This is the information page about the shipwreck Adolf vinnen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.936 N,5 11.078 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: ADOLF VINNEN
Length 79.9 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 1840 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: auxillary schooner, machinery aft. passage on maiden voyage brunsbuttel for barry to take on coal. drove ashore 70yds off bass point in a strong ssw wind. no lives lost. (sibi & cornish shipwrecks).
Year of registration: 1923
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter
Known since: 1923, last detected: 1982
Details measurements/cartography: H1282/77/116 4.5.77 REPD LOST ON 9 OR 23.2.1923 AT BASS POINT. (P R JONES, 25.2.77). 5.3.82 DESCRIBED AS WELL BROKEN UP, BUT IN TWO MAIN PARTS. FRAMES & BOTTOM IDENTIFIABLE, REMAINDER EXTENSIVELY SCATTERED. REMAINS OF AUXILIARY DIESELS FOUND. LIES ALMOST UNDER DISUSED LLOYDS SIGNAL STATION. (BSAC WK REGISTER VOL.5). POSN 495754N, 051101W [OGB] FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BUT IN TWO MAIN PARTS.
Position: 49 57.936 N,5 11.078 W