Maritime record MDO47926 - Unidentified 1988 British dumb barge

1988 wreck of an unidentified British 'dumb' barge which foundered 0.2 miles SE of Worbarrow Tout. The circumstances of her sinking are not known. Status: Site

Vertical datum: Not known
Horizontal datum: WGS 84
Quality of fix: Found by multi-beam and surveyed using DGPS.
Charted as UNKNOWN, 'entire wreck' in the Marine zone.

'Intact' in position 50°36.86N, 002°11.24W, at a depth of 8.8m in a general depth of 11m and therefore a 'dangerous wreck.' (1)

Sonar dimensions from 2009 multi-beam survey given as 24.7 x 9 m, strong magnetic anomaly. (1)
Orientation: 140° (1)

She was previously considered to lie 'too close to Warbarrow Tout to be fully examined.' (1)

'Foundered / Total Loss'. (2)

Dimensions: 21.3 x 5.5m (1); 21.34 x 5.49m (2)
Nothing more is known about the vessel but she was probably built of steel.

Date of loss qualifier: Actual date of loss

<1> https://www.wrecksite.eu/Wrecksite.aspx, 18743 > Accessed 22-JUL-2010 (Digital archive). SDO20096.

<2> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1521554 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 28 2024 12:59PM