This is the information page about the shipwreck Spyridion vagliano, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.797 N,5 2.736 W (50.046617, -5.045600)

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: SPYRIDION VAGLIANO

Length 78.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.7, tonnage 1708 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1883 by bartram, haswell & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the vagliano bros, argostoli. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 170 nhp, single shaft. passage novorossiysk for falmouth. struck the manacles in darkness and heavy weather, probably due to incorrect dr position. 14 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: 9.12.69 BROKEN DOWN TO DECK LEVEL. PROPSHAFT AND BOILERS STILL REMAIN. AN INTERESTING WK FOR AMATEUR DIVERS. (R. DAVIS). 3.3.70 LIES BOWS IN TO THE ROCKS, BOW IN 35FT, STERN IN 70FT. SALVAGE HAS TAKEN PLACE AND LITTLE REMAINS OTHER THAN 2 BOILERS AND THE DOUBLE BOTTOM SECTION. PROPELLOR SHAFT IS STILL INTACT BUT THE STERN SECTION IS NOW MISSING. APPLICATION TO PURCHASE WK WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. (R. DAVIS). 20.4.82 LITTLE OF THIS WK NOW EXISTS. SHOWN LYING E/W, ABOUT 60YDS NW OF MAEN VOES ON DIAGRAM. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL.III). POSN 500246N, 050240W FOR FILING ONLY. HH090/521/01 28.1.92 NOT FOUND. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 521). 4.10.99 ALL THAT REMAINS OF WK ARE THE HULL PLATES AND A BROKEN BOILER. (DIVER MAGAZINE OCT'99) HH100/351/18 5.3.02 REMAINS OF WK STANDING 1MTR HIGH LIE IN 5002.800N, 0502.730W [WGD], ON N SIDE OF MEAN VOES. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE TELECON 2.3.02). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. 19.2.13 EXAM'D 20.8.13 IN 5002.797N, 0502.736W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.7 IN GEN DEPTH 15.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 58.0MTRS, WIDTH 16.5MTRS, HT 2.3MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SOME PARTS OF STRUCTURE STILL VISIBLE. (EGS, FOR CHANNEL COASTAL OBSERVATORY, HI 1404). AMEND WK 12.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY HULL PLATES AND BOILER REMAIN

Position: 50 2.797 N,5 2.736 W

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