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 (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Batavier 5
6. Bonnington court
7. British captain
8. British fortune (probably)
9. Brixton
10. Burtonia (possibly)
11. Bygdo (possibly)
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Claudia (possibly)
17. Coalgas
18. Corcrest
19. Cormorant
20. Cormount (probably)
21. Coureur des mers
22. Cressdene (possibly)
23. Cresta
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denewood
26. Disa (possibly)
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. Dulwich
29. Dunwich bank wk
30. Dynamo
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. Empire bridge
34. Erna boldt (probably)
35. Estrella (possibly)
36. Eva witte
37. F stobart (probably)
38. Faithful star
39. Farmatyr
40. Firth
41. Fort massac
42. Forth
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Frumenton
46. Gannet (possibly)
47. Gasfire
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Groenlo
55. Groeswen (probably)
56. H h petersen
57. Harlington (probably)
58. Harlyn (probably)
59. Harriet
60. Hebe
61. Hendon hall
62. Hillglen
63. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
65. Hms donna nook
66. Hms donside (possibly)
67. Hms duchess of hamilton
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms forward iii
70. Hms franc tireur
71. Hms hastfen
72. Hms hirose (probably)
73. Hms holdene
74. Hms japan
75. Hms jessie nutten
76. Hms lord airedale
77. Hms monarch
78. Hms moravia (possibly)
79. Hms nadine
80. Hms new comet (possibly)
81. Hms orthos (probably)
82. Hms resono (possibly)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms sisters melville
86. Hms tervani
87. Hms waveflower
88. Hms whooper
89. Hms william wesney
90. Hmsm e6
91. Hmtb 10
92. Hnlms 227
93. Hornchurch
94. Ignis (possibly)
95. Ingi
96. Ionian (possibly)
97. J c dalble
98. Jamesina
99. Janny
100. Jim
101. Kenneth hawksfield
102. Khartoum (possibly)
103. Knarsdale
104. Koningen emma (possibly)
105. Kwasind
106. Lady salisbury
107. Lapwing
108. Lincairn (possibly)
109. Lisette
110. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
111. Lonhelen (possibly)
112. Lord bute
113. Magdapur
114. Mangara
115. Maria rosa
116. Marie leonhardt (probably)
117. Mascotte
118. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
119. Mexico
120. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
121. Moidart
122. Morar
123. Nereus
124. Newhaven (possibly)
125. Nico
126. Nicolaos piangos
127. Norhauk
128. Ocean pride
129. Old charlton
130. Ostprussen (possibly)
131. Palembang (probably)
132. Paullette
133. Peik
134. Pescado
135. Petshenga (possibly)
136. Phryne
137. Plawsworth (possibly)
138. Polgarth
139. Ravenscraig (possibly)
140. Ren
141. Rhenas (possibly)
142. Rhineland
143. Rochester city
144. Savona (probably)
145. Scimitar
146. Second chance (possibly)
147. Simon bolivar
148. Southford
149. St patrick
150. Stad alkmaar
151. Storm
152. Sunniside (probably)
153. Taber park
154. Tergestea
155. Thornaby (possibly)
156. Thyra
157. Torchbearer
158. Uc 11 (possibly)
159. Uc 72 (possibly)
160. Vae victis
161. Vancouver
162. Victorious
163. Volscian (possibly)
164. Warrenpoint
165. Wearside
166. White lady
167. Wychwood (possibly)
168. Wyetown
169. Yarmouth
170. 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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