This is the information page about the shipwreck Raf vitol (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 37.902 N,5 4.169 W (52.73695, -5.3741666666667)

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: RAF VITOL (POSSIBLY)

Length 102.1 meter, width: 12.8 meter, tonnage 4900 ton

Cause: torpedoed by german submarine.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 80 meter, Height above seabed: 118 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: 11.3.18 CO HMS P55 REPORTED PASSING THROUGH BUBBLING OIL IN 523700N, 050400W. PRESUMES IT IS WHERE OILER VITOL WAS SUNK. H1935/80 14.5.82 EXAM'D 18.5.81 IN 523755N, 050407W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72 IN GEN DEPTH 82MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. INTACT, LYING 135/315 DEGS. LENGTH 44MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). BR STD. SEP 2014/000004134 27.1.14 LOCATED IN 5237.917N, 0504.221W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 71.2MTRS. (CEFAS MID-ST GEORGE'S CHANNEL SURVEY, 2013). AMEND WK 71MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/000169269 12.3.15 EXAM'D 23.11.14 IN 5237.902N, 0504.169W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 69.5 IN GEN DEPTH 80.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 96MTRS, WIDTH 24.9MTRS, HT 11.4MTRS. LIES 118/298 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, IN TWO PARTS. (MMT, HI 1450). BROKEN AT 1/3 LENGTH. POSSIBLE MINOR DEBRIS ITEMS CLOSE BY. AMEND WK 69MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 52 37.902 N,5 4.169 W

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