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 (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Andola
5. Andromeda
6. Arab
7. Ardgarry
8. Arvor
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Atlantis (possibly)
13. Ballarat
14. Bamse (probably)
15. Bay of panama
16. Beatrice (possibly)
17. Bellucia
18. Ben asdale
19. Ben rein
20. Benito
21. Bjornvik (possibly)
22. Brest
23. Bretonne (probably)
24. Brigamara
25. Cape finisterre (probably)
26. Carmarthen
27. Caroline
28. Caroni river
29. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
30. Centurion (possibly)
31. Cieszyn
32. Citrine
33. City of corinth (possibly)
34. City of ghent
35. Clan apline
36. Clan malcolm
37. Cromdale
38. Cyrenian
39. Czar
40. Dionne marie
41. Dispatch (possibly)
42. Elisabeth (possibly)
43. Epsilon
44. Erato
45. Eric calvert (possibly)
46. Eskdale
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hansy
56. Happy returns (possibly)
57. Hera
58. Hmml 380
59. Hms almond (after part)
60. Hms almond (bow part)
61. Hms anson
62. Hms brandlebas
63. Hms comet
64. Hms gloaming
65. Hms javelin (stern section)
66. Hms kurd
67. Hms lady of the isles
68. Hms primrose
69. Hms rinovia
70. Hms roche bonne
71. Hms torrent
72. Hmy sappho (possibly)
73. Hnlms brielle
74. Hockwold
75. Ilston
76. Jersey queen (possibly)
77. John
78. Jolie mouette
79. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
80. Juno
81. Karen marie
82. Kerris reed
83. King harry (probably)
84. Kremsertor
85. Krosfond
86. Kwester
87. La suippe
88. Lady cory-wright
89. Lady dalhousie
90. Le vieux tigre
91. Leander
92. Leon martin (part of)
93. Libourne
94. Loe bar wk
95. Lord snowden (probably)
96. Lorle (probably)
97. Lucent (possibly)
98. Lydie
99. Merle
100. Mervyn (possibly)
101. Mina cantiquin
102. Mitera marigo
103. Mohegan
104. Mosel
105. Mountby
106. Mourne (probably)
107. N g petersen
108. Normand
109. Nyassa
110. Ocklinge
111. Omer denise
112. Ospra
113. Pearl (possibly)
114. Penelope jane (possibly)
115. Pindos
116. Plantaganet
117. Poljames
118. Poljames
119. Ponus
120. Port chalmers
121. Queen (possibly)
122. Rigmor (possibly)
123. Robert
124. Rock island bridge
125. Royal anne galley
126. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
127. Schiedam
128. Secil japan (bow section)
129. Secil japan (stern section)
130. Shoal fisher
131. Spital
132. Spyridion vagliano
133. St anthony (possibly)
134. Stanwood
135. Twilight water
136. U 1018
137. U 95
138. Ub 106 (possibly)
139. Ub 112 (possibly)
140. Ub 113
141. Ub 128 (possibly)
142. Ub 86 (possibly)
143. Ub 97 (possibly)
144. Uc 66
145. Ula
146. Veritas
147. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
148. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
149. Violet
150. Volnay
151. War tune
152. Westwood (possibly)
153. Wyndcliffe
154. Zebra

 

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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