Unknown: Firth Of Forth
Barge (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Firth Of Forth
Classification Barge (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 96732
Site Number NT49NW 8005
NGR NT 4103 9559
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96732
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT49NW 8005 4103 9559
N56 8.9667 W2 56.95
Quality of fix = D
Evidence = Divers Report
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 26
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel is reported to have sunk while engaged on repair work on a moored oil rig around 1970 or 1971.
Surveying Details
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20 April 1983. A sunken barge, laden with steel scaffolding, is reported as having been located in the approximate position 56 09 02N, 002 56 36W.
Source: Forth Ports Authority.
19 September 1984. The obstruction is located, but not investigated, at 56 08 58N, 002 57 00W.
29 August 1987. The site located at 56 08 58N, 002 56 57W and proves to be a wooden barge standing 2 metres high and about 30 feet (9.1 metres) long.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = D
Evidence = Divers Report
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 26
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel is reported to have sunk while engaged on repair work on a moored oil rig around 1970 or 1971.
Surveying Details
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20 April 1983. A sunken barge, laden with steel scaffolding, is reported as having been located in the approximate position 56 09 02N, 002 56 36W.
Source: Forth Ports Authority.
19 September 1984. The obstruction is located, but not investigated, at 56 08 58N, 002 57 00W.
29 August 1987. The site located at 56 08 58N, 002 56 57W and proves to be a wooden barge standing 2 metres high and about 30 feet (9.1 metres) long.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Note (6 March 2012)
(Location entered as NT 4103 9559 [N56 8.9667 W2 56.95]).UKHO chart no. 734 (1993, revised 1995) charts this wreck [Wk] at depth 24m in a general depth of between 22m and 29m, 3.55nm SW of Kincraig Point. A seabed of mud is charted to the SE.
The wreck lies within the E side of the Largo Bay anchorage area.
No detailed description of this wreck is apparently available.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 March 2012.
