This is the information page about the shipwreck Venus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 45.499 N,0 5.399 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Algiers
6. Alison (possibly)
7. Angry fish
8. Aracataca
9. Ariel
10. Armenier
11. Arno (possibly)
12. Ashford
13. Atlas (probably)
14. Axwell
15. Barn hill
16. Basil-2
17. Bettann (bow section)
18. Blanefield
19. Branksome chine (possibly)
20. Braunton
21. Broadhurst (probably)
22. Cairndhu
23. Cambrian princess (probably)
24. Candia
25. Carbineer
26. Carrie dingle
27. Celtic
28. Charles m
29. City of brisbane
30. Clan macmillan
31. Cuba
32. D144 (possibly).
33. Del rio
34. Devon coast
35. Duke of buccleuch
36. Eduard (possibly)
37. Elford
38. F/v joanna c
39. Fife coast (possibly)
40. Flag theofano
41. Fpt iv
42. Frode
43. Fulham vii (probably)
44. Gartland
45. Gascony
46. George sutton
47. Gerarda
48. Germa geisha
49. Glenarm head (possibly)
50. Glenlee
51. Harold
52. Hedwig lunstedt
53. Highland corrie
54. Hms apley (possibly)
55. Hms ariadne
56. Hms avanturine
57. Hms balfour
58. Hms borneo
59. Hms evadne (possibly)
60. Hms hazardous
61. Hms implacable
62. Hms lancer ii
63. Hms minion
64. Hms northcoates
65. Hms ocean sunlight
66. Hms pine
67. Hms prince leopold
68. Hms sapper
69. Hms taipo
70. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
71. Hmsm a1
72. Holme force (possibly)
73. Ikeda (possibly)
74. Indiana
75. Inger (possibly)
76. Ingo
77. Jaffa
78. Joseph roberts (possibly)
79. Lalen mendi
80. Leven (possibly)
81. Lightfoot (possibly)
82. Lola (possibly)
83. London trader (possibly)
84. Lowmount
85. Lulonga (possibly)
86. Maaslust
87. Marie marguerite (possibly)
88. Mill gate (probably)
89. Miown
90. Mira
91. Mohlenpris (possibly)
92. Molesey (possibly)
93. Montecrana (possibly)
94. Mount stuart
95. Mv adur valley?
96. Newent
97. Noordster
98. Ny-eeasteyr
99. Nyon
100. Pentyrch
101. Porthkerry
102. Quail
103. Ramsgarth
104. Ramsholm (possibly)
105. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
106. Saint ronaig
107. Seven seas (possibly)
108. Shirala
109. Stanhope
110. Stanwold
111. Stavros (possibly)
112. T r thompson
113. U 1195
114. U 275 (probably)
115. U 40 (possibly)
116. U 86 (possibly)
117. Ub 130
118. Ub 81
119. Vasco
120. Venus
121. Vesuvio (possibly)
122. Vigda
123. War helmet
124. Zaanstroom

 

Name: VENUS

Length 13.4 meter, width: 5.2 meter, tonnage 22 ton

Cause: Sank while under tow after taking water.

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 20150811

Details measurements/cartography: H3051/75 1.6.81 LOCATED IN 504527N, 000530E & SWEPT CLEAR AT 3.2MTRS, MARKED BY W CARD LT BUOY, VQ, 270DEGS, 90MTRS FROM WK. (THV STELLA, TLX DTD 27 & 28.5.81).

- NM 1276/81. H3051/75 3.7.81 WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.5MTRS. BUOY PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN. (TH NM 76/81). AMEND TO SW 9.5MTRS & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1681/81. HH090/944/01 17.9.01 EXAM'D 19.7.01 IN 5045.495N, 0005.422E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 12.1, FOUL 12.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.2 IN GEN DEPTH 12.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 5MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED. NOW ONLY ONE SMALL FEATURE. (NP 1016, HI 944). BR STD. SEP 2015/000083466 8.2.16 EXAM'D 11.08.15 IN 5045.499N, 0005.399E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.46MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 1.1MTRS, HT 0.5MTRS, WIDTH 0.8MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 12.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED, NOW ONLY ONE SMALL FEATURE

Position: 50 45.499 N,0 5.399 E

 

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