This is the information page about the shipwreck Varoy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 58.407 N,1 28.695 E (53.050666666667, 1.1718666666667)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Algarve
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Artemisia
9. Asteria
10. Ayrshire (possibly)
11. Barrhill
12. Bertha
13. Birtley
14. Boulderpool (fwd part)
15. British triumph
16. Camilla weston
17. Cantabria (probably)
18. Clan morrison
19. Clansman (possibly)
20. Continental (possibly)
21. Corchester
22. Corduff
23. Corea
24. Courier (probably)
25. Duncarron
26. Efos
27. Eikhaug
28. Empress
29. Ems
30. Ethel
31. Francois trixier
32. Friesland
33. Fulgens
34. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
35. Gardenia
36. George royle
37. Georgia (for'd part)
38. Georgia (stern section)
39. Granta
40. Hauxley (possibly)
41. Hms agate
42. Hms arley
43. Hms caroline moller
44. Hms cloughton wyke
45. Hms dungeness
46. Hms francolin
47. Hms kylemore
48. Hms nogi
49. Hms solomon
50. Hms vortigern
51. Hms washington (probably)
52. Hms william stephen
53. Hmsm c 11
54. Homefire
55. Hull trader
56. I t l anna b
57. Ilse
58. Jessie maersk
59. Jevington court
60. Kenton
61. Keymun
62. King egbert
63. Lanterna (probably)
64. Leelite
65. Londoner (probably)
66. Marden
67. Marsworth
68. Meriones
69. Minorca
70. Murdoch (probably)
71. Nimrod (probably)
72. Norman queen
73. Oakgrove
74. Ole bull
75. Osprey
76. Ottar jarl
77. Otter
78. Oxshott (possibly)
79. Pacific (possibly)
80. Pacific (possibly)
81. Pegrix
82. Pontfield (forepart)
83. Regain
84. Rimac
85. Rose marie
86. Salvus ii
87. Seagull
88. Seaham
89. Sheaf water
90. Sitona
91. St mark
92. St thomas (possibly)
93. Tayjack 1 (part of)
94. Tayjack 1 (part of)
95. Tayjack 1 (part of)
96. Teddington
97. Thursonian
98. Trajan
99. Traviata (possibly)
100. Trelissick
101. Tyneford
102. Upminster
103. Varoy
104. Vigo
105. Walkure
106. Welholme (possibly)
107. Western mist (possibly)
108. Westland
109. Whintown (possibly)
110. Winhill or whinhill
111. Xanthe
112. Zephyr

 

Name: VAROY

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H03402/42 12.10.42 SANK IN 525810N, 012912E. (HMS VALOROUS, 8.10.42). INS AS DW.

- NM 2595/42. 8.9.43 LOCATED IN 525821N, 012849E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 52 FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59 IN GEN DEPTH 70FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 21.7.48). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 3FT.

- NM 1902/43. 12.8.48 DRIFT SWEPT AFTER DISPERSAL. SWEPT CLEAR 8FMS 4FT IN 525821N, 012849E.

- NM 1902/43. 14.3.73 AMEND TO SW 15.4MTRS. NC 106. HH090/543/01 10.2.92 EXAM'D 28.10.91 IN 525822.6N, 012848.2E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.1, FOUL AT 18.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.0 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 21MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.4MTRS. APPARENLY JUST WRECKAGE WHICH IS LARGELY BURIED AND GIVES LITTLE SONAR SHADOW. ACCEPT SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 543). AMEND TO SW 18.1MTRS. BR STD. 18.5.15 WK 18.06MTRS IN 5258.406N, 0128.697E [WGD], LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 3.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 120DEG. (BDC EXAMINATION OF CEFAS DS20/DS21). AMEND TO DW 18MTRS, NFS. SEP 2015/000041896 26.5.15 EXAM'D 16.10.14 IN 5258.407N, 0128.695E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.37MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.4MTRS, EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 270 DEGREES. LENGTH 77MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP, PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI 1427). AMEND DW 18.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, PARTIALLY BURIED.

Position: 52 58.407 N,1 28.695 E

 

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