Wreck: Vigrid (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Vigrid (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 59.891 N,5 24.638 W (49.998183, -5.410633)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: VIGRID (POSSIBLY)
Length 74.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1617 ton
Load: coal
Cause: vessel, built in 1915 by bergens mek., voerksted and owned at time of loss by a von der lippe, was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine whilst on passage from barry to rouen. (ll ww1 & dods).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160613
Details measurements/cartography: 1918 SUNK IN APPROX 500000N, 052600W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3895/74 3.12.74 WK LOCATED IN 495955.8N, 052433W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED FINE SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. (HMS HECATE, HI 1/74). INS AS WK 21FMS.
- NM 169/75. 4.5.78 AMEND TO WK 39MTRS. NC 1178. SEP 2016/000091765 27.10.16 EXAM'D; 13.6.16 IN 4959.891N, 0524.638W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.09MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS, LENGTH 188MTRS, WIDTH 30.9MTRS, HEIGHT 10.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 015/195 DEGS. WRECK IS WELL DEGRADED AND BROKEN IN TWO. THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE WRECK IS THE LARGEST WITH A DEBRIS FIELD OF 90M BY 50M. POSSIBE TO SEE THE AFT MASTS AND MAST HOUSES AS WELL AS TWO CIRCULAR OBJECTS ON THE EASTERN SIDE HICH MAY BE REMAINS OF GUN TUBS. THE SOUTHERN MOST SECTION IS 75MTRS TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN SECTION. THE PORT HULL HAS COLLAPSED INTO THE HOLD BUT SOME OF THE STERN SUPERSTRUCTURE REMAINS. (MMT, HI 1500). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 59.891 N,5 24.638 W
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