This is the information page about the shipwreck Vigda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.298 N,0 38.601 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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2. Alaska
3. Algiers
4. Alison (possibly)
5. Angry fish
6. Ariel
7. Armenier
8. Arno (possibly)
9. Asger ryg
10. Atlas (probably)
11. Axwell
12. Basil-2
13. Cairndhu
14. Cambrian princess (probably)
15. Candia
16. Carbineer
17. City of mexico
18. Del rio
19. Donegal (possibly)
20. Duke of buccleuch
21. Fpt iv
22. Frode
23. Gartland
24. Gascony
25. Gerarda
26. Germa geisha
27. Giuseppina accame
28. Glenlee
29. Hedwig lunstedt
30. Highland corrie
31. Hmcs alberni
32. Hms apley (possibly)
33. Hms evadne (possibly)
34. Hms hazardous
35. Hms implacable
36. Hms moldavia
37. Hms northcoates
38. Hms pine
39. Hms prince leopold
40. Hms sapper
41. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
42. Hmsm a1
43. Indiana
44. Jaffa
45. Lightfoot (possibly)
46. Lola (possibly)
47. Lowmount
48. Marga
49. Marie marguerite (possibly)
50. Molesey (possibly)
51. Montecrana (possibly)
52. Ny-eeasteyr
53. Polandia (possibly)
54. Ramsgarth
55. Ramsholm (possibly)
56. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
57. Saint andre (probably)
58. Saint enogat
59. Shirala
60. Sines (possibly)
61. Spearfish
62. Stanwold
63. Stavros (possibly)
64. Teelin head
65. U 1195
66. U 86 (formerly)
67. U 86 (possibly)
68. Uss osprey
69. Vesuvio (possibly)
70. Vigda
71. War helmet
72. Zaanstroom

 

Name: VIGDA

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1851 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-esles. built in 1900 by duncan & co ltd, port glasgow. onwed at time of loss by jac engers, dnipsk, akties. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 176nhp, single shaft. passage hull for nantes. torpedoed by uc-65. (ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 123 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20180112

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 5 MILES S OF OWERS LTV. (LL WW1). H2537/28 18.8.28 NDW PA IN 503230N, 003830W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT GIVEN). NCA. H1098/37 8.3.37 INS NDW PA IN 503230N, 003830W. NC F016. H6667/57 28.4.61 GOOD ASDIC CONTACT IN 503230N, 003830W. POSSIBLY BOTTOM. NOT EXAMINED. (HMS DALRYMPLE, SURVEY [K2007/3], 1958). 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 15MTRS. (TONNAGE NOT KNOWN). NC 1652. H4121/76 17.1.77 EXAM'D 29.6.76 IN 503217N, 003831W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28 IN GEN DEPTH 34-35MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.3MTRS, LENGTH 68MTRS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. LYING WNW/ESE. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 2450. 8.8.90 BELL RECOVERED FROM THIS WK. ENGRAVED WITH NAME 'ESLES'. (I WARREN, 6.8.90). HH100/351/04 2.10.91 'ESLES' WAS ORIGINAL NAME FOR THIS VESSEL WHEN UNDER SPANISH OWNERSHIP. (I WARREN, SEPT '91). HH090/952/01 28.10.03 EXAM'D 15.6.03 IN 5032.300N, 0038.606W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 26.4, FOUL 26.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.4 IN GEN DEPTH 32-34MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.7MTRS. LIES 112/292 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SLIGHTLY BROKEN. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND TO SW 26MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 09.08.18 EXAM'D 12.01.18; IN 5032.298N, 0038.601W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.57MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS, LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 14.3MTRS, HEIGHT 8MTRS, ORIENTATION 123/303 DEGS. THE FLAT BASE OF THE HULL SEEMS TO BE INTACT HOWEVER IS LYING ON ITS SIDE. THE REST OF THE WRECK IS WELL BROKEN UP. A BOILER REMAINS AT THE CENTRE OF THE WRECKAGE. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE, FLAT BASE OF HULL SEEMS INTACT, REST OF WRECK BROKEN UP.

Position: 50 32.298 N,0 38.601 W

 

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