This is the information page about the shipwreck Violet, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.158 N,5 3.647 W (49.952633, -5.060783)

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: VIOLET

Length 66.9 meter, width: 9.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1282 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built of iron in 1871 by richardson, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by baira & brown. compound expansion engine of 100 nhp, single shaft. passage nicolaieff for bergen. sprang leak in bad weather when cargo shifted. sank after steady rise in water level put the boiler fires out and tow by ss said broke. crew recovered from boats by barque prince llewellyn. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 74 meter, Height above seabed: 82 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H3895/74 29.11.74 WRECK LOCATED BY E/S ON A SOUNDING LINE IN 495708.4N, 050340.8W USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED OF SAND, SHELL AND SMALL GRAVEL. (HMS HECATE, HI 1/74). INS WK 69.0MTRS. BR STD. 25.8.00 DIVED IN 4957.151N, 0503.664W [WGD]. LETTER 'T' FOUND AS PART OF NAME ON BOW. MAKERS NAME A & J ENGLIS, GLASGOW 1872 ON STEERING HUB PLATE. SINGLE BOILER. VESSEL BELIEVED TO BE 'VIOLET'. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 80MTRS, DEPTH TO TOP OF BOILER 77MTRS. (G POUND/G FURSE TELECON 24.8.00). NCA. HH091/059/01 5.4.05 EXAM'D 20.8.04 IN 4957.158N, 0503.647W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 69.3 IN GEN DEPTH 74.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 61MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS. LIES 082/262 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 262 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 69MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED

Position: 49 57.158 N,5 3.647 W

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