This is the information page about the shipwreck Vine branch (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 14.521 N,5 37.708 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Bard (possibly)
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Bolette (possibly)
19. Boynton (possibly)
20. Busby
21. Cheerful
22. Chimu
23. Christina
24. Christos markettos
25. City of cardiff
26. City of westminster (& kul)
27. Clan macnab
28. Congener
29. Conqueror
30. Courtown
31. Dageid
32. Denebola
33. Depois
34. Devon
35. Dunaskin
36. Dundee (probably)
37. Dux (possibly)
38. Emblem
39. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
40. Empire kingsley
41. Enrico parodi
42. Facto
43. Fanny lambert
44. Gallier (possibly)
45. Gemini
46. Genevieve (possibly)
47. Glamorgan coast
48. Glendale
49. Gleno
50. Hampshire
51. Helene (probably)
52. Hellopes
53. Hms royalo
54. Hms warspite
55. Hms warspite (part of)
56. Hms warwick
57. Hmy viva 2
58. Holland xix
59. Hopeful (possibly)
60. Iona
61. J duncan
62. Jose de aramburu
63. Joshua nicholson
64. Juan ferrer
65. Juanita
66. Kate thomas (possibly)
67. Kildonan ?
68. Kilmaho
69. Kintuck
70. Kynance (probably)
71. Lake grafton
72. Lake grafton (possibly)
73. Liberty
74. Lincoln
75. Luna
76. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
77. Luxembourg (probably)
78. Lyminge
79. Madeline
80. Maria de larrinaga
81. Marie roberts
82. Maroc
83. Moorview
84. Mystique (possibly)
85. Nanna (possibly)
86. New pioneer
87. Nile
88. Ocean harvest
89. Onega
90. Orion
91. Oriskany
92. Pacific reliance
93. Peer gynt (possibly)
94. Phoenix 202
95. Phoenix 203
96. Pioneer (possibly)
97. Polesley (possibly)
98. Ponthieu
99. Primo ?
100. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
101. Princess royal
102. Quarnero
103. Reidar (possibly)
104. Rms mulheim
105. Saint guenole
106. Saxon briton
107. Sea viper
108. Secil japan (bow section)
109. Secil japan (stern section)
110. Setubel(probably)
111. Shanes castle
112. Sirius (possibly)
113. Sna i (possibly)
114. St chamond
115. St george
116. St george (possibly)
117. Stabil (possibly)
118. Sten (possibly)
119. Sylvia-mary z-525
120. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
121. Traute sarnow
122. Tungufoss
123. Tyrhaug
124. U 1018
125. U 1209 (possibly)
126. U 399
127. U 400 (possibly)
128. Umbre
129. Underwood
130. Union crystal (possibly)
131. Union star (parts of)(probably)
132. Veghtstroom (possibly)
133. Vesuvius
134. Vigrid (possibly)
135. Vine branch (possibly)
136. Vinovia
137. War baron (probably)
138. Wild boar
139. William cory
140. Yewcroft
141. Zone (probably)

 

Name: VINE BRANCH (POSSIBLY)

Length 103.6 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3442 ton

Cause: ex-castella, ex-fanni, ex-rugby. built in 1878 by w grey & co of west hartlepool. greek flag, home port piraeus. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 175 hp, single shaft. passage swansea for naples. torpedoed and sunk by u 47 in the bristol channel. (dods)

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 133 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H2326/75 30.9.76 WK LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER IN 501430.5N, 053740W [OGB] USING DECCA. ?VINEBRANCH. DIVERS REPORT WK LIES WSW/ENE IN GEN DEPTH OF 120FT. WELL BROKEN UP, BETWEEN BOILERS AND BOWS WRECKAGE IS FLAT, BUT BOWS STAND UPRIGHT. AFT OF ENGINE WK IS QUITE FLAT WITH ONLY THE HONEYCOMBE STRUCTURE SHOWING THROUGH SAND. A PILE OF WRECKAGE ABOUT 9FT HIGH FOUND BEHIND THE AFTER SECTION. FITTINGS AND ENGINE PIECES ARE SCATTERED AROUND IN THE VICINITY. (E GILES, 18.5.76). INS AS WK 31MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/01 20.10.89 DIVED ON IN AUG 1989 IN 501429N, 053740W USING DECCA. DIVERS REPORT WK WELL BROKEN AND SCATTERED OVER A WIDE AREA. E/S SHOWS THAT NOTHING STANDS MORE THAN 2MTRS HIGH. (M R ROWLEY, 17.9.89). NCA. HH100/351/04 15.3.91 DIVED 30.6.88 IN 501433.5N, 053742W USING DECCA. IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS [HW]. BOILERS STAND 4MTRS HIGH. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. HH100/351/19 18.12.02 DIVED IN 5014.522N, 0537.705W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH BY E/S. WIDTH 10MTRS. HT 3.8MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. NO SCOUR. NO DEBRIS. SEABED SAND & GRAVEL. WK GENERALLY FLATTENED. TWO BOILERS AND DRIVESHAFT INTACT AND CORRECTLY ALIGNED. FOUR BLADED IRON PROP STILL ATTACHED ALTHOUGH ONE BLADE BROKEN OFF. BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST POINT. (G J LOCKETT). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 14.12.09 A 10 INCH HIGH BRASS LETTER 'R' WAS RECOVERED FROM THE BOW AREA. A LETTER 'B' HAS APPARENTLY BEEN RECOVERED PREVIOUSLY. ALTHOUGH THIS POINTS TOWARDS 'VINE BRANCH' THIS VESSEL WAS TORPEDOED AND SEEN TO SINK WITH ALL HANDS SW OF IRELAND, THE NAME AND POSN BEING GIVEN IN U55'S WAR DIARY. (G J LOCKETT, REPORT DTD 21.8.09). NO POSN GIVEN IN LLWW1 LOSSES. NCA. 15.12.11 LOCATED 13.10.09 IN 5014.521N, 0537.708W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.14 IN GEN DEPTH 35.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20.1MTRS, WIDTH 3.8MTRS, HT 3.86MTRS. LIES 133/313 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN AND SCATTERED, WIDTH & HT BY DIVER

Position: 50 14.521 N,5 37.708 W

 

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