This is the information page about the shipwreck Vestra, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 45.774 N,1 7.815 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Atlas (possibly)
4. Atwing (possibly)
5. Aurora
6. Azira
7. Balzac
8. Blairhall
9. Blue dawn
10. Braconash (possibly)
11. British officer (after part)
12. Burnhope (part of)
13. Cairnglen
14. Carlo
15. Carmarthen coast
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
19. Clare (possibly)
20. Clavering (part of)
21. Corsham
22. Cranford (possibly)
23. Denham (probably)
24. Dimitris
25. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
26. Eagle iii
27. Elemore
28. Empire bay
29. Eston
30. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
31. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
32. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
33. Eventide
34. Fawn (probably)
35. Fenella
36. Fervent
37. Firelight (possibly)
38. Gateshead (possibly)
39. General havelock
40. Gran
41. Grit
42. H a brightman
43. H c flood (possibly)
44. H c flood (probably)
45. Harraton
46. Hartley
47. Harvest
48. Hawkwood
49. Hebble (probably)
50. Heckler
51. Hekla (possibly)
52. Helene
53. Helvetia (possibly)
54. Hendrika
55. Hercules
56. Hmms 180
57. Hms ben ardna (probably)
58. Hms ethel taylor
59. Hms euston
60. Hms fairplay 2
61. Hms james ludford
62. Hms loch naver
63. Hms ruthin castle
64. Hms snaefell (probably)
65. Hms southsea
66. Hms star of devoran
67. Hms summer rose
68. Hms william hallet (possibly)
69. Hms witherington
70. Hogarth
71. Humber
72. Ida duncan
73. Ilios (possibly)
74. Ilious
75. Intent
76. Inverlane (part of)
77. Inverlane (stern section)
78. Jenny m (possibly)
79. John m smart (possibly).
80. John miles
81. Jolly girls
82. Jolly girls (possibly)
83. Jonkoping i (possibly)
84. Jytte (possibly)
85. Kalua
86. Kasko
87. Kilkis (possibly)
88. King james (possibly)
89. La basiase (la bastaise)
90. Linden (probably)
91. Llwyngwair (possibly)
92. Loch-na-gar (probably)
93. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
94. Lucida
95. Lyng
96. Maggie mcleman ii
97. Maindy bridge (possibly)
98. Marcheller (possibly)
99. Margaret sutton
100. Marne (part of)(possibly)
101. Mars
102. Mayoress pelican
103. Mile end (possibly)
104. Montauban
105. Narcissus (possibly)
106. Nordheim (possibly)
107. Nyula
108. Ocean
109. Orion (probably)
110. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
111. Ottoland (possibly)
112. Pathfinder
113. Patria
114. Pitwines (probably)
115. Polleon (possibly)
116. Poltava (possibly)
117. Povena
118. Presto (possibly)
119. Presto (possibly)
120. Protector (possibly)
121. Providence
122. Quillota
123. Ragni (probably)
124. Ravensbourne (possibly)
125. Ravnanger (probably)
126. Renen
127. Rfa creosol
128. Richard de larrinaga
129. Rio colorado
130. Rising sun (part of)
131. Rising sun (part of)
132. Rosa (possibly)
133. Rosella (probably)
134. Rotha
135. S t wallsend
136. Saga (possibly)
137. Sargasso (possibly)
138. Scott miller
139. Snowdrop (possibly)
140. Spray
141. Stag 5 (probably)
142. Staithes (possibly)
143. Stangate
144. Stora-korsnas-link i
145. Strinheim
146. Suavity
147. Sunniva (possibly)
148. Swiftly
149. Talisman (possibly)
150. Tatiana (possibly)
151. Teal (probably)
152. Teesdale (possibly)
153. Thames (probably)
154. The stewarts court (probably)
155. Uc 32 (probably)
156. Vestra
157. Vianna (possibly)
158. Vianna (probably)
159. Victory
160. Wayside flower
161. Winga
162. Winga (possibly)
163. X.l.
164. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: VESTRA

Length 65.8 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1020 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1897 by ramage & ferguson, leith. owned at time of loss by j t salvesen. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 99hp, single shaft. passage tyne for rouen. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk by ub 35. two men lost.

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm

Known since: 1988, last detected: 1994

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 5 MILES NE FROM HARTLEPOOL. (WW1SL). H6330/87 15.7.88 H6330/87 15.7.88 WK 28.8 IN GEN DEPTH 37.6MTRS IN 544546N, 010743W. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, TLX 19.6.88, HI 414A). NCA YET. H6330/87 14.11.88 H6330/87 14.11.88 EXAM'D 28.8.88 IN 544546N, 010743W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [5 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 30.5, FOUL AT 31.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.8 IN GEN DEPTH 37.6MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 38.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.7MTRS, LENGTH 16MTRS, BEAM 5 MTRS. LIES 105/285 DEG AND GIVES GOOD SONAR RETURN, WHICH INDICATES A MAST. LEAST E/S DEPTH PROBABLY OBTAINED ON FISHING GEAR ATTACHED TO WK. ACCEPT SWEPT DEPTH. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). BR STD. HH100/351/08 11.5.94 HH100/351/08 11.5.94 WRECK CONFIRMED AS BEING VESTRA. BELL RECOVERED FROM BOWS DURING DIVING OPERATIONS. (K A LAWRENCE, LTR 13.4.94).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 45.774 N,1 7.815 W

 

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