Wreck: V83 (Destroyer)

This is the information page about the shipwreck V83, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 51.938 N,3 11.861 W (58.865633, -3.197683)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: V83

Length 82 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1188 ton

Cause: v 67 class. scuttled.

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 H8464/19 STF SHOWN IN 585158N, 031147W ON SURVEY [C7953]. INS AS STF (1919). CP 32412/26 ATTEMPT TO RAISE UNSUCCESSFUL. CP2230/28 & CP27298/29 HULL ONLY REMAINS. UNTOUCHED SINCE END OF 1927. 23.10.39 23.10.39 NOW CHARTED AS DWP. H1287/75 16.10.75 H1287/75 16.10.75 POSN 585157N, 031145W. BOWS LIE IN 8MTRS AND STERN IN 20MTRS OF WATER. IN VERY POOR STATE AND HARDLY RECOGNISABLE. BOWS DRIVEN ON TO THE BEACH AND SEPARATED FROM STERN. MENTIONED IN 'JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD', BY S C GEORGE AS WK OF V83. (CPO DUNFORD, RAF LINCOLN, 15.8.75). H1287/75 10.8.88 H1287/75 10.8.88 REPORT OF POSSIBLE TORPEDO FOUND IN WRECKAGE. (MRSC PENTLAND, TLX 4.8.88). 11.8.88 11.8.88 NO ORDNANCE FOUND DURING SEARCH CONDUCTED BY NAVY DIVERS. (MRSC PENTLAND, TLX 10.8.88). 5.10.10 5.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5851.9377N, 0311.8609W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.63MTRS. LEAST DEPTH AT EASTERN HIGH POINT 2.38MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). LIES 085/265 DEGS. FULLY COLLAPSED. RETAIN DWP (BA 35 STS TO SHOW LEAST DEPTH) IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, BOWS TOWARDS BEACH, IN POOR STATE

Position: 58 51.938 N,3 11.861 W

 

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