] BY LOCAL FIT.