Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937638
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937638
UKHO Identifier : 002743
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.31403,-5.86833
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.31388,-5.86939
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 56.31417,-5.86833
Position Method : Compass Cross Bearings
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMS BARCOMBE
Type : BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 53.0
Beam : 8.2
Draught : 2.7
Tonnage : 730
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 13/01/1958
Bottom Texture : Boulders
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1958
Last Detection Year : 1986
Original Source : Naval Vessel
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **RAN AGROUND. PASSAGE GREENOCK FOR ROSYTH FOR A REFIT. (LL, 15.1.58).
**BUILT 1938 AT GREENOCK. (SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY)
Surveying Details : **H597/58 18.1.58 ON S COAST ISLAND OF MULL NEAR E.HD OF LOCH BUIE. (LL, 15.1.58).
**H597/58 28.1.58 SALVAGE IMPRACTICABLE. (F.O. SCOTLAND, 27.1.58).
**H597/58 10.10.58 LIES STRANDED IN 561851N, 055206W [OGB]. FIXED BY GYRO BEARINGS. (HMS SHACKLETON, HN 9/58, 28.9.58). BR STD.
**19.12.68 SOLD TO NORTHERN SHIPBREAKING CO ON 12.1.59. REPORT RECEIVED 13.3.61 THAT WK HAD BEEN BROKEN UP. (D OF C (N), 16.12.68 - N/CP. 57469/68).
**H3686/77 NO SIGN OF WK AT LWS ON 2.7.77. PASSED WITHIN 50 YDS OF CHARTED POSN. (LT.CDR HEAP, HYD NOTE). AMENDED TO DEAD. DELETE. BR STD.
**H1310/86/4 17.2.86 NO LARGE PIECES OF THIS WRECK REMAIN AND ALL THAT WAS FOUND LIE WITHIN 10MTRS OF THE SHORE, MOSTLY BURIED UNDER LARGE BOULDERS. (ANDREW JENNIONS, 27.1.86). NFA.
General Comments : BURIED
Chart Symbol : ST
Date Last Amended : 07/10/2006
