This is the information page about the shipwreck Vigo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 42.526 N,1 42.39 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Ala
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Alto (possibly)
9. Artemisia
10. Astrologer
11. Axminster (probably)
12. Barkis
13. Barrhill
14. Begona no 5
15. Bertha
16. Bob read (probably)
17. Boulderpool (after part)
18. Boulderpool (fwd part)
19. Camilla weston
20. Cardanel
21. Castle galleon
22. Cd 14 (probably)
23. Chevington
24. City of kobe
25. Clansman (possibly)
26. Corchester
27. Cordene
28. Corduff
29. Courier (probably)
30. Cross sand ltv
31. Daisy (possibly)
32. Dashwood
33. David b summers
34. Db 8 (possibly)
35. El dorado
36. Elnet
37. Ems
38. English trader
39. Ethel
40. Ethel radcliffe
41. Fulgens
42. G and e (possibly)
43. Galatea (possibly)
44. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
45. Geneva
46. George fisher
47. Georgia (for'd part)
48. Glen derry (probably)
49. Glynn
50. Gulf breaker
51. Hector gannet
52. Hms agate
53. Hms cantatrice
54. Hms christopher (possibly)
55. Hms cloughton wyke
56. Hms condor (probably)
57. Hms dhoon (probably)
58. Hms dungeness
59. Hms fontenoy
60. Hms force
61. Hms francolin
62. Hms glen prosen
63. Hms irvana (part of)
64. Hms kaphreda
65. Hms m a west (probably)
66. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
67. Hms speeton (possibly)
68. Hms spider
69. Hms tettenhall
70. Hms tonbridge
71. Hms tranio
72. Hms tugela
73. Hms washington (probably)
74. Hmsm c 11
75. Ilse
76. Impulsion
77. Ionian (probably)
78. King egbert
79. La perouse (possibly)
80. Langeli (possibly)
81. Leelite
82. Lingfield
83. Londoner (probably)
84. Mardyke
85. Marianne (probably)
86. Marsworth
87. Mascota (possibly)
88. Memento (possibly)
89. Mercurius
90. Meriones
91. Montferland
92. Mudo
93. Murdoch (probably)
94. Nadir
95. Navarra (possibly)
96. Nereus
97. Nominoe
98. Nordborg (possibly)
99. Norman queen
100. Novocastrian
101. Ole bull
102. Osprey
103. Otter
104. Oxshott (possibly)
105. Pacific (possibly)
106. Polaris
107. Prima
108. Regain
109. Reward (possibly)
110. Robin iv
111. Robrix
112. Roine
113. Rose marie
114. Roxanna
115. Roy
116. Rye
117. Sea rhine
118. Seagull
119. Seaham
120. Sheaf water
121. Silksworth hall (probably).
122. Sir william stephenson
123. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
124. Skodsburg (possibly)
125. St mark
126. Thomas m (possibly)
127. Thursonian
128. Tregantle (possibly)
129. Trevethoe
130. Tunisiana
131. Uc 62 (possibly)
132. Ui-001
133. Vanguard
134. Varoy
135. Vigo
136. Viola (possibly)
137. Walkure
138. War valley
139. Whintown (possibly)
140. White swan
141. White swan (possibly)
142. Willowpool
143. Xanthe
144. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: VIGO

Year of registration: 1897

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter

Known since: 1897, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: RAN ASHORE DURING A SEVERE STORM AFTER LEAVING GOOLE. (YARMOUTH MERCURY, 1897). HH242/353/01 15.1.90 REMAINS OF WOODEN SV LIE OFF HEMSBY GAP, NORFOLK, IN 524230N, 014230E, APPROX [OGB]. KEEL AND SPAR SHOW AT VERY LOW WATER. FISHERMEN LOSE NETS ON IT. IDENTIFIED BY CAISTER LIFEBOAT COXSWAIN AS WK OF THE 'VIGO'. (B WATTON, TELECON 11.12.89). CHART AS ST PA. BR STD. HH090/569/01 14.7.93 NOT FOUND DURING ROUTINE AREA SONAR SEARCH. COXSWAIN OF CAISTER LIFEBOAT CONFIRMS WK STILL EXISTS ON OR NEAR LW LINE ON APPROX TRANSIT WINTERTON CH AND WINTERTON LTHO. IT IS VISIBLE AT EXTREME LW ONLY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 569). NCA. HH090/844/01 12.4.99 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 844). NCA. 13.2.02 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND TO WKPA (DRIES). BR STD. HH091/113/01 21.7.05 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. GEN DEPTH 2MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 1113). AMEND FOUL PA. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN REMAINS

Position: 52 42.526 N,1 42.39 E

 

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