This is the information page about the shipwreck Victo (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 17.618 N,0 19.081 W (54.293633, -0.318017)

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: VICTO (STERN SECTION)

Length 105.8 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3655 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: bombed, broke in two and sunk by german aircraft while on passage london to freeport. 2 lives lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 148 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20160220

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 542000N, 001700W APPROX. 330DEGS, 1.8M FROM 18B BUOY OFF SCARBOROUGH. (WW2SL, LL WW2). H1310/84/22 1.8.84 WK LOCATED AND DIVED IN 541738N, 001904W USING RADAR. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS [HWS]. POSSIBLY VICTO. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). INS AS WK PA 20MTRS. BR STD. H1310/86/34 16.12.86 IDENTIFIED AS STERN SECTION OF VICTO, BY BEAM MEASUREMENT, ARMAMENT, DE-GAUSSING CABLE, ENGINE DETAILS AND NORWEGIAN ARTIFACTS. LIES IN 541733N, 001906W, PARTIALLY UPRIGHT. HIGHEST PART IS GUN ON STERN, LEAST DEPTH 24 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS [MHWS]. (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. NCA. HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 9.8.97 IN 541736.6N, 001904.8W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 20.7, FOUL 21.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.0 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.3MTRS. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. LIES 155/335 DEGS. HIGHLY DECOMPOSED AND FRACTURED WK. HIGH POINT TOWARDS THE CENTRE. SLIGHT SCOURING AROUND THE PERIMITER. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 07.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5417.618N, 0019.081W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 66.2MTRS, WIDTH 17.6MTRS, HEIGHT 7.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 148/328. SCOUR LENGTH 15MTRS, 3.2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 306 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, NOT INTACT, NO SIGNIFICANT SCOUR. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND TO DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk broken up.

Position: 54 17.618 N,0 19.081 W

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