This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 1.416 N,3 21.496 W (56.00645, -3.4027833333333)

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: Name nicht bekannt

Length 22.9 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 1.8

Cause:

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 20160225

Details measurements/cartography: H03785/53 8.6.55 FOUL AREA 1C RADIUS CENTRED ON N2 BUOY MARKS POSN WHERE 3 THAMES BARGES SANK. (HBR MASTER ROSYTH).

- NM 755/55. H525 20.4.67 POSN [NOT STATED] FIXED BY HSA. THE AREA WAS SOUNDED OUT WITH LINES AT MOST 100FT APART. 2 SEPARATE WKS WERE FOUND. THE LARGER WK LOOKS RATHER BIG FOR A THAMES BARGE, & MAY JUST POSSIBLY BE 2 SUNK TOGETHER, WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE MISSING THIRD BARGE. NO SONAR RESPONSE WAS OBTAINED FROM THE WKS. (HMS MYRMIDON H525 2/67). H2059/67 16.5.68 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10FMS 2FT, & WK 8FMS 2FT. (HMS MYRMIDON & QHM, ROSYTH).

- NM 1231/68. H2626/74 26.6.74 B CONL BUOY, RAFL, LAID 560056N, 032112W. (AQHM, ROSYTH HN 7/74).

- NM 1139/74. H2521/72 22.10.74 IDENTIFIED AS 3 BARGES, 2 ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER, & ONE CLOSE BY. (DIVERS REPORT QHM ROSYTH 5.9.74).H454/67 11.11.75 NOW CHARTED AS WK 0.2MTRS IN 560124.5N, 032124W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 736. [SEE 2811 & 2812 FOR OTHER TWO BARGES] H2521/72 30.3.79 BELIEVED TO BE 'THAMES BARGES'. TWO OF THEM NAMED - 'JIMMY PIPER' & 'ALICE PIPER'. (QHM ROSYTH). 29.06.02 WGD POSN 5601.404N, 0321.484W. NE 736. SEP 2016/000236167 25.2.16 EXAM'D 25.2.16; IN 5601.416N, 0321.496W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.4 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS, LENGTH 25.49MTRS, WIDTH 8.07MTRS, HEIGHT 3.26MTRS, ORIENTATION 110/290 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1490 FIRTH OF FORTH). AMEND DW 1.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE ALSO 2811 & 2812

Position: 56 1.416 N,3 21.496 W

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