This is the information page about the shipwreck Bard (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.75 N,5 22.234 W (50.312500, -5.370567)

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.

Name: BARD (POSSIBLY)

Length 56.7 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 709 ton
Load: construction materials,coal

Cause: ex-jens meinich. built in 1892 by nylands vaerksted, kristiansand. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 79nhp, single shaft. passage glasgow for hennebont. cargo coal. torpedoed by u-60. (ll ww1, ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H5530/18 7.10.18 H5530/18 7.10.18 WK WITH MAST VISIBLE IN 501930N, 052150W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1159/18. H2537/28 28.8.28 H2537/28 28.8.28 AMENDED TO DW PA 1918. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 777. H5872/52 19.11.53 H5872/52 19.11.53 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1149. H2959/73 5.4.73 H2959/73 5.4.73 FOUND POSSIBLE WK USING MAGNETOMETER IN 501840N, 052206W USING DECCA. NOTHING FOUND IN 501930N, 052150W. (MR GILES, 3.4.73). AMEND TO USC 20MTRS [11FMS] IN NEW POSN. BR STD. H2959/73 16.5.73 H2959/73 16.5.73 DEPTH 28.9MTRS IN 32.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SHINGLE & SHELL. NAME ON RECOVERED SPOON COULD BE BARD. LYING NE/SW. WK IS OPENED UP AND FLATTENED WITH NO SIGN OF SUPERSTRUCTURE. GREAT DEAL OF HULL PLATING GONE. HIGHEST PART IS BOILER ALL METAL. VERY OLD AND ROTTEN. STERN AND BOWS ABOUT 6 TO 8FT HIGH. NO SILTING. CAST IRON PROP 4 BLADES. WK HEAVILY SALVED OF NON FERROUS METALS. SOME METAL RUBBLE CLOSE SE. (MR GILES, 2.5.73). NCA. 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS WK 28MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1178. 18.5.78 18.5.78 AMENDED TO WK 28.5MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2565. HH100/351/14 13.11.98 HH100/351/14 13.11.98 NOT LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). NCA. HH100/351/19 18.12.02 HH100/351/19 18.12.02 DIVED IN 5018.745N, 0522.237W [WGD] USING GPS. LENGTH ESTIMATED AT 30MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO SCOUR. NO DEBRIS. SEABED SAND. A SMALL, WELL-SALVAGED WK. RETAINS OVERALL SHAPE THOUGH ALL SUPERSTRUCTURE AND THE MAJORITY OF THE HULL PLATES DETACHED. BOILER IS THE HIGHEST POINT. (G J LOCKETT). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 22.11.11 22.11.11 LOCATED 21.3.11 IN 5018.750N, 0522.234W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.19 IN GEN DEPTH 32.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 10.3MTRS, WIDTH 8.3MTRS, HT 4.51MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL SALVAGED AND COLLAPSED

Position: 50 18.75 N,5 22.234 W

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