This is the information page about the shipwreck Villon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 33.838 N,14 25.104 E (55.5639667, 14.4184)

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: VILLON

Length 54.3 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 437 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Cargo shifted in strong wind. vessel listed to 45degs and eventually sank.

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter

Known since: 1986, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H2120/86 8.1.87 NDW IN 553348N, 142506E. (LL 4.12.86). BR STD. H2120/86 29.9.87 AMENDED TO WK 17MTRS, IN 553401N, 142451E. (SWEDISH NM 1245/87).

- NM 3085/87. 17.3.08 SHOWN IN 5534.017N, 1424.68E ON SWEDISH 839 [EDN 5 CORR TO MAR 07]. NE 2360. SEP 2010/000043185 30.3.10 SHOWN AS WK (NO DEPTH SPECIFIED) ON ENC SE2BHS1C EDN 1.2. STILL SHOWN AS WK 17MTRS ON ENC SE4CHWHK EDN 20.1 (BEST SCALE BAND). NCA. SEP 2010/000172894 8.11.10 SHOWN AS WK 17.8MTRS IN 5533.838N, 1425.104E [WGD] ON SE4CHWHK. [EDN 20.2]. NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 33.838 N,14 25.104 E

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