This is the information page about the shipwreck Vernicos giorgis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 52.191 N,5 12.914 W (51.869850, -5.215233)

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: VERNICOS GIORGIS

Length 29.1 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 237 ton

Cause: ex-canada ii, ex-canada, ex-peacock '70. built in 1960 by cammel laird & co ltd, birkenhead. 4 stroke, 6 cylinder oil engine of 1088 nhp, single shaft. fouled propeller on tow while towing vernicos alexia & vernicos barbara iv during gale. all three tugs blown on rocks above lw line. eight crew from vernicos giorgis rescued. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1981, last detected: 1984

Details measurements/cartography: H5001/72 20.10.81 H5001/72 20.10.81 ASHORE 0.75M FROM SOLVA. VERNICOS GIORGOS HOLED. TWO OTHER TUGS STILL AFLOAT & ATTACHED TO TOW, POSSIBILITY OF TOWING TO MILFORD HAVEN WHEN WEATHER PERMITS. (LL 246). H5001/72 26.10.81 H5001/72 26.10.81 'VERNICOS GIORGOS' & 'VERNICOS ALEXIA' DECLARED TOTAL LOSSES. 'VERNICOS BARBARA' MAY BE SALVAGED. OCEAN DYNAMICS OF SOLVA CARRYING OUT SALVAGE, UNDER JURISDICTION OF RECEIVER OF WRECKS. (LL 246). H5001/72 3.11.81 H5001/72 3.11.81 CORRECT NAMES NOW GIVEN AS; 'VERNICOS GIORGIS', 'VERNICOS BARBARA IV', & 'VERNICOS ALEXIA'. (LL 246). NCA. H5001/72 18.1.82 H5001/72 18.1.82 ALL THREE TUGS STILL LYING IN SAME POSN. FUTURE UNKNOWN. (LL 246). H5001/72 13.5.82 H5001/72 13.5.82 EQUIPMENT SALVAGED FROM THESE WKS TO BE AUCTIONED AUG, 1982. (LL 248). H1288/83/361 5.4.84 H1288/83/361 5.4.84 DIVERS REPORT OF SEPT 1983. VERNICOS GIORGIS 'STILL IN SHAPE', BUT GRADUALLY BREAKING UP. STERN IS UNDER WATER. ALL THREE TUGS HAVE KELP GROWING ON THEM. POSN: 515210N, 051251W. (S J HUMPHREY). CHART AS ST 'WKS'. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5152.191N, 0512.914W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 52.191 N,5 12.914 W

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