This is the information page about the shipwreck Victoria (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 21.9 N,0 20.623 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: VICTORIA (PROBABLY)
Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, tonnage 1620 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine while on passage jarrow to bayonne.
Year of registration: 1984
Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 68 cm
Known since: 1984, last detected: 20160221
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 5 MILES NE X N OF SCARBOROUGH. (LLOYDS). H1310/84/22 1.8.84 WK LOCATED IN 542156N, 002035W. POSN BY RADAR. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). INS AS WK PA 32MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 25.2.93 WK OF VICTORIA (KNOWN LOCALLY AS '2ND ONE') LOCATED IN 542153.5N, 002030W USING GPS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND TO WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. LIES WELL BROKEN ON ROCKY SEABED IN 542151N, 002039W. (DIVE YORKSHIRE). HH090/730/01 14.11.97 EXAM'D 12.7.97 IN 542153.7N, 002035.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.3 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 065/245 DEGS. WELL DECOMPOSED. BROKEN INTO TWO, OR POSSIBLY THREE, PIECES. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 13.06.16 EXAM'D 21.02.16 IN 5421.900N, 0020.623W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 52.5MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 7.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 068/248. WK SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 38MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk split into two sections
Position: 54 21.9 N,0 20.623 W