This is the information page about the shipwreck Ville de valenciennes, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 1.782 N,0 2.981 E (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Action
5. Adgillus
6. Afton
7. Agnes
8. Airdrie (possibly)
9. Albatross
10. Alliance
11. Amber rose
12. Amicus
13. Amstelland
14. Anastasia
15. Arctic viking
16. Ardbeg (probably)
17. Argo (possibly)
18. Ariel (possibly)
19. Audentia
20. Aurora
21. Ave maria
22. Ballina
23. Barrister (possibly)
24. Bassa
25. Be ready (probably)
26. Bella
27. Bellerophon
28. Ben cruachan
29. Ben rein (ex-starling)
30. Bessie
31. Beursplein
32. Blanche (possibly)
33. Brema
34. Briar
35. Bur
36. C s parnell
37. Cadmus
38. Calista (probably)
39. Cap palos (part of)
40. Cardea
41. Carley marie
42. Carmelite (possibly)
43. Caroline
44. Casanare
45. Cevic
46. Chant 63
47. Chloe (possibly)
48. Chloris (possibly)
49. Citrine
50. Clan macmaster
51. Clan menzies
52. Clwyd (probably)
53. Coalman
54. Conargo
55. Conisbro castle
56. Connemara
57. Conovium (probably)
58. Corinth (possibly)
59. Corrientes
60. Creteboom
61. Crois bhride
62. Crown
63. Crusader (possibly)
64. Cyclope
65. Dalewood (probably)
66. Dana (possibly)
67. Darro
68. Dawn waters
69. Diana
70. Diana
71. Don boscoe
72. Donegal
73. Doris b
74. Downshire (possibly)
75. Downshire (probably)
76. Dryade
77. Dunavil forth (possibly)
78. Dundalk
79. Dunmore
80. Eileen
81. Eleanor
82. Elfrida
83. Eli
84. Elizabeth hyam
85. Ellen sheant
86. Embassage
87. Emerald dawn
88. Empire airman
89. Empire of peace
90. Empire wind
91. Empress (probably)
92. Empress eugenie
93. Express (possibly)
94. Express (possibly)
95. Feltre
96. Fenella ann
97. Florence
98. Flowerette
99. Flying meteor
100. Forest queen
101. Fulmar
102. G-azjy
103. George & mary
104. Georgetown victory (part of)
105. Georgetown victory (part of)
106. Georgina hutton
107. Ginette michel
108. Ginger
109. Girl may
110. Girl sylvia
111. Glencona
112. Glendun
113. Glenford
114. Glenmaroon (possibly)
115. Globe trotter
116. Green hill (part of)(probably)
117. Grinder
118. Guiding star
119. Hannah louisa
120. Helmsman (probably)
121. Herbie
122. Hibernian
123. Hms dirk
124. Hms fairy
125. Hms falcon (stern section)
126. Hms garmo (probably)
127. Hms racehorse
128. Hms racoon
129. Hms silicia
130. Holmar i
131. Hornsund (probably)
132. Horsted
133. Houghton
134. Hugh taylor
135. Hunsdon
136. Ida
137. Irene chalmers
138. J b paddon
139. Jane
140. Jane brown
141. Janeeta (possibly)
142. Jeanette
143. Jenemi
144. John rettig (probably)
145. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
146. Kalo (probably)
147. Keret
148. Kilbroney (probably)
149. Kilrea (probably)
150. Kingston cameo
151. Knuthenborg
152. L'amite
153. Labora (possibly)
154. Lady ann
155. Lady anstruther (probably)
156. Lady louisa
157. Lagun
158. Landport (possibly)
159. Largo (possibly)
160. Leeds (probably)
161. Lifeguard (possibly)
162. Lily
163. Limesfield
164. Liverpool
165. Lough fisher
166. Lucy
167. Lunevale
168. Lurigethan
169. Lyra
170. Lyra (bow section)
171. M c holm
172. Madame renee
173. Madge wildfire
174. Magdalyn ann
175. Maja
176. Malaguena
177. Manchester engineer (probably)
178. Manx queen
179. Marguerite
180. Marian francis
181. Marianne toft (possibly)
182. Markersdall (probably)
183. Mary heeley
184. Mayfield
185. Meeuw
186. Megawatt
187. Melfort
188. Merisia
189. Mfv polaris
190. Mhari l
191. Modig
192. Modiva (possibly)
193. Montreal
194. Moonlight
195. Moonlight (possibly)
196. Murielle
197. Nadejda (possibly)
198. Nalon
199. Nichola ann
200. Nitedal
201. No.163
202. Noel du marin
203. Nora
204. Norenda (possibly)
205. Norhilda
206. Ocean harvest ii
207. Octavia
208. Old haws pt lt or west pile
209. Onward (possibly)
210. Oona hall
211. Opal (possibly)
212. Orsa
213. Otis tetrax
214. Our brighter dawn
215. Our golden promise
216. Our lassie
217. Our lorraine
218. Our queen
219. Paraciers
220. Peebles (possibly)
221. Peshawur
222. Peveril
223. Phare (probably)
224. Playmate (possibly)
225. Portia
226. Pt1 or pt2
227. Queen of the isles (probably)
228. Rebecca
229. Residu
230. Retriever
231. Ringwall
232. Robert dee
233. Rudyard kipling
234. Saint barchan
235. Saint mirren (possibly)
236. Saltaro (fwd part)
237. Saltaro (fwd part)
238. Saltaro (fwd part)
239. Samaria
240. Scathros
241. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
242. Scorpio
243. Scotia
244. Seamew (possibly)
245. Silver crest
246. Silver dee
247. Silver quest 2
248. Silverpine
249. Sixty-six
250. Skerries
251. Skomer
252. Sliedrecht
253. Sna iii
254. Sota eduardo
255. Speedwell
256. St elwyn
257. Stamila
258. Stanburn
259. Storm drift
260. Sunbeam
261. Sunrise (possibly)
262. Sy sol
263. Tees
264. Temple mead
265. Thornfield
266. Thracian
267. Tide (probably)
268. Tijl uilenspiegel
269. Tilley anne
270. Tinker
271. Togston (possibly)
272. Topaz
273. Tornamona
274. Trelyon
275. Tullaghmurray lass
276. Tumi joy 2
277. Tuskar
278. Tuskar
279. U 1024 (possibly)
280. U 1024 (probably)
281. Ubier (probably)
282. Uc 39
283. Uc 75
284. Umbe
285. Upminster (possibly)
286. Upwey grange
287. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
288. Vanadis (possibly)
289. Varangmalm (possibly)
290. Vedra
291. Victo (bow section)
292. Victo (stern section)
293. Viking
294. Ville de valenciennes
295. Violet (probably)
296. Waltham (probably)
297. Wayside flower (possibly)
298. Westburn (possibly)
299. Whitemantle (possibly)
300. Wild wave
301. William hanbury

