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 (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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.

 

1. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Albert
3. Aline montreuil
4. Ambiorix
5. Asger ryg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Augustenburg
8. Barbara (possibly)
9. Borgsten (probably)
10. Braat ii
11. Chatburn (possibly)
12. Coral
13. Cuba
14. Daylesford
15. Donegal (possibly)
16. Empire javelin
17. Faith
18. Fallodon
19. Fort yale
20. Gorizont
21. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
22. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
23. Hmcs alberni
24. Hms crestflower
25. Hms listrac (probably)
26. Hms tiger
27. Hms towhee
28. Hmsm swordfish
29. Implacable
30. Inger
31. Kingsdyke
32. Lct 2331 (probably)
33. Lct 757 (possibly)
34. Londonier
35. Meandros (possibly)
36. Mendi
37. Minerva (possibly)
38. Olivine
39. Plm 4 (possibly)
40. Redesmere
41. Saint enogat
42. Simla
43. Spearfish
44. Tweed
45. U 123
46. U 152
47. U 153 (possibly)
48. U 90
49. Ub 122 (possibly)
50. Ub 81
51. Uss osprey
52. Val de saire
53. Victor-maurice
54. Wyndhurst
55. Y48

 

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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