This is the information page about the shipwreck Vigsnes, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.63 N,4 11.099 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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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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Name: VIGSNES

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 285 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20210810

Details measurements/cartography: H067/45 24.1.45 C IN C W APPRS, SIGNAL DTD 24.1.45. POSN DOUBTFUL. NCA. 30.1.45 ACCEPT APPROX POSN 533200N, 041500W. (AUBD 319/221). H3077/70 1.9.71 LOCATED IN 533247N, 041106W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.3 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. STRONG SONAR CONTACT BUT AS THERE IS A GRAVEL RIDGE TO THE S IT IS PROBABLY A RETURN FROM THIS. IT APPEARS TO LIE BELOW LEVEL OF RIDGE. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. (HMS WOODLARK). - FNM 38/71 & BR STD. H3838/86 20.8.87 LOCATED IN 533237N, 041101W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 31.8MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 357). AMEND TO WK 31MTRS.

- NM 2699/87. H3838/86 28.3.88 EXAM'D BY HMS BULLDOG USING HYDROSEARCH ON 30.9.87 USING HIFIX/6 & TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.8 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11.9MTRS; HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 16.5MTRS (FOREMAST), SHADOW HT 10.7MTRS. LENGTH 81.5MTRS, BEAM 14.5MTRS. INTACT AND HEELING SLIGHTLY TO THE N. LIES 105/285 DEG. CHART AS WK 27.5MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 357).

- NM 1184/88. HH100/351/03 28.9.90 DIVED ON 11.9.90. NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BUT SHIP'S CHINA RECOVERED WITH DATE '1944' AND TELEMOTOR STAND WITH RUDDER INDICATOR HAS NORWEGIAN MAKER. THIS INDICATES WK PROBABLY TO BE THE VIGSNES. IT LIES UPRIGHT WITH BOW W. HAS TWO HOLDS FORE AND AFT WHICH CONTAIN COAL. MIDSHIPS BRIDGE AND SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS STARTED TO COLLAPSE. DAMAGE AT STERN INDICATES THAT IT WAS MINED OR TORPEDOED. MUCH AMMUNITION AROUND STERN SUGGESTS THAT A GUN WAS CARRIED. (K F HURLEY, 19.9.90). HH100/351/06 24.8.92 CONFIRMED WK OF VIGSNES - BELL RECOVERED. (K HURLEY, 9.8.92). SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 10.08.2021; IN 5332.630N, 0411.099W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.54MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. LENGTH 75.5MTRS, WIDTH 12.2MTRS, HEIGHT 15.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 285/105 DEGS. UPRIGHT WRECK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7361). AMEND DW 28.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Upright wreck.

Position: 53 32.63 N,4 11.099 W

 

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