 

Name: VILLE DE VALENCIENNES

Length 83.5 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1734 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1897 by j readhead & sons, south shields. owned at time of loss by cie des bateaux a vapeur du nord. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 234hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for bordeaux. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160310

Details measurements/cartography: H5848/17 28.9.17 POSN 540030N, 000450E OR 0.75 MILES W OF A BUOY. (VAEC). 10.4.24 AMEND OLD WK SYMBOL IN 540030N, 000450E TO DW. BR STD. H3752/26 11.6.26 AMEND TO NDW. POSN 535900, 000400E. SANK IN 2MIN. (PILOT'S REPORT). H5084/77 21.3.80 WK EXAM'D 28.11.79 IN 540145.6N, 000306.0E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32 IN GEN DEPTH 38.7MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 5.1MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS. LYING 120/300DEG. IN TWO MAIN SECTIONS. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79). BR STD. H2534/74 9.1.80 WK REPD IN 540142N, 000259E. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS, VOL I). NCA. HH100/351/17 30.8.01 THIS IS THE VILLE DE VALENCIENNES. HER BELL WAS RECOVERED RECENTLY. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 6.8.01), NCA. HH100/351/18 8.4.02 WELL BROKEN UP. ENGINE AND TWO BOILERS MIDSHIPS. GUN ON STERN WAS RECOVERED IN 1985. BOWS S. SEABED SAND AND GRAVEL. IDENTIFIED FROM BELL INSCRIBED: VILLE DE VALENCIENNES, DUNKIRK, 1897. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. SEP2016/000053291 10.3.16 EXAM'D 10.3.16; IN 5401.782N, 0002.981E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 30.53MTRS, GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. LENGTH 101.8MTRS, WIDTH 18.7MTRS, HT 5.09MTRS, ORIENTATION 112/292 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK PARTIALLY INTACT. (MMT, HI 1473, H525_6469). AMEND NDW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT

Position: 54 1.782 N,0 2.981 E

 

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