This is the information page about the shipwreck Vestfoss, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 58.66 N,2 22.732 W (58.841266666667, -2.3266833333333)

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: VESTFOSS

Length 77.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1388 ton
Load: coal

Cause: owned at time of loss by skibs a/s. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. bombed by german aircraft 6m se of auskerry. later sank while under tow of 'star of liberty' 12m e by s of copinsay. (ll ww2, ww2sl, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 69 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H4518/44 28.9.44 NON-SUB CONTACT REPORTED IN 585842N, 022212W ON 28.9.44. (ESCORT GROUP 17) NCA. 3.3.45 [NO DATE] ESCORT GROUP 17 REPORTED NON-SUB CONTACT IN 585848N, 022254W, ACCURATE TO WITHIN 200YDS, BETWEEN 3.3.45 - 1.4.45. HEIGHT 24FT. (AUBD 315/1). NCA. HH091/137/01 29.3.07 EXAMINED 31.8.06 IN 5858.6603N, 0222.7317W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 73.4 IN GEN DEPTH 79MTRS. SCOUR 0.6MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 100MTRS TOWARDS 180DEGS. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 069/249DEGS WITH BOWS WNW. SCOUR BOTH TO N AND S. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). LISTING, MAINLY INTACT WITH STERN DETACHED. INS AS WK 73MTRS. BR STD. H/ 18.5.07 CONSIDERED FROM EXAMINATION OF MULTIBEAM IMAGES THAT THIS WRECK IS PROBABLY THE URANIA, SHE WAS HIT IN THE STERN WHICH THEN BROKE OFF. WK WILL BE DIVED IN THE FUTURE. (K HEATH/P CHEW, TELECON 25.4.07). NCA. 9.3.10 SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 69MTRS IN BATHY MULTIBEAM DATA. AMEND WK 69MTRS. BR STD. 2.8.10 DIVED 1.8.10. WI IS DEFINITELY A STEAM SHIP, LARGE FOUR BLADED PROP IN PLACE, & TELEGRAPH. CARGO COAL. COULD POSSIBLY BE VESTFOSS, CERTAINLY NOT URANIA AS THOUGHT PREVIOUSLY. (K HEATH, TELECOM 2.8.10) IDENTITY AMENDED TO VESTFOSS (POSSIBLY). NCA. 17.8.10 DIVED AGAIN ON 15.8.10. COFFEE CUP WITH "THOR THORESENS LINJE" RECOVERED CONFIRMING WK TO BE VESTFOSS. (K HEATH, E-MAIL 16.8.10) IDENTITY AMENDED TO VESTFOSS. NCA. 4.8.10 A GRAVY BOAT BEARING THE MARK OF A NORWEGIAN CROCKERY CO. RECOVERED. INDICATES THAT THIS WK IS PROBABLY VESTVOSS. (K HEATH, TELECON 4.8.10) IDENTITY AMENDED TO VESTVOSS PROBABLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS ENE, INTACT WITH STERN BROKEN OFF, LISTING TO STBD

Position: 58 58.66 N,2 22.732 W

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