Wreck: Virgo sancta (Fishing vessel)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Virgo sancta, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 44.761 N,1 32.877 E (50.746016666667, 1.54795)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: VIRGO SANCTA

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H2981/78 23.11.82 FV SANK IN BOULOGNE APPROACHES, 056DEGS, 1.63M FROM OPHELIE BUOY. FRENCH AUTHORITIES AWAITING DIVING REPORT. (TELEX DTD 14.11.82, TELECON RNW/DOVER CG 17.11.82). H2981/78 8.12.82 LOCATED IN 504448N, 013303E. NOT BUOYED. (AVIS 182/82). WZ 694 & NAVAREA 365/82 ISSUED. NCA YET. AWAIT BREST NM. H2981/78 9.12.83 WK STILL EXISTS. NM TO BE ISSUED. (BREST TELEX DTD 8.12.83). NCA YET. H2981/78 15.12.83 WK COULD NOT BE FOUND. CONSIDERED TO HAVE BROKEN UP. (MARINE CHERBOURG, SIG DTD 8.12.83). NCA. H2981/78 25.1.84 DW IN 504448N, 013303E [EUR]. (BREST NM 83 51 30). [OGB] POSN: 504442N, 013304E.

- NM 335/84. H1271/88 13.12.88 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FRENCH 6795 [2ND EDN 1988]. NCA. H1271/88 14.12.88 DW IN 504448N, 013303E [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 1M = PA. LENGTH 18MTRS. GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987 NO.21601273). AMEND TO DW PA. NE 1892. 11.11.92 DW SHOWN IN 504449N, 013256E [EUR] ON FRENCH 7247 [INT 1743] [1991 EDN]. [OGB] POSN: 504443N, 013257E. BR STD. 9.12.02 SHOWN AS DW IN 5044.761N, 0132.877E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7247 [INT 1743] [2ND EDN 2002]. NE 438. SEP 2011/000237137 24.1.12 NOT SHOWN ON FR301040 [EDN 4.0]. REMAINS ON BAND 4 & 5 ENCS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 44.761 N,1 32.877 E

 

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