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 (54.3460667, -0.1270833)

 

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