This is the information page about the shipwreck British viscount, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.388 N,4 50.027 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Adela (possibly)
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Arno mendi
6. Asmund
7. British viscount
8. Castilian
9. Cognac
10. Conargo
11. Cressado
12. Cressida
13. Dagmar
14. Dundalk
15. Fairearn (probably)
16. Fairisle
17. Farfield
18. Fawn (possibly)
19. Ferocious
20. Fin-ar-bed
21. Harold
22. Hms campina
23. Hms westphalia (possibly)
24. Kirkmichael
25. La rochelle (possibly)
26. Lilly (possibly)
27. Maarten cornelis
28. Marquess of bute (possibly)
29. Mary
30. Meath
31. Minerva
32. Missouri
33. Nadejda (possibly)
34. Normandy coast
35. Oliver cromwell
36. Oria
37. Osseo
38. Pegasus (possibly)
39. Penvearn
40. Rhyl
41. Saint olaf
42. Sarpfos
43. Seagull
44. Slieve bloom
45. Theme
46. Town of wexford (possibly)
47. Treveal
48. Trinidad
49. U 1024 (probably)
50. U 246
51. Uss roanoke
52. Vivar
53. Westward ho

 

Name: British Viscount

Length 95.1 meter, width: 12.3 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 3287 ton
Load: oil

Cause: built in 1889 by petroleum steamship co. owned at time of loss by oswald, maurdaunt & co.passage from liverpool for queenstown. triple expansion engine of 271nhp for 9 knots. passage liverpool for queenstow. torpedoed. six lost. (dods & ww1sl). torpedoed by u-91.positional analysis: the wreck lies 3.6nm south of the position in war losses (1990), which is almost identical to the master's position (tna adm137/1514). the u-boat ktb position plots 10.8nm nw of the wreck.archival analysis: the ship was hit on the starboard side by no4 tank and immediately bent into a "v” shape. it was abandoned, but not seen tosink. it was later reported to have sunk 20 minutes after being hit. the vessel was known to buckle in heavy weather (tnaadm 137/1514).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20190514

Details measurements/cartography: H4827/75 24.1.77 NEW WRECK LOCATED 10.11.76 IN 533021N, 0044958W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 65-70MTRS. DCS3 HT 11MTRS. LENGTH 93MTRS. LYING NW/SE. SCOUR W FROM WK. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). INS AS WK 56MTRS. BR STD. H100/351/21 12.11.04 WK IS UPRIGHT IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. STANDS ABOUT 8MTRS HIGH. HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL INSCRIBED 'GLANWERN 1882', RECOVERED IN 2002. (A CORKILL, VIA D STEAD, LTR DTD 11.04). NCA.Archival details: MANCHESTER (ex-GLANWERN 1882) sank in a collision in 1905 at a position which plots 22nm north of this wreck (BOT1905,p134). The ship was 64.64m x 9.14m (Lloyd's Register 1883). Length of this wreck CAN NOT be that of Manchester. 11.3.14 EXAM'D 6.11.13 IN 5930.388N, 0450.027W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 54.30 IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90.8MTRS (SIC), WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HT 14.7MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, SLIGHT LIST TO STBD. LARGE HOLE MIDSHIPS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). BOWS SE. AMEND WK 54MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 28.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 14/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS WK UPRIGHT WITH HOLE AMIDSHIPS AND DAMAGED BOW, LENGTH APPROX 96MTRS, WIDTH 12.2MTRS. WRECK CONSISTENT WITH BEING A TANKER, SHOWING WHAT APPEARS TO BE CYLINDRICAL TANKS IN ITS STRUCTURE. IT ALSO SHOWS FEATURES DESCRIBED IN THE SINKING (SPLIT AMIDSHIPS AND DAMAGE ON STBD SIDE). THIS WRECK IS CONSISTENT IN DIMENSIONS OF THAT OF "BRITISH VISCOUNT". (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "BRITISH VISCOUNT" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SE, CLEAR DAMAGE MIDSHIPS STBD

Position: 53 30.388 N,4 50.027 W

 

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