This is the information page about the shipwreck Bell virtue, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.515 N,4 5.702 W (50.058583, -4.095033)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: BELL VIRTUE

Length 80.8 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 499 ton
Load: containers

Cause: passage waterford to rozenburg. sank following collision in dense fog with panamanian m bulk carrier maritime pioneer. (ll).

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 28.4.73 28.4.73 REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK 0.2M FROM THE POSN OF MV 'SUDERAU', WHICH IS CLAIMED TO LIE 135.5DEGS, 8.8M FROM EDDYSTONE LT. (LLOYDS 212) - NAVEAM 159/73 ISSUED. 2.5.73 2.5.73 POSN 500424N, 040612W IN CHARTED DEPTH OF 38FMS. (LLOYDS 212). 9.5.73 9.5.73 WK LOCATED IN 500329.64N, 040539.78W [OGB] WITH A LEAST DEPTH OF 60.0MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 69MTRS. (HMS HECATE, SIG DTD 8.3.73). NCA YET. H3110/72 4.6.73 H3110/72 4.6.73 WK LOCATED IN 500329.6N, 040539.8W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. VERY GOOD SONAR CONTACT, GOOD FIRM E/S TRACE. LIES IN FLAT BOTTOM AREA, CLOSE N OF WK [17420] IN 500324N, 040532W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. SEABED OF SAND, BROKEN SHELL & MUD. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1973). CHART AS WK 60MTRS IN 500330N, 040540W [OGB]. NC 1267. H1280/76/31 26.3.76 H1280/76/31 26.3.76 FF IN 500349N, 040602W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA.H4514/76 15.5.76 WK IN 500335.13N, 040539.12W [OGB] USING DECCA. RUN OVER WK WITH E/S, TRACE SUPPLIED ON 22.5.76. DRIFTING S-N OVER WK. HEIGHT OF WK 42FT APPROX IN GENERAL DEPTH 37FMS. HIGHEST POINT AT N END. (T ALLEN, 9.9.76). NCA.H2063/82 28.1.85 EXAM'D 18.7.84 IN 500334N, 040538W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. LARGE CONTACT, LYING UPRIGHT ON HDG 135DEGS. SOME DEBRIS, POSSIBLY PART OF CARGO, NEARBY. LIES APPROX 200MTRS N OF WK [17420]. (HMS FAWN, 5.12.84) AMEND TO WK 57MTRS, RETAIN HMS HECATE POSN. BR STD. HH091/057/01 19.4.05 HH091/057/01 19.4.05 EXAM'D 6.7.04 IN 5003.515N, 0405.702W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.2 IN GEN DEPTH 69.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 83MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 12.1MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 320 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT, CENTRE COLLAPSED OR OPEN. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 57MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, MIDSHIPS OPEN OR COLLAPSED, BOWS NW

Position: 50 3.515 N,4 5.702 W

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