Wreck: Barbara (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Barbara (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.076 N,1 6.497 W (50.201267, -1.108283)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BARBARA (POSSIBLY)
Length 103.6 meter, width: 14.4 meter, tonnage 3740 ton
Load: granular or powdery material
Cause: built in 1897 by furness & withy co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by kent ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 299nhp, single shaft. machinery by w alland & co ltd, sunderland. passage philadelphia for west hartlepool. stopped by ub-40 and sunk by gunfire.
Year of registration: 1990
Water depth above wreck: 77 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm
Known since: 1990, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: HH226/350/01 4.2.91 HH226/350/01 4.2.91 WK, LEAST DEPTH 67MTRS, IN 501206N, 010626.5W [EUR]. (BREST NM 90 50 32). BR STD. HH090/588/01 1.11.93 HH090/588/01 1.11.93 EXAM'D 21.4.93 IN 501202N, 010632.2W [WGD] USING PORTLAND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68.4 IN GEN DEPTH 77MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BREADTH 10MTRS. INTACT, UPRIGHT WK, LYING 070/250DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1008, HI 588). CHART AS WK 68MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 13.11.98 13.11.98 EUR POSN: 501205N, 010627W. NC 2613. 23.11.01 23.11.01 SHOWN AS WK 67MTRS ON FRENCH 6857 [1996 EDN]. SHOWN ON NC 2613 [1998 EDN, ADOPTION]. NCA. 30.1.07 30.1.07 THIS COULD BE BARBARA. THE WRECK IS LARGE AND SUBSTANTIAL AND LIES IN THE CORRECT AREA. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. 29.8.07 29.8.07 SHOWN AS WK 67MTRS IN 5012.076N, 0106.497W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6857 [INT 1705] [3RD EDN '07, ADOPTION]. NE 2613.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT
Position: 50 12.076 N,1 6.497 W
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