This is the information page about the shipwreck Vigia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 39.291 N,2 25.627 E (52.91125, 2.3091833)

 

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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. Achieve
2. Activity
3. Atle
4. Blacktoft (possibly)
5. Boy karl
6. Corbrook
7. Eleni v (bow section)
8. Girl linda
9. Golden oriole (possibly)
10. Goodwood (possibly)
11. Gudrun
12. Hamsterley
13. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
14. Hms dunoon (possibly)
15. Horseferry (probably)
16. Kate grammerstorff (possibly)
17. Liliane (possibly)
18. Merchant
19. Newland (possibly)
20. Noreen
21. Onto
22. Otis tarda
23. Philipp m
24. Prosper
25. Quest
26. Rokos vergottis
27. Strive
28. Togston
29. Vigia
30. Virgilia
31. War mehtar
32. Wast (possibly)
33. Waterloo

 

Name: VIGIA

Length 30.8 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 131 ton

Cause: Sank after developing leak.

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 56 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 20170311

Details measurements/cartography: H7614/58 23.4.69 LOCATED IN 523917N, 022544E [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH 22FMS. (THV MERMAID, REPORT DTD 18.4.69). BR STD. 8.8.69 LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 151FT IN GENERAL DEPTH 169FT. LIES NW/SE. (HMS BULLDOG, 1969). 28.8.73 AMEND TO WK 40MTRS. NC 2182A. HH090/616/01 22.11.94 EXAM'D 20.7.94 IN 523915.87N, 022544.34E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.0 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LENGTH 28MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. APPEARS WHOLE AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. SEP 2017/000067039 11.3.17 EXAM'D 11.3.17: WRECK IN 5239.291N, 0225.627E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. LENGTH 33.4MTRS, WIDTH 8.9MTRS, HEIGHT, 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 056/236 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 596.95MTRS, 3.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 006 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). MOVE TO REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT

Position: 52 39.291 N,2 25.627 E

 

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