Maritime record MWX5015 - Barcarolle

Yacht wrecked off Anvil Point, 1 December 1990. 1990 wreck of an unregistered British Eclipse, type 43 sailing yacht which struck an unknown object while being delivered to Plymouth, was holed, leaked and foundered 1 mile SSW of Anvil Point. A sailing vessel with auxiliary engine this type of yacht was only introduced in 1989.

While charted by the UK Hydrographic Office as the BARCAROLLE, 'entire wreck' in the approximate position 50°34.36N, 001°57.74W, in a general depth of 29m, the record of her position was amended to 'DEAD' after she could not be located by multi-beam in a 209 survey. (1)

'An unregistered yacht No.3035, an Eclipse type 43. Struck unknown object whilst on delivery passage, was holed, taken in tow by the Swanage lifeboat but sank ' Wreck lies in a general depth of 29m.' (2)

Sources 1 and 2 give her length as 13.11m.

No other information about the vessel can be found but Source 3 provides more data about vessels of this type:

'Moody Eclipse 43'
Built: 1989-90 (5)
Builder: Marine Projects Ltd (6)
Where built is not known
LBD: 12.95 loa x 4.27 x 1.47m (4)
Displ: 10 tons (5)
Propulsion: Perkins M80T diesel engine (5)
HP: 78 (5)
Fibreglass hull (6)

Source 5 shows a photograph of this type of vessel.

Date of loss qualifier: Actual date of loss


Sailing yacht lost off Anvil Point in 1990 (1)

An unregistered yacht No 3035, an Eclipse type 43, struck an unknown object whilst on delivery passage, was holed, taken in tow by the Swanage lifeboat, but sank 3 miles SE of Durlston head. Wreck lies in general depth of 29 metrres. (2)

Position 50 34 21N 1 57 36W taken from (2)

<1> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 160 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<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> Cumming, E, The Dorset shipwreck and maritime incident directory, 12 (Monograph). SDO16406.

<4> https://www.wrecksite.eu/Wrecksite.aspx, Accessed 22-JUL-2010 (Digital archive). SDO20096.

<5> http://www.premiermarinas.com/pages/boat_yacht_archive/make:Moody/archive:1/page:5 > Accessed 22-JUL-2010 (Digital archive). SDO20097.

<6> < http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_ID=4681 > Accessed 22-JUL-2010 (Digital archive). SDO20098.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1521572 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 7 2023 4:19PM