This is the information page about the shipwreck V 78 (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 51.475 N,3 9.678 W (58.857917, -3.161300)

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: V 78 (PART OF)

Length 82 meter, width: 8.3 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 1188 ton

Cause: 22.11.18 built 1916 by a.g. vulcan, stettin. seized 22.11.18, interned in scapa flow & scuttled on 21.6.1919. (k heath & die deutschen kriegsschiffe)

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H1287/75 16.10.75 POSN 585130N, 030935W. LIES IN APPROX 10MTRS, MTB VERY BROKEN UP. MENTIONED IN 'JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD' BY S.C. GEORGE. NOT SHOWN ON COMPUTER PRINTOUT OR CHARTS. (CPO DUNFORD, RAF LINCOLN, LTR DTD 15.8.75) H1287/75 1.9.76 REPEAT OF ABOVE. (RAF SUB AQUA ASSOC. NEWS LETTER JAN '76). 25.2.00 THIS IS THE REMAINS OF A TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER. CONSISTS OF THE BRIDGE SECTION, PART OF ONE FUNNEL AND VARIOUS SCRAPS OF METAL. NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (K HEATH, TELECON). 28.1.05 RECORD REVIEWED. INS AS NDW. BR STD. 23.8.07 EUT POSN: 5851.475N, 0309.678W. NE 2568. 1.10.08 DIVED IN 1998. IDENTIFIED AS PART OF BRIDGE OF V 78 FROM RECOVERED TELEGRAPGH STAMPED V78. (K HEATH, E-MAIL DTD 1.10.08). 6.4.10 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND FOUL. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PART OF BRIDGE

Position: 58 51.475 N,3 9.678 W

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