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 (54.346066666667, -0.12708333333333)

 

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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. Aigburth
2. Albatross
3. Amsteldam
4. Amulet
5. Angelo rose
6. Appolonia
7. Ard aidhm
8. Ardens (probably)
9. Aucuba (possibly)
10. Avance (probably)
11. Balfron (probably)
12. Ballater
13. Ballogie
14. Battersea
15. Beaumanoir (probably)
16. Biesbosch
17. Birtley
18. Black prince (possibly)
19. Bonhomme richard
20. Botha (possibly)
21. Brabant
22. Brentwood
23. Bur
24. Cambrai
25. Cap palos (part of)
26. Castleford (probably)
27. Charing cross (possibly)
28. Chicago
29. Constantia
30. Corsican prince
31. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
32. Creteblock
33. Crimdon (possibly)
34. Deptford
35. Disperser
36. Dunstaffnage
37. Eaglescliffe (probably)
38. Eli
39. Erich lea
40. Ferruccio
41. Florence (possibly)
42. Florentia
43. Fred everard
44. G.3
45. Garthwaite
46. Gem (bow section)
47. Gem (stern section)
48. Gimle
49. Girl ita
50. Glamorganbrook
51. Glengarry (probably)
52. Glow (part of) (possibly)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Goodwood
55. Greltoria (probably)
56. Gwalia (possibly)
57. Hannah
58. Harrow (probably)
59. Hercules
60. Highgate
61. Hms akranes
62. Hms banyers
63. Hms desire (possibly)
64. Hms dromio
65. Hms falmouth
66. Hms garmo (probably)
67. Hms lord ridley
68. Hms swallow
69. Hms thalia
70. Hms thomas cornwall
71. Hornsund (probably)
72. Houghton
73. Hurstwood
74. Jane
75. Jerv
76. Kilrea
77. Laconia (possibly)
78. Lady ann
79. Lady helen
80. Lady josyan
81. Lampada (probably)
82. Lanthorn
83. Leander
84. Leersum (probably)
85. Lerwick (probably)
86. Linaria (probably)
87. Lindum
88. London
89. Lowtyne (possibly)
90. M c holm
91. Madame renee
92. Malvina (fwd part)
93. Manx queen
94. Marie stuart
95. Martina
96. Mazeppa
97. Melanie (probably)
98. Membland (possibly)
99. Merrie islington
100. Middlesborough
101. Modemi (possibly)
102. Mongolian
103. Moorlands
104. Norenda (possibly)
105. Norhilda
106. Novillo
107. Oakwell
108. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
109. Paul
110. Phare (probably)
111. Philander (probably)
112. Polanna
113. Polruan
114. Potomac
115. Princess olga (possibly)
116. Quaggy (probably)
117. Rikard nordraak
118. Rosa
119. Runswick
120. Saint ninian
121. Sapphire (probably)
122. Sarah thinnesen
123. Scotia
124. Seistan
125. Sir francis
126. Sirajah
127. Sixty-six
128. Skane
129. Sna ii
130. Sote (aft part)
131. Southborough
132. Springhill
133. Sumus (probably)
134. Suntrap (probably)
135. Tangistan
136. Taurus (probably)
137. Thea
138. Trelyon
139. Trongate
140. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
141. Ub 30
142. Ub 41
143. Ub 75
144. Vaaren
145. Vaaren (possibly)
146. Victo (bow section)
147. Victo (stern section)
148. Victoria (probably)
149. Wallsend
150. War crocus (possibly)
151. Westowrie
152. Woodstock (bow section)
153. Woodstock (stern section)
154. Zeepaard

 

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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