This is the information page about the shipwreck Veghtstroom (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 16.075 N,5 35.101 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Bard (possibly)
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Bolette (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Cheerful
21. Chimu
22. Christina
23. Christos markettos
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Clan macnab
27. Conqueror
28. Courtown
29. Dageid
30. Denebola
31. Depois
32. Devon
33. Dunaskin
34. Dundee (probably)
35. Dux (possibly)
36. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
37. Empire kingsley
38. Enrico parodi
39. Fanny lambert
40. Gallier (possibly)
41. Gemini
42. Genevieve (possibly)
43. Glamorgan coast
44. Glendale
45. Gleno
46. Hampshire
47. Helene (probably)
48. Hellopes
49. Hms anson
50. Hms royalo
51. Hms warspite
52. Hms warspite (part of)
53. Hms warwick
54. Hmy viva 2
55. Holland xix
56. Hopeful (possibly)
57. Iona
58. J duncan
59. Jose de aramburu
60. Joshua nicholson
61. Juan ferrer
62. Juanita
63. Kate thomas (possibly)
64. Kildonan ?
65. Kilmaho
66. Kintuck
67. Kynance (probably)
68. Lake grafton
69. Lake grafton (possibly)
70. Liberty
71. Lincoln
72. Loe bar wk
73. Luna
74. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
75. Luxembourg (probably)
76. Lyminge
77. Madeline
78. Maria de larrinaga
79. Maroc
80. Moorview
81. Mystique (possibly)
82. New pioneer
83. Nile
84. Ocean harvest
85. Onega
86. Oriskany
87. Pacific reliance
88. Peer gynt (possibly)
89. Petersham
90. Phoenix 202
91. Phoenix 203
92. Pioneer (possibly)
93. Polesley (possibly)
94. Ponthieu
95. Primo ?
96. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
97. Princess royal
98. Quarnero
99. Reidar (possibly)
100. Rms mulheim
101. Saint guenole
102. Saxon briton
103. Sea viper
104. Secil japan (bow section)
105. Secil japan (stern section)
106. Setubel(probably)
107. Shanes castle
108. Shoreham (probably)
109. Sirius (possibly)
110. Sna i (possibly)
111. St anthony (possibly)
112. St chamond
113. St george
114. St george (possibly)
115. Stabil (possibly)
116. Sten (possibly)
117. Sylvia-mary z-525
118. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
119. Traute sarnow
120. Tungufoss
121. Tyrhaug
122. U 1209 (possibly)
123. U 400 (possibly)
124. Umbre
125. Underwood
126. Union crystal (possibly)
127. Union star (parts of)(probably)
128. Veghtstroom (possibly)
129. Vesuvius
130. Vigrid (possibly)
131. Vine branch (possibly)
132. War baron (probably)
133. Wild boar
134. William cory
135. Yewcroft
136. Zone (probably)

 

Name: VEGHTSTROOM (POSSIBLY)

Length 70.1 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1353 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1901 by rijkee & co., rotterdam and owned at time of loss by hollandsche stoomboot maats. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by maats feyenoord, rotterdam. passage penarth for le havre. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk by uc47. five lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 114 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 7M NW OF GODREVY LIGHTHOUSE. (LL WW1 & DODS). CHARTED AS DW PA IN 501745N, 053325W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2326/75 1.10.76 WK, ASSUMED TO BE VEGHTSTROOM, LOCATED USING MAGNETOMETER IN 501600N, 053500W USING DECCA. REPORTED BY DIVERS TO LIE NE/SW WITH BOWS TO NE IN GEN DEPTH 90 - 100FT. WELL BROKEN AND ONLY STANDING ABOUT 8FT HIGH WITH DEBRIS SCATTERED ON BOTH SIDES. BOILERS, AT CENTRE, HIGHEST PART. (E GILES,18.5.76). INS AS WK 25MTRS. BR STD. APPLICATION BY WESTERN OIL SERVICES TO PURCHASE THIS WK. (N/CS111/1842). HH100/351/04 18.3.91 DIVED IN 501602.5N, 053503W APPROX USING DECCA. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. HH100/351/15 17.9.99 DIVED IN 5015.974N, 0535.158W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 50MTRS, HT 2-3MTRS APPROX. NO SCOUR. STRONG MAGENTIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND AND ROCK RIDGES. LOCATED WITH MAGNETOMETER, VERY LITTLE SHOWS ON E/S. WELL FLATTENED AND SPREAD OUT. TWO BOILERS AND THE ENGINE ARE THE HIGHEST PART. PROPELLER SHAFT INTACT. PROPELLER AND SPARE SEEN AND FOUR ANCHORS. (G J LOCKETT, 17.9.99). RETAIN AS WK 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 2.7.01 DIVED IN 5016.046N, 0535.051W [WGD] USING DGPS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. UPRIGHT BUT WELL DECAYED. BOW COLLAPSED, STERN IS THE HIGHEST PART. ENGINE BLOCK AND TWO BOILERS NOTED. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 15.12.11 LOCATED 13.10.11 IN 5016.075N, 0535.101W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.63 IN GEN DEPTH 28.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 16.3MTRS, WIDTH 11.2MTRS, HT 2.67MTRS. LIES 114/294 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). FOUR MAJOR CONTACTS. AMEND WK 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, WELL DECAYED

Position: 50 16.075 N,5 35.101 W

 

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