Charles Cooper Wreck

Surveying Details

H6778/68 22.2.71 'CHARLES COOPER' IS ON SEAWARD SIDE OF 'ACTAEON', WHICH TOGETHER FORM THE HEAD OF F.I. CO WEST JETTY. (CONDEMNED AT STANLEY). 25.5.79 REMAINS OF HULK SHOWN IN 514127S, 575118W [SAP] ON PHOTOPLOT PG 1478 & PG 1482. CHART AS HULK (REMAINS). NC 2550. 3.3.82 AMENDED ON NE 1614 TO AGREE WITH JETTY HEAD SHAPE ON 2550. H2924/69 14.6.82 CONDEMNED, ONE OF MANY IN PORT STANLEY. (DOWNEAST MAG. JUL '79). H2316/84 17.9.85 THESE WKS ARE NO LONGER CONNECTED TO SHORE & SO ARE UNUSABLE AS A JETTY. SEE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FEB 1985. (HMS ENDURANCE, HI 226A). 7.11.91 VESSEL IS A WELL PRESERVED AMERICAN PACKET SHIP. NOW OWNED BY THE SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM OF NEW YORK. IT IS HOPED THAT ONE DAY SHE WILL BE TAKEN TO NEW YORK, AS SHE HAS A MAGNIFICENTLY CARVED TRANSOM. THE REMAINS OF A JETTY BUILT OUT OF THE SPARS FROM THE FOUR MASTED BARQUE 'FENNIA', WHICH HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED, JOIN THE 'ACTAEON' & 'CHARLES COOPER' WITH THE SHORE. (FALKLAND ISLAND SHORES, PUBLISHED 1985). 28.2.03 SECTIONS OF TOPSIDE OF VESSEL REMOVED & TOWED AWAY FOR STORAGE, AS PART OF PROJECT TO TAKE SHIP APART & PERSERVE PARTS OF VESSEL. SOME 7 TONS OF TIMBER HAVE SO FAR BEEN CUT AWAY. (FALKLAND ISLANDS PENGUIN NEWS, DTD 7.2.03). NCA YET. HH690/460/03 29.10.03 WK WAS BREAKING UP AND ALLOWING TIIMBERS TO FLOAT AROUND THE HARBOUR & BE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. UPPER PARTS OF THIS VESSEL HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED DOWN TO THE LW MARK. UNLIT G SPHERICAL WK BUOYS MARKED WITH WHITE 'W' ON BUOY & WITH CAN TOP MARKS LAID IN 5141.434S, 5751.338W [SAP] & IN 5141.442S, 5751.291W. (FALKLAND ISLANDS FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, EMAIL DTD 10.10.03). AMEND TO STP. BR STD. INS BUOYS. - NM 4948/03. 20.8.09 [WGD] POSN: 5141.461S, 5751.562W. NE 1614. SEP 2014/000007678 15.5.14 WK IS NO LONGER SHIP-LIKE STRUCTURES, JUST A FEW TIMBERS REMAIN. (R SUMMERS, MARINE ASSISTANT, FI GOVERNMENT, EMAIL DTD 10.1.14). AMEND FOUL AREA, CENTRAL POSN 5141.464S, 5751.563W. SEE 'AREA' FOR LIMITS.