Barge Wreck 50

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 21.332 N,4 10.276 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.355533
  • Longitude: -4.171267
Wreck Depth 8.8 m
Water Depth 11 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type barge
Sonar Length 13.01
Sonar Width 3.7
Shadow Height 2.16
Orientation 120
Cargo stone
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Feb 10, 2021
Bottom Texture Mud
Scour Dimensions 020.0,,000.81,305
Original Detection Year 1926
Last Detection Year 2015
Original Source national HO/authority notice to mariners
Last Amended Date Sep 21, 2015

Surveying Details

H6828/26 22.10.26 STONE FILLED SERVICE CUTTER SUNK FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DIVING PURPOSES IN 502115N, 041007W, OR 159DEGS, 460YDS FROM GARDEN BATTERY FS. (KHM PLYMOUTH). CHART AS NDW (1926) 'INSTRUCTIONAL DIVING'. - NM 1859/26. HH234/800/01 22.6.94 ARTICLE FROM PRACTICAL BOAT OWNER STATED YACHT 'LADY PENNY' HAD FOULED HER ANCHOR IN APPROX 502114N, 041006W [OGB]. GEAR WAS RECOVERED BY DIVERS WHO REPD THAT IT HAD FOULED AN OLD BARGE. (D. EDWARDS IN PRACTICAL BOAT OWNER DTD JAN 1994). OBSTRUCTION IS WK RECORD [17686] AND IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE CUTTER. REINSERTED AS NDW PA - NM 2383/94. HH234/400/05 20.12.94 EXAM'D 24.11.94 IN 502117.93N, 041012.26W USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.8 IN GEN DEPTH 10.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.6MTRS. LENGTH 25FT, WIDTH 6FT. OVERALL HEIGHT 5FT. CONFIRMED BY DIVERS TO BE METAL OPEN BARGE. (RN HYDROGRAPHIC SCHOOL, H525). CHART AS WK 8.8MTRS IN 502117.9N, 041012.3W [OGB]. - NM 153/95. 16.3.06 [EUT] POSN: 5021.333N, 0410.273W. BA 817 [5TH EDN, APR' 05]. 21.9.15 EXAM'D 27.5.15 IN 5021.332N, 0410.276W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.8MTRS. LENGTH 13.01MTRS, WIDTH 3.7MTRS, HEIGHT 2.16MTRS. ORIENTATION 120/300 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 20.0MTRS, HEIGHT 0.81MTRS, EXTENDS TOWARDS 305DEGS. INTACT WITH SCOUR. (HMS GLEANER, HI 1469). AMEND TO DW 8.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

Circumstances of loss

FILLED WITH STONES AND SUNK FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DIVING PURPOSES. (KHM DEVONPORT).

General Comments

See Also: 17686. INTACT WITH SCOUR.

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