This is the information page about the shipwreck Venezuela, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.778 N,1 43.389 W (50.596300, -1.723150)

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.

Name: VENEZUELA

Length 64.4 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 733 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 26.7.18 built of steel in 1907 by bow, mclachlan & co ltd, paisley. owned at time of loss by cia argentina de nav. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 84hp, twin shaft. passage swansea for rouen, via falmouth. torpedoed by ub-89. (sibi). reported missing 26.7.18 having left falmouth 13.3.18 with coal for rouen. (lloyds war losses).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H1900/42 5.4.43 WK IN 503548N, 014312W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71FT. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 18.5.42). CHART AS NDW.

- NM 690/43. H( 24.6.55 EXISTENCE CONFIRMED BY A/S. (HMS PLUTO, 1955). 7.3.66 AMEND TO WK 12FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2615. H3950/70 6.10.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 21.6MTRS. NC 2615. H2318/74 19.9.75 FOUND TO BE A SMALL TWIN-ENGINED COASTER - MUCH BROKEN UP. LIES E/W WITH BOILER, HIGHEST PART, STANDING ABOUT 13FT ABOVE SEABED. (SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE CO., VIA SCES, 11.8.75). 15.8.77 NOW CHARTED AS WK 21.5MTRS. NC 2450. H1968/77 17.8.81 EXAM'D 24.9.80 IN 503543.5N, 014321W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.9, FOUL AT 23.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.7 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS. LIES ABOUT 160/340DEGS. APPROX 60MTRS LONG. AN AMOUNT OF DEBRIS EXISTS 10-15MTRS NW OF WK. (SCESU, HI 81/80). AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 4.9.84 WK IN 503547N, 014318W - REGULARLY DIVED BY MR MAW OF SWINDON. IDENTIFIED AS THE VENEZUELA FROM GUN RETRIEVED FROM WK. (COLLINS, NAVAL LAW, TELECON). NCA. HH100/351/08 9.11.93 CONFIRMED WK OF VENEZUELA IN 503545N, 014318W. (J K WELCH, 13.10.93). 2.2.07 IDENTIFED BY SHIP'S NAME AND FORMER PORT OF REGISTRY IN BRASS LETTERS ON STERN. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. 16.10.08 DIVED IN 6.07 IN 5035.797N, 0143.377W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE AND E/S. LENGTH 50 - 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS (ESTIMATED). MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. GENERALLY INTACT AND CORRECTLY ALIGNED ALTHOUGH COLLAPSING. TWO LARGE BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST PART. DRIVE SHAFT BENT THROUGH 90 DEGS, NO SIGN OF PROP. HEAP OF ANCHOR CHAIN AT BOW. (G LOCKETT). RETAIN SW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.10.12 EXAM'D 29.1.12 IN 5035.778N, 0143.389W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.25 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 24.06MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 075 DEGS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 3.0MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. INTACT. (EMU, HI 1366). UPRIGHT, BOWS SE. AMEND WK 23MTRS IN REVSED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: GENERALLY INTACT, COLLAPSING

Position: 50 35.778 N,1 43.389 W

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