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Buoyancy depends on the density of the gas or liquid in which an object is submersed and the volume of the object, because the upward force is equal to the weight of the gas or liquid that the object disperses.

If you disregard the volume of the container itself, the upward force on such a container completely submerged in pure water would be the weight of 55 gallons of water, which is about 459 pounds.

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