George Vancouver Wreck

General Comments

HISTORY LNM45/76--LIBERTY SHIP HULL REPORTED SUNK IN APPROX. POS. LAT.28-48-24N, ì LONG.95-21-00W. IN 40 FT, COVERED 15 FT. WRECK UNMARKED. CL1998/76--LTR, LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO. TO AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MERCHANT ì SHIPPING INDICATING WRECK WAS ENROUTE TO AUTHORIZED FISH HAVEN. LNM46/76--POSITION AND DEPTH PUBLISHED ABOVE CORRECTED TO LAT.28-47-39.426N, ì LONG.95-20-52.113W. IN 45 FT. WITH A CLEAR DEPTH OF 22 FT. OVER THE WRECK ì RED LIGHTED BUOY, QK FL RED ESTABLISHED. POS. OF BUOY NOT GIVEN. CL2065/76--SAME AS CL1998/76 BUT REPORTS REVISED POSITION. LNM33/77--GEORGE VANCOUVER FISHING REEF LIGHT AND FOG SIGNAL ESTABLISHED BY ì THE TEXAS COASTAL & MARINE COUNCILS IN POS. LAT.28-47-39N, LONG.95-20-52W. ì FL 4 SEC; HORN. DIAMOND SHAPED WHITE DAYMARK, ORANGE BORDER, WORDS "DANGER ì SUBMERGED REEF". SIX (6) OR W HS BUOYS MARK EDGE OF REEF. LIGHT BUOY MARKING ì THIS LOCATION HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. H10014/82 (DIVE REPORT, OPR-K104-WH-82)--SUBMERGED WRECK LOCATED ì IN POS. LAT.28-47-33.21N, LONG.95-20-51.13W (NAD 27). HYDROTRAC CONTROL. ì LEAST DEPTH AS DETERMINED BY DIVER LEADLINE WAS 34 FT AT BOW. ì WRECK APPROX. 200 FT LONG. FE421/95--OPR-K204-AHP; A DIVER, LEAD LINE LEAST DEPTH OF 33.5 ì FT MLLW WAS OBTAINED ON THE GEORGE VANCOVER IN POS. ì LAT.28-47-33.28N, LONG.95-20-51.01W. THE MID-SHIP POS. OF THE ì WRECK WAS IN LAT.28-47-34.66N, LONG.95-20-52.04W. ì HYDROGRAPHER/EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS TO REVISE THE CHARTED LD OF ì THE WRECK. UPDATED 5/96 MCRì POS.OF NOW TO BE UNLIGHTED BUOY TO