This is the information page about the shipwreck Valeria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.614 N,3 11.68 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: VALERIA
Length 128.9 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5865 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel
Cause: ex-den of arlie. built in 1913 by russell & company, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by cunard ss co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 579nhp, single shaft. machinery by rankin & blackmore, greenock. passage new york for liverpool. grounded abouy 2700yds nne (mag) of q5 black boat bell bn. afterwards took fire & became total wk.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 1981
Details measurements/cartography: H3382/18 29.6.18 H3382/18 29.6.18 ST IN 533235N, 031141W, MARKED BY BUOY CLOSE W. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 789/18. H4401/19 28.6.19 H4401/19 28.6.19 WK REMOVED, & BUOY WITHDRAWN. (MDHB)
- NM 1171/19. 24.4.73 24.4.73 DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB, WORK COMPLETED 31.5.1919. DEPTH REDUCED TO LBD IN 533237N, 031136W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). CHART AS ST DRIES 0.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 1951. 28.2.74 28.2.74 SHOWN AS DW DRIES 0.5MTRS [LAT] IN 533236N, 031136W ON SURVEY K3500/9. NC 1951 24.3.75 24.3.75 SHOWN AS DW DRIES 0.5MTRS ON SURVEY K3500/KF NO.10. NFA. H1270/81 11.3.81 H1270/81 11.3.81 AMEND TO ST DRIES 0.5MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 32.614 N,3 11.68 W