This is the information page about the shipwreck Vikholmen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.527 N,1 55.953 W (50.225450, -1.932550)

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.

Name: VIKHOLMEN

Length 46.6 meter, width: 7.7 meter, tonnage 494 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-prima ii. built in 1916 by arnhem schestoomsleephelling, antwerp. owned at time of loss by akties vikolmen (o g gjssen). one boiler, triple expansion engine of 58 nhp, single shaft. passage passage cardiff for st malo. torpedoed by uc-71.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: 25.7.45 25.7.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 501348N, 015548W, APPROX. (PEVENSEY CASTLE, 8.1.45, AUBD 304/90). NCA YET. H6887/55 19.12.55 H6887/55 19.12.55 WK LOCATED IN 501332N, 015545W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28 IN GEN DEPTH 31FMS. SEABED SAND AND SHELL. (HMS SCOTT, 30.9.55). INS AS WK 28FMS. BR STD. 11.8.77 11.8.77 AMEND TO WK 51MTRS. NC 2450 & NC 2454. HH090/588/01 3.11.93 HH090/588/01 3.11.93 EXAM'D 28.6.93 IN 501331.6N, 015557.2W [WGD] USING PORTLAND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.6 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. SCOUR 0.6MTR. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS, LENGTH 62MTRS, BREADTH 12MTRS. INTACT, UPRIGHT AND LYING 145/225DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 588). BR STD. HH100/351/15 28.9.99 HH100/351/15 28.9.99 WK DIVED AND CONFIRMED AS AN OLD, IRON WK. UPRIGHT WITH BOWS E. SINGLE BOILER AND TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE WHICH IS ALMOST BURIED. SEABED SLOPES UP BOTH SIDES OF THE WK LEAVING ONLY FRAGMENTS OF THE WK VISIBLE AND STANDING UP. TONNAGE IN THE REGION OF 200-300 TONS. CARGO OF COAL. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (D WENDES). NCA. HH100/351/19 25.10.02 HH100/351/19 25.10.02 WK IS GENERALLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT WITH THE STERN WELL BROKEN. THE PROP BOSS IS VISIBLE BUT THERE ARE NO BLADES. SINGLE BOILER LIES HALF BURIED IN THE GRAVEL SEA BED. ENGINE LIES ON ITS SIDE, ALSO HALF BURIED. LARGE PIECES OF COAL LIE WITHIN THE HULL. HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS PRIMA II, THE ORIGINAL PRIMA HAVING BEEN LOST IN DEC 1916. HOME PORT OF BOTH VESSELS WAS BERGEN. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 1.2.07 1.2.07 HAS BEEN IDENTIFED BY THE BUILDER'S NAMEPLATE. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. 19.12.08 19.12.08 RECORD REVIEWED. CINC REMOVED, MORE THAN 5 YEARS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT

Position: 50 13.527 N,1 55.953 W

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