This is the information page about the shipwreck Minca 35, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 48.301 N,1 25.136 W (50.805017, -1.418933)

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: MINCA 35

Year of registration: 1964

Water depth above wreck: -2 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm

Known since: 1964, last detected: 1984

Details measurements/cartography: 12.10.64 12.10.64 ST SHOWN IN 504816N, 012503W. (NO PREVIOUS RECORD). H438/83 22.3.83 H438/83 22.3.83 DWP SHOWN IN 504816N, 012503W, LYING NNW/SSE, ON PHOTOPLOT PG 1700 - LP1. NCA YET. H2070/82 16.2.84 H2070/82 16.2.84 KNOWN AS OLD MINCA BARGE. MOSTLY WOOD BUT WITH METAL FITTINGS. COMPLETELY STRANDED ON SALTINGS AT KEEPING MARSH. REPD TO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED BY ARMY AFTER WWII, AND APPARENTLY BROKE FREE FROM MOORINGS, FETCHING UP IN PRESENT POSITION. NO HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. (SCESU, HI 141). NCA. 17.4.87 17.4.87 NOW SHOWN AS STF. NC 2021. 14.1.00 14.1.00 AMEND TO STP, CARRIES INTER-TIDAL TINT. BR STD. 7.7.00 7.7.00 EUT POSN: 5048.301N, 0125.136W. NE 2021. HH100/351/22 22.3.05 HH100/351/22 22.3.05 EX-ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS VESSEL. TAKEN OUT OF MILITARY SERVICE IN 1948. CONSTRUCTED IN CANADA FROM LOCAL TIMBER AS A WARTIME EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTON PROGRAMME. THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE NAME 'MINCA' WHICH IS AN ACRONYM INCORPORATING THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 'CANADA'. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT THIS IS 'MINCA 35'. PRACTICALLY NOTHING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON THIS TYPE. (D FRICKER). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL

Position: 50 48.301 N,1 25.136 W

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