Barge Wreck 61104

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		51 5.523 N,1 45.483 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 51.092050
  • Longitude: 1.758050
Wreck Depth 20.9 m
Water Depth 27 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type barge
Sonar Length 72
Sonar Width 10
Shadow Height 6
Orientation 45
Cargo wood: unprocessed and products,railway: stock and construction materials
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Bottom Texture Sand
Scour Dimensions ,,004.0,
Original Detection Year 1969
Last Detection Year 2020
Original Source survey vessel
Last Amended Date Jul 13, 2020

Surveying Details

H6738/68 27.1.69 HULL, NO FOREPEAK OR STERN, LOCATED IN 510533N, 014542E [?EUR]. LENGTH APPROX 72MTRS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 6MTRS. APPROX 10MTRS WIDE. (NETH DOVER STRAIT SURVEY 9/68). INS AS WK 13FMS 5FT. - NM 277/69. H6738/68 19.8.70 CLEARED TO 67FT ONLY. (HMS BEAGLE, SIG DTD 13.8.70). NCA. H4412/70 H4667/70 2.9.70 EXAM'D IN 510523N, 014532E [OGB] USING HIFIX. LARGE BARGE WITH BOWS BROKEN AWAY, POINTING SW. LISTING TO PORT. BADLY COLLAPSED & ERODED. DIMENSIONS: ESTIMATED LENGTH 250FT, BEAM 35FT, HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 19FT. VISIBLE CARGO OF ASSEMBLED RAILWAY TRACK, SLEEPERS & COILS OF STEEL STRIP. PART OF THE TRACK PROTRUDED THROUGH FORWARD HATCH & FORMED THE HIGHEST POINT OF WK. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER 20.5MTRS. THIS COMPARED WITH SWEEP WHICH CLEARED 20.3MTRS & FOULED AT 20.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 28MTRS. SEABED OF GRAVEL & BROKEN SHELLS. (HMS BULLDOG, H525 DTD 13.8.70). AMEND TO SW 11FMS. - NM 113/71. 7.9.73 AMEND TO SW 20.3MTRS. NC 1892. H4453/72 14.4.75 EXAM'D IN 510532.4N, 001433.2E [EUR] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.2MTRS. (HMS FOX HI 40/75). NCA. 1.11.76 OBSTN SHOWN IN 510533N, 014528E [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART KE 151-2 [JULY 1968 EDN]. NCA. 28.1.85 SW 20.7MTRS SHOWN ON FR 6735. FRENCH SURVEY [K9429/1-2], 1982, SHOWS WK 20.7MTRS, BUT NOTE IN TITLE STATES IT WAS NOT A WK SURVEY. AMEND TO SW 20.7MTRS. BR STD. 3.9.86 WK 20.8MTRS SHOWN ON FR 6681 [1986 EDN] & FR 6651. CONFIRMED BY FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984, NO.21611012. NCA. H3159/86 23.9.86 SHOWN AS WK 20.9MTRS ON FRENCH SURVEY [K9845/8], 1985. NCA. 28.6.88 WK 20.9MTRS IN 510534.5N, 014533.3E [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SEABED SAND. WK SPLIT IN 2 PIECES 300MTRS APART. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.21611012). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN 510529N, 014535E [OGB]. BR STD. FRENCH DID NOT SWEEP WK WHEN LAST SURVEYED. HH226/350/01 3.7.90 AMENDED TO SW 20.7MTRS WITH LEGEND 'WKS'. BR STD. 16.6.98 NOW LISTED AS WK 20.9MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1998). BR STD. SEP 2016/000076595 21.9.16 SHOWN AS WK 20.5MTRS IN 5105.523N, 0145.483E [WGD] ON FR474240 & FRENCH 7424. [ED 3, 2016]. AMEND TO DW 20.5MTRS.

General Comments

IN TWO PIECES. LENGTH/WIDTH/HEIGHT FROM DIVERS See Also: 14926. UK NM 3912/20

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