This is the information page about the shipwreck Vesuvio (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.564 N,0 30.529 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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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Name: VESUVIO (POSSIBLY)

Length 74.1 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1391 ton
Load: armament,general and mixed goods

Cause: Ex-czar. built in 1879 by j laing, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the general steam navigation co, london. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 140hp, single shaft. passage messina for london. general cargo, including ammunition. mined. seven men lost.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H1284/75 19.6.75 WRECK OF LARGE CARO VESSEL LOCATED 6.6M E.S.E OF OWERS LTV. STERN IN 503526N, 003036W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS 25FT HIGH IN 150FT. VESSEL IS CLOSE SOUTH OF LARGE REEF, LIES ON PORT SIDE, BROKEN & SILTED. IDENTIFICATION NOT KNOWN. (R TODD, SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE LTD, 20.5.75). CHART AS WK 20FMS [36MTRS]. BR STD. H4121/76 13.1.77 WRECK LOCATED 11.8.76 IN 503533N, 003028W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35-43MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. SEABED SEDIMENTARY WITH SAND RIPPLES & RIDGES. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS. LYING E/W, BOWS E. APPEARS TO BE LYING AGAINST 7MTR RIDGE. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). AMEND TO WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 2450. H1310/83/33 15.7.83 DIVED ON 3 & 4.7.83 IN GOOD UNDERWATER VISIBILITY. VESSEL IS BROKEN IN 3 PLACES: AFT OF F'C'SLE, AMIDSHIPS, & FOR'D OF STERN WHEELHOUSE. LIES ON PORT SIDE ON GRAVEL SEABED. APPARENTLY OF WWI VINTAGE - 13PDR GUN ON STERN. APPEARS TO BE A SMALL RAISED QD COASTER OF APPROX 1000 TO 1050 GRT. HIGHEST POINT STANDS 12MTRS ABOVE SEABED. PROPELLER HAS BEEN BLOWN OFF. HOLDS EMPTY. (J SALSBURY, 8.7.83). NCA. HH091/002/01 28.10.02 EXAM'D 12.7.02 IN 5035.564N, 0030.529W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 37.0, FOUL 37.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.0 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. SCOUR 2.6MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 40MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. POORLY DEFINED WK. (NP 1016, HI 1002). AMEND TO SW 37MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN IN 3 PLACES, POORLY DEFINED ON DCS3

Position: 50 35.564 N,0 30.529 W

 

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