This is the information page about the shipwreck Vae victis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 5.082 N,1 50.181 E (52.150016666667, 1.8159666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Annie
6. Batavier 5
7. Blackhill
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Burtonia (possibly)
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Claudia (possibly)
19. Coalgas
20. Corcrest
21. Cormorant
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Dynamo
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Firth
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Frumenton
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Groenlo
57. Groeswen (probably)
58. H h petersen
59. Harlington (probably)
60. Harlyn (probably)
61. Harriet
62. Hebe
63. Hendon hall
64. Heworth
65. Hillglen
66. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms donna nook
69. Hms donside (possibly)
70. Hms duchess of hamilton
71. Hms eros (possibly)
72. Hms forward iii
73. Hms franc tireur
74. Hms harvest gleaner
75. Hms hastfen
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms japan
79. Hms jessie nutten
80. Hms lord airedale
81. Hms monarch
82. Hms moravia (possibly)
83. Hms nadine
84. Hms new comet (possibly)
85. Hms orthos (probably)
86. Hms resono (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms river clyde (possibly)
89. Hms sisters melville
90. Hms st seiriol
91. Hms tervani
92. Hms waveflower
93. Hms whooper
94. Hms william wesney
95. Hmsm e6
96. Hmtb 10
97. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
98. Hnlms 227
99. Hornchurch
100. Ignis (possibly)
101. Ingi
102. Ionian (possibly)
103. J c dalble
104. Jamesina
105. Janny
106. Jim
107. Kenneth hawksfield
108. Khartoum (possibly)
109. Knarsdale
110. Koningen emma (possibly)
111. Kwasind
112. Lady salisbury
113. Lapwing
114. Lapwing (possibly)
115. Lincairn (possibly)
116. Lisette
117. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
118. Lonhelen (possibly)
119. Lord bute
120. Magdapur
121. Mangara
122. Maria rosa
123. Marie leonhardt (probably)
124. Mascotte
125. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
126. Mexico
127. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
128. Moidart
129. Morar
130. Nereus
131. Newhaven (possibly)
132. Nico
133. Nicolaos piangos
134. Norhauk
135. Ocean pride
136. Old charlton
137. Ostprussen (possibly)
138. Palembang (probably)
139. Paullette
140. Peik
141. Pescado
142. Petshenga (possibly)
143. Phryne
144. Plawsworth (possibly)
145. Polgarth
146. Ravenscraig (possibly)
147. Ren
148. Rhenas (possibly)
149. Rhineland
150. Rochester city
151. Savona (probably)
152. Scimitar
153. Sea king
154. Second chance (possibly)
155. Simon bolivar
156. Southford
157. St patrick
158. Stad alkmaar
159. Storm
160. Sunniside (probably)
161. Taber park
162. Tergestea
163. Thornaby (possibly)
164. Thyra
165. Torchbearer
166. Uc 11 (possibly)
167. Uc 72 (possibly)
168. Vae victis
169. Vancouver
170. Victorious
171. Volscian (possibly)
172. Warrenpoint
173. Wearside
174. White lady
175. Wychwood (possibly)
176. Wyetown
177. Yarmouth
178. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: VAE VICTIS

Length 73.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1829 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1920 by j crown & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by m gossens. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 199hp, single shaft. machinery by ne engine co ltd, sunderland. passage hartlepool for london. cargo 2600 tons general. mined and sank.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 174 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20190701

Details measurements/cartography: H01493/42 16.5.42 INS AS NDWPA.

- NM 1016/42. H01493/43 9.11.61 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 54, FOUL AT 57FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 93FT. SCOUR 5FT DEEP. (HMS SCOTT). AMEND TO WK 9FMS IN REVISED POSN. LC 1543. H3273/61 21.2.62 INS ON 2052,1610.

- NM 237/62. 7.11.73 AMEND TO SW 16.5MTRS IN 520501N, 015012E. NC 2052. H4139/76 5.1.77 EXAM'D 6.8.76 IN 520504.2N, 015013.8E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 16.7, FOUL 17.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.6 IN GEN DEPTH 26-27MTRS. LARGE WK, 110MTRS X 30MTRS. LYING N/S. NOT BROKEN UP. NO SCOUR. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 31/76). BR STD. H1310/87/35 18.9.87 WK DIVED 23.8.87. BROKEN UP WITH BOWS LYING ON STBD SIDE AND STERN ON PORT SIDE. CARGO WINCHES AND HATCH COAMING UPRIGHT BETWEEN 1 & 2 HOLDS, WHICH ARE SILTED UP. LIES N/S WITH BOW SOUTH. STEEL PROP. (C-LIFT DIVING CONTRACTS LTD). H4580/87 24.10.88 LOCATED IN 520506N, 015017 [EUR]. APPROX 100MTRS LONG, LYING 005/185 DEG AND STANDING 5.8MTRS HIGH. (CABLE & WIRELESS, 15.9.88). NCA. HH090/616/01 6.1.95 EXAM'D 11.8.94 IN 520502.24N, 015016.47E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 18.1, FOUL 18.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.6 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES. GOOD DCS3 TARGET. (GARDLINE, HI 616). HH090/667/01 15.12.95 EXAM'D 15.5.95 IN 520504.93N, 015010.76E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.3 IN GEN DEPTH 27.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.9MTR. DCS3 HT 7.2MTRS. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UNABLE TO SWEEP DUE TO FLOATS. (OCEANICS, HI 667). RETAIN SW 18.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 23.4.16 EXAM'D BY BDC; WK IN 5205.083N, 0150.181E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.31MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 21.4MTRS. NFS. (DS26 ORFORD INSHORE MCZ, CEFAS SURVEY 2012). MOVE TO REVISED POSN BUT RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH SW 18.1MTRS. SEP 2017/000091759 23.8.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16; IN 5205.082N, 0150.181E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.85MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 91.1MTRS, WIDTH 26.6MTRS, HEIGHT 6.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 010/190 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 29.53MTRS, 1.68MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 016DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN IN TWO AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 19.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2019/000272653 28.11.19 EXAM'D 01.07.19; IN 5205.082N, 0150.181E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.91MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 99.21MTRS, WIDTH 21.18MTRS, HEIGHT 7.91MTRS, ORIENTATION 174/354 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 56.54MTRS, WIDTH 17.46MTRS, 0.6MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 196 DEGS. WRECK IN TWO PARTS, STANDING UPRIGHT. PARTLY DEGRADED. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 19.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 5.082 N,1 50.181 E

 

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