Wreck: Veritas (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Veritas, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 0.701 N,5 4.895 W (50.011683, -5.081583)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: VERITAS
Length 71.9 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 1133 ton
Load: timber
Cause: built in 1898 by laxevaags msk. & jrns., bergen. passage gothenberg for bristol. sprang a leak following temporary repairs in portland. was anchored and then abandoned by crew. later sank when an attempt was made to tow her to falmouth.
Year of registration: 1907
Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1907, last detected: 1990
Details measurements/cartography: 22.12.69 LOCATED IN 500106N, 050352W. LIES ON SIDE IN 130FT OF WATER. HAS BEEN PURCHASED. (R DAVIS). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/03 20.11.90 WK NOW PURCHASED BY J R ELLIS, SEAWAYS. (J R ELLIS, 10.11.90). NCA. HH100/351/03 7.12.90 LIES IN 500053N, 050452W [?050352W]. LIES N/S IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS IN A GULLEY NEXT TO A LARGE ROCKY OUTCROP. DIFFICULT TO FIND USING E/S. HULL IS BEGINNING TO BREAK UP AND TO DISPERSE. (J R ELLIS, 29.11.90). NCA YET. HH090/521/01 28.1.92 NOT FOUND. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 521). ON S EDGE OF AREA SURVEYED. NCA. HH100/351/15 27.10.99 LOCATED IN 1984 IN 5000.72N, 0504.78W [OGB] USING DECCA. BELL RECOVERED. NO CARGO. (G POUND). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/18 14.2.02 LOCATED IN OCT'00. MIDSHIPS POSN 5000.733N, 0504.959W [WGD] USING DGPS. (JASON ROSEVEARE/GLYNIS FURSE TELECON 14.2.02) AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/18 18.2.02 POSN CHECKED USING MAGNETOMETER ON 16.2.02. POSN NOW GIVEN AS 5000.701N, 0504.895W [WGD]. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE TELECON 18.2.02). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 15.12.09 FULLY COLLAPSED. BOILER AND STERN ARE HIGH POINTS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JAN 2010). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 0.701 N,5 4.895 W
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