AH-WR-1318

Doc Poulson

Cable-Laying Barge · Japan · Lost Sunk deliberately after use in dredging the Cayman Islands Yacht Club channel · Cuba & the Greater Antilles

A former Japanese cable-laying barge, used to dredge the Cayman Islands Yacht Club channel before being sunk off Seven Mile Beach as a dive site.

Captain of Record

Clinton H.Wallace de Cornwall

AHR-1908

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Doc Poulson was originally a Japanese cable-laying barge that was later used in the dredging of the channel for the Cayman Islands Yacht Club. After her working life ended, she was sunk off Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, where she has become one of the island's most photographed dive sites.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Steel
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: None (barge)
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: Sunk deliberately after use in dredging the Cayman Islands Yacht Club channel
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: Off Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
Water: Caribbean Sea
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 50-60
Condition: Intact, popular for underwater photography
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
Region: Cuba & the Greater Antilles

Evidence

Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (45/100)

Build date, original name, and precise date of sinking are not established in the sources reviewed.

Tortuga Divers Cayman dive guide
Origin, working history, and dive-site depth.