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Government of India.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS. (No. 16.)
BAY OF BENGAL, COAST OF TENASSERIM, MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO.
Dangerous Rocks in Forrest Strait.
The following information has been received from the Commander of the late S. S. Kurrachee, recently wrecked on a rocky patch off The Gregorys, in Forrest Strait, Mergui Archipelago.
A sunken rock (Kurrachee Rock), with only 5 feet on it at low water, lies in mid-channel in the following position:-
Centre of Large Gregory South Gregory
Turret Island
W. by N. & N.; .S. W. W. southerly; .S. E. by S. & S.;
distant 13 miles.
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The rock is a complete pinnacle with deep water close-to all round, 7 to 12 fathoms were obtained within a boat's length of the wreck, and 16 fathoms about 100 yards off.
Another sunken rock lies to the north of The Gregorys, and less than two miles to the westward of the beaten track, in the following position:-
Bold promontory of Sullivan's Island North Gregory Canister
Richelieu Rock off Kopah Inlet.
W. by S. 3 S.
.S. E. by S. & S. .N. E. N. northerly.
Captain Richelieu, of the Siamese Navy, reports a rock (Richelieu Rock) awash at low water, sometimes breaking heavily. It lies 13 miles due West of Hayes Island, or in lat. 9° 20′ 30′′ N., long, 98° 6′ 45′′ E. (Admiralty Chart).
NOTE. As this Archipelago is only partially examined, and several rocks have recently been discovered, great caution is necessary in the navigation,
By Direction of the Government of India,
[The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2o 15' Easterly in 1877.]
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, Calcutta, 17th August 1877.
1. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.).
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts-Mergui Archipelago No. 216a, and b: Bay of Bengal No. 706, and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., page 511.
If this Notice is received on board ship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
Government of India.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 17.)
INDIA-BAY OF BENGAL,
Intermediate Light-Ship, Entrance to River Hooghly.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 11 of 1877, issued from this Department, information has been received from th › Government of Bengal that the "Intermediate" light-ship has been shifted from the position therein notified, and that, ́s a temporazy or experimental measure, it is now placed in the following position :-
Lower Gaspar light-vessel
Centre Saugor sand buoy Bell buoy
Upper reef buoy
Lower reef buoy
The vessel lies in 61 fathoms at low-water, and will exhibit the station
[All Bearings are Magnetic.
By Direction of the
N. by W. W. 12 miles. N. E. 5 miles.
.N. W. by N. 44 miles.
W. by S. S. 64 miles.
.S. by W. 84 miles.
lights as notified in the above-referred to notice. Variation 2° 45′ E.\
Government of India,
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, Calcutta, 20th August 1877.
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:--Hooghly River, No. 136a; Sea face of Sunderbuns, No. 138a; Palmyras Point to Chittagong, No, 1681 Bay of Bengal, No. 700; Indian Marine Survey Chart, No. 115: also Admiralty Light list (India), 1877; Indian Marine Survey Light list, 1877; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., page 476.
If this Notice is received on board ship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
Government of India.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 18.)
BAY OF BENGAL, COAST OF BURMA.
Destruction of Krishna Shoal Light-House.
Information has been received that the above screw-pile light-house has been entirely washed away.
Notice. Steamers must now trust entirely to the deep sea lead when rounding the Baragua Flats; never shoaling under 10 fathoms there or in rounding the Krishna.
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