This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmy viva 2, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.392 N,5 30.055 W (50.489867, -5.500917)

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: HMY VIVA 2

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 2 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: 8.5.41 VESSEL SUNK IN 503000N, 052200W. (HMS CLEVELAND) - POSN FOR FILING ONLY. H2979/74 23.5.79 FASTENER REPD IN 502925N, 052925W USING DECCA. (E.GILES, 16.5.77). HH100/351/08 15.11.93 STERN SECTION OF HMS WARWICK, LIES 2 MILES W OF MAIN SECTION IN 502924N, 052954W. (G J POUND, 27.10.93). CHART AS NDWPA. BR STD. HH090/799/01 20.12.00 EXAM'D 10.9.00 IN 5029.392N, 0530.055W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57.5 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. NO SCOUR. COVERS AN AREA 70MTRS BY 50MTRS, ORIENTATED 002/182 DEGS. DCS3 HT 2.6MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AN AREA OF DEBRIS WITH NO GENERAL FORM. (NP 1008, HI 799). AMEND TO WK 57MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2022/000180453 24.11.22 EXAM'D BY DIVER 13.07.22, WRECK IN POSITION HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE "HMY VIVA 2" SANK IN 1941. MAKERS PLATE WAS RECOVERED SOME WHILE AGO BY DIVERS AND HAS NOW BEEN CONFIRMED BY ENGINE CONFIGURATION, DIMENSIONS, GENERAL LAYOUT, PLUS POTTERY. DEPTH IS 62 METRES BY DEPTH GAUGE LOW WATER, WRECK LIES COMPLETELY FLAT STANDING NO MORE THAN 1-2 METRES OR LESS. (STEVE HUTCHINSON, HARLYN DIVERS H102). UPDATED OBJNAM TO HMY VIVA 2.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WRECKAGE

Position: 50 29.392 N,5 30.055 W

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