This is the information page about the shipwreck Vernicos barbara iv, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 52.192 N,5 12.978 W (51.869867, -5.216300)

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: VERNICOS BARBARA IV

Length 31.1 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 193 ton

Cause: ex-collingwood ii, ex-collinwood, ex-heathcock '70. built in 1958 by cammel laird & co ltd, birkenhead. 4 stroke, 6 cylinder oil engine of 1088 bhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for pireaus. was being towed, together with vernicos alexia, by vernicos giorgis. towing vessel fouled prop on tow during a gale and all 3 tugs were blown onto rocks and became a ctl. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H5001/72 20.10.81 H5001/72 20.10.81 ASHORE 0.75M FROM SOLVA. VERNICOS GIORGOS HOLED. 2 OTHER TUGS STILL AFLOAT AND ATTACHED TO TOW, POSSIBILITY OF TOWING TO MILFORD HAVEN WHEN WEATHER PERMITS. (LL, 20.10.81). H5001/72 26.10.81 H5001/72 26.10.81 VERNICOS GIORGOS & VERNICOS ALEXIA DECLARED TOTAL LOSSES. VERNICOS BARBARA MAY BE SALVAGED. OCEAN DYNAMICS OF SOLVA CARRYING OUT SALVAGE, UNDER JURISDICTION OF RECEIVER OF WRECKS. (LL, 21,22.10.81). H5001/72 3.11.81 H5001/72 3.11.81 CORRECT NAMES NOW GIVEN AS - VERNICOS GIORGIS, VERNICOS BARBARA IV, & VERNICOS ALEXIA. (LL 29.10.81) NCA. H5001/72 18.1.82 H5001/72 18.1.82 ALL 3 TUGS STILL LYING IN SAME POSN. FUTURE UNKNOWN. (LL 17.12.81) H5001/72 13.5.82 H5001/72 13.5.82 EQUIPMENT SALVAGED FROM THESE WKS TO BE AUCTIONED AUG, 1982. (LL, 24.4.82) H1288/83/361 5.4.84 H1288/83/361 5.4.84 DIVERS REPORT OF SEPT 1983. VERNICOS BARBARA IV 'STILL IN SHAPE', BUT GRADUALLY BREAKING UP. ALL 3 TUGS HAVE KELP GROWING ON THEM. POSN 515210N, 051251W. (S J HUMPHREY). CHART AS ST 'WKS'. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5152.192N, 0512.978W. 25.1.13 25.1.13 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. TOO CLOSE INSHORE TO SURVEY. (EMU, HI 1365). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 52.192 N,5 12.978 W

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