This is the information page about the shipwreck Vesltelv (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 40.115 N,7 59.632 W (55.799933333333, -7.9008)

 

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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. Amazon (probably)
2. Boma
3. Bussum (after part)
4. Bussum (fore part) (possibly)
5. Carrickatine
6. City of simla
7. Devonian
8. Empire heritage
9. Gi-ara
10. Hms anchusa (possibly)
11. Hms audacious
12. Hms charles astie (possibly)
13. Hms hurst castle (possibly)
14. Hms nathaniel cole (possibly)
15. Hms transylvania
16. Hmsm d6 (possibly)
17. Justicia
18. Manchester commerce (possibly
19. Manchester commerce (probably)
20. Maxton (possibly)
21. Oldfield grange (part of)(pos
22. Pinto (probably)
23. Roscommon
24. Saint mirren
25. Tritonia (possibly)
26. U 110
27. U 149
28. U 170
29. U 281
30. U 637
31. U 89 (possibly)
32. Vesltelv (possibly)
33. Widwud (possibly)

 

Name: VESLTELV (POSSIBLY)

Length 80.1 meter, width: 11.7 meter, draught: 7.1, tonnage 1729 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: ex-haakon, ex-willkommen, ex-dawpool. built of iron in 1880 by harland & wolff, belfast. owned at time of loss by henschien's reder, atk, norway. passage mobile for liverpool. captured by german submarine, abandoned and sunk by charges.

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 84 meter, Height above seabed: 355 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H2175/81 8.1.81 H2175/81 8.1.81 EXAM'D 22.3.80 IN 554009N, 075936W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71 IN GEN DEPTH 84MTRS. DCS3 HT 12.5MTRS, LENGTH 108MTRS. LYING 005/185DEG. (HMS HYDRA, HI 21/79-80). INS AS WK 71MTRS. BR STD. H4473/81 13.7.87 H4473/81 13.7.87 CONFIRMED WK IN 554006N, 075936W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 84 (?74) IN GEN DEPTH 84MTRS. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (HMS HYDRA, HI 100). NCA. HH100/351/08 13.7.94 HH100/351/08 13.7.94 WRECK FOUND TO BE THAT OF A IRON SAILING SHIP. (MARINE SALVAGE SERVICES, FAX DTD 11.7.94). HH100/351/22 26.9.05 HH100/351/22 26.9.05 LIES IN 5540.10N, 0759.63W [WGD]. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 65MTRS. STANDS 1MTR HIGH. LIES N/S. AN IRON SAILING VESSEL WITH COMPLETELY COLLAPSED STRUCTURE. BOW POINTS UPWARDS AT EAST. LOTS OF MASTS. TWO ADMIRALTY ANCHORS. PROBABLY 'VESTELV'. (M MCVEIGH, EMAIL DTD 27.8.05). NCA. 4.5.07 4.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5540.115N, 0759.632W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 84MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 1.1MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 175/355 DEGS. INTACT, LYING IN ITS OWN SCOUR. AMEND WK 81MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 82.84MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 82MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL, COMPLETELY COLLAPSED, IN SCOUR HOLE

Position: 55 40.115 N,7 59.632 W

 

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