Black Bart
Offshore Supply Vessel · United States · Lost 1993 · The Gulf of Mexico
A retired offshore supply vessel sunk in 1993 in memory of a Navy salvage captain, now a favorite swim-through dive off Panama City Beach.
Mark V Lindstrom
See Shipwreck on Map
The Vessel and Her Loss
Launched in 1977 as the offshore oilfield supply vessel Vulcano del Golfo, the ship later worked as a commercial fishing vessel before Bay County sank her as an artificial reef in 1993. Renamed Black Bart in honor of Navy salvage officer and diving advocate Captain Charles Bartholomew, she rests upright off Panama City Beach with accessible holds, wheelhouse, and galley.
Vessel
- 1977
- Not established
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- Steel
- 185 ft
- 38 ft
- Not established
- Diesel, single or twin screw
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Loss
- July 27, 1993
- Intentional sinking
- Off Panama City Beach, Florida, Gulf of Mexico
- Gulf of Mexico
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- 0
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The Wreck Today
- 85 ft
- Intact, upright
- Bow points south
- Not established
- Part of the Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail
Position
- 30.061° N 85.824° W
- Surveyed position
- Panama City Beach, Florida
Position published by Panama City Beach dive-site references.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail
Former name, sinking date, dimensions, coordinates.
Memorial naming context.
