BLACKWALL REACH WRECKS
Description
A.Barge and B. Boat
Construction
Steel and Wood
Size
Length: 18.5m Beam: 6m depth 1.5m
Built
–
Owner
Goldfields Metals Company
Sunk
Friday 5th May 1967
Location
200m upstream from Jetty in Blackwall Reach. 50 m from shore Depth 14m – 16m
Latitude/Longitude
(-32.01942, 115.784039)
Sinking
Stripped and Sunk
Underwater
A. BARGE 4m west of mooring block BOUY 716 B. BOAT search in SEly direction from Bouy 527 Sitting on a sloping silty bottom, flattening out at 16m Good visibility in summer months