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 (53.0506667, 1.1718667)

 

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