Wreck: Vanadis (possibly) (Sailing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Vanadis (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 2.469 N,2 54.943 W (54.002916666667, -3.1783333333333)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: VANADIS (POSSIBLY)
Length 56.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 10.1
Load: timber
Cause: built as a ship in 1874 by k lofhjelm, jakobstad for otto malm of the malm trading hous. later sold to captain j anderson of mariehamn, aland islands, finland. later converted to a barque. passage darien, georgia for fleetwood. aftr being wrecked was part salvaged and cargo removed. (adu report may 1997).
Year of registration: 1991
Water depth above wreck: -4 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1991, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: 31.10.91 STF, LYING SW/NE, SHOWN IN 540227.5N, 025452W ON PHOTOPLOT PG 2037 - LP1. (VERTICAL PHOT. V NERC MOD 5/90 DTD 30.4.90, INDEX NO.1922 & 1923/171). NC 1552 3.2.98 NOW CHARTED AS STP, AS CARRIES INTER-TIDAL TINT. NE 1552. 30.7.10 SHOWN IN 5402.469N, 0254.943W [WGD] ON BA 1552 (PLAN: HEYSHAM) [EDN 6 DTD 25.12.08]. 30.7.10 COULD BE THE REMAINS OF 'VANADIS'. (S CANT, ENGLISH HERITAGE, EMAIL DTD 27.7.10). NCA. 30.7.10 AT MOST EXPOSED STATE SOME112 FRAMES VISIBLE, WITH STEM AND STERN POSTS, PLANKING, IRON WORK AND PART OF THE KEELSON INCLUDING A FOREMAST STEP. PERIODICLY COVERED AND REBURIED. (ADU REPORT MAY 1997, VIA S CANT). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 2.469 N,2 54.943 W
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