This is the information page about the shipwreck Villasandino, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 49.331 N,4 33.767 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)

 

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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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29. Villasandino

 

Name: VILLASANDINO

Length 84 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 1820 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-amaya, ex-julio. built in 1888 by w doxford & sons, sunderland. owned at time of los by cia nav gascuna. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 176 nhp, single shaft. machinery by the builders. passage ayr for bayonne. stopped when condenser pipes fractured and allowed water to enter the engine room. ss british chancellor made four attempts to take her in tow but the hawser parted on each occasion, villasandino's windlass was broken and bollards torn away. crew recovered and vessel went ashore. (sibi & cornish shipwrecks).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1970

Details measurements/cartography: 7.9.70 7.9.70 BOILERS DRY 3FT AT EXTREME LWS, BOW INSHORE ABOUT 30FT FROM REST OF WK. RUDDER AND PROPELLER 15FT OFF BOTTOM, 3 BOILERS 16FT OFF BOTTOM. WK BROKEN TO DOUBLE BOTTOMS WITH WINCHES SCATTERED. (R DAVIS, 5.9.70). CHART AS OBSTN DRIES 3FT (0.9MTRS). BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5049.331N, 0433.767W. 10.8.11 10.8.11 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1159). SURVEY DOES NOT EXTEND TO FOOT OF CLIFFS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 49.331 N,4 33.767 W

 

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