This is the information page about the shipwreck Vedra, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 0.175 N,3 10.7 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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2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Action
4. Anastasia
5. Bassa
6. Bella
7. Blanche (possibly)
8. Carley marie
9. Conisbro castle
10. Corrientes
11. Doris b
12. Ginette michel
13. Glencona
14. Globe trotter
15. Guiding star
16. Hebe
17. Herbie
18. Irene chalmers
19. Keret
20. Labora (possibly)
21. Leeds (probably)
22. Lough fisher
23. Lunevale
24. Lyra
25. Marguerite
26. Murielle
27. No.163
28. Nora
29. Old haws pt lt or west pile
30. Our golden promise
31. Peru (probably)
32. Saltaro (fwd part)
33. Saltaro (fwd part)
34. Saltaro (fwd part)
35. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
36. Scorpio
37. Stamila
38. Sulairia
39. Sunbeam
40. Tilley anne
41. Tinker
42. U 1024 (possibly)
43. Ubier (probably)
44. Vanadis (possibly)
45. Vedra

 

Name: VEDRA

Length 105.2 meter, width: 13.6 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 4057 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: built in 1893 by j laing ltd, sunderland. onwed at time of loss by associated oil carriers ltd. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 362 nhp, single shaft. machinery by g clark & co, sunderland. passage satire, texas for barrow. stranded on walny island in gale. after continuous pounding by sea there was an explosion and the ship burst into flames. 34 men drowned or burned to depth. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 13.9.19 THIS WRECK AND LT BUOY ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE CHARTS. H6898/19 9.9.19 A LIGHTED BUOY PAINTED GREEN SHOWING LT OCC.G.10S HAS BEEN PLACED ABOUT 1.75C SW FROM THE WK, WITH WALNEY ISLAND LTH BEARING 001DEG, 2.6M. THE ABOVE MENTIONED LIGHTED BUOY HAS BEEN PLACED IN LIEU OF THE LIGHTED BUOY SHOWING A F.G LT, HITHERTO MARKING THE WRECK. (TH). H2881/21 4.5.21 WK DISPERSED LEVEL WITH GROUND. LT BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH NM 1933/21). DELETED.

- NM 866/21. HH206/420/03 30.3.94 REPD TO BE ST IN 540009.5N, 031042.4W [WGD]. POSN BY GPS. (S ADAMS, TELECON 24.3.94). INS AS ST.

- NM 1254/94. HH091/227/01 - SEP 2008/000084288 10.10.08 EXAM'D 24.7.07 IN 5400.175N, 0310.700E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.74 IN GEN DEPTH 2.7MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR DEEP. LENGTH 109.4MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 1.8MTRS. LIES 055/255 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. LARGE, INTACT WK WITH PARTIALLY BURIED STERN QUARTER. (NETSURVEY, HI 1227). AMEND WK 0.7MTR IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS NE

Position: 54 0.175 N,3 10.7 W

 

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