This is the information page about the shipwreck Valdes (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 23.697 N,2 24.403 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Athen
8. Barryman
9. Binnendijk
10. Black hawk (aft section)
11. Black hawk (fwd section)
12. Britannia (possibly)
13. British inventor (bow section)
14. Centurion
15. Conch
16. Countess of erne
17. Earl of abergavenny
18. Elena r
19. Elmcrest
20. Enecuri
21. Ethel (probably)
22. Evertsen
23. Finn
24. Forester (& pontoon)
25. Franziska
26. Frigga
27. Frogner ?
28. Gallia
29. Girnigoe
30. Grane
31. Gripfast
32. Hartlepool (part of)
33. Hartlepool (part of)
34. Himalaya
35. Hms arfon
36. Hms blackwood
37. Hms buccaneer
38. Hms dark gladiator
39. Hms delight
40. Hms fisgard ii
41. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
42. Hms gossamer
43. Hms james fennel
44. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
45. Hms landrail (probably)
46. Hms warrior ii
47. Hmsm a3
48. Hmsm l24
49. Hmsm m2
50. Hmsm p555
51. Hmsm sidon
52. Inisinver
53. Iolanthe
54. Juvenile delinquent
55. K m b (possibly)
56. Longsand
57. Mallard (possibly)
58. Marie therese
59. Martha
60. Meknes
61. Memnon
62. Merchant royal
63. Neree (possibly)
64. Neree (probably)
65. Netley abbey (possibly)
66. Onward (probably)
67. Orne (possibly)
68. Pas (c.182)
69. Pitchipoy (possibly)
70. Pomeranian
71. Rowella
72. Royal adelaide
73. Saratoga
74. Scaldis
75. Snowdrop
76. Spiral (possibly)
77. St dunstan
78. Stancrest
79. Sudon (possibly)
80. Terrapin
81. Thera (possibly)
82. Tracy
83. U 322 (possibly)
84. Ub 74
85. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: VALDES (PROBABLY)

Length 80.8 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2233 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1914 by craig, taylor & co, stockton-on-tees. owned at the time of loss by r macandrew & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 232nhp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine engineering co, sunderland. passage manchester for cherbourg. torpedoed & sunk by u-84. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 7 MILES S FROM PORTLAND BILL. (DODS). H3526/44 15.11.44 PLYMOUTH LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE POSN. H0121/45 22.3.45 PORTSMOUTH LIST GIVES NON SUB IN 502400N, 022530W. NOT MARKED ACCURATE. 22.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN PA 502400N, 022530W. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH). H4638/55 22.7.55 WK 19FMS IN 502341N, 022417W. (HMS SCOTT, 1954). H2770/54 11.10.55 INS BY NM.

- NM 2413/55. H03564/61 20.7.61 GOOD ECHO WHEN ABEAM. TARGET SILTED UP. ORIENTATION 085/265DEGS. (CAPT F2, PORTLAND). H2291/64 18.5.65 EXAM'D IN 502340N, 022422W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 128FT IN GEN DEPT 162FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED COARSE SAND AND GRAVEL. WK ONLY TWICE OBTAINED BY E/S. NOT CONSIDERED THAT EXACT LEAST DEPTH WAS OBTAINED. (HMS SCOTT, 23.5.64). SHOWN AS 19FMS WK ON SURVEY [K4467]. AMEND POSN.

- NM 907/65. H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO WK 34MTRS. NC 3315. HH090/961/01 5.12.03 EXAM'D 15.6.03 IN 5023.697N, 0224.411W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.2 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. EXHIBITS SOME DAMAGE WITH DEBRIS CLOSE TO WK. (GARDLINE, HI 961). PROBABLY UPRIGHT, BROKEN MIDSHIPS WITH PARTS SLIGHTLY OFFSET. AMEND WK 43MTRS. BR STD. 5.8.15 EXAM'D 2013 IN 5023.697N, 0224.403W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.75MTRS. LENGTH 89.3MTRS, WIDTH 14.15MTRS, HEIGHT 6.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 080/260 DEGS. (CEFAS/EGS, DS7). NFS, MOVE TO REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SOME DAMAGE

Position: 50 23.697 N,2 24.403 W

 

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