This is the information page about the shipwreck Vittoria claudia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 53.821 N,1 1.697 E (50.8163, 0.959)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Amplegarth
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Argonaut
10. Ash
11. Atlantic (possibly)
12. Australier (probably)
13. Avoca
14. Bobby
15. Brandenburg
16. Cabo espartel
17. Ceta (stern section)
18. Charente
19. Christianssund
20. City of dresden (possibly)
21. Corinia (possibly)
22. De fontaine
23. Dorothy j (possibly)
24. Durango
25. Efford
26. Electra
27. Ella sayer
28. Empire lough (probably)
29. Empress of fort william (probably)
30. Enero (probably)
31. Euphorbia
32. Evg(no rx152)?
33. Excellence pleske
34. Express
35. Flachsee
36. G-asad
37. Grit (probably)
38. Grosser kurfurst
39. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
40. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
41. Halcyon
42. Henry moon
43. Heron
44. Hmhs anglia
45. Hms blackwater
46. Hms brazen
47. Hms carlton
48. Hms caulonia
49. Hms city of dundee
50. Hms cleon
51. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
52. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
53. Hms ghurka
54. Hms myrmidon
55. Hms torbay ii (probably)
56. Hms war sepoy
57. Hms waterfly
58. Hmt gullfoss
59. Holland
60. Hydaspes (possibly)
61. Jokai
62. Josephine willis
63. Kadru
64. Katharina kolkmann
65. Kielce
66. La somme (probably)
67. Lacer
68. Latona
69. Leicester
70. Leila najia
71. Leo
72. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
73. Lighter 83
74. Lizzonia
75. Lusitania
76. Maloja 1
77. Maxwell
78. Milbanke (probably)
79. Monarch
80. Morgenster
81. Mrav
82. My astor
83. Naranco
84. Negrier
85. Newcastle
86. Niki
87. Norman
88. Northfleet
89. Nunima
90. Polgrange
91. Portslade (possibly)
92. Pulborough
93. River levan
94. Robin hood
95. Roode zee (possibly)
96. Roseburn
97. Rydal hall (possibly)
98. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
99. Saint emilion (probably)
100. Saint jean pierre
101. Salbya (possibly)
102. Samida
103. Sea serpent
104. Seine
105. Shenandoah
106. Sierra bravia
107. Sir russell
108. Spanish prince
109. Sparta (possibly)
110. St cecilia
111. Swale (probably)
112. T s webb
113. Texaco caribbean (after section)
114. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
115. Tokufuku maru
116. Traquair (probably)
117. Trooper
118. U 8
119. Ub 108 (possibly)
120. Ub 109
121. Ub 31 ?
122. Ub 55 (probably)
123. Ub 58 (possibly)
124. Ub 78
125. Ub-33 (probably)
126. Uc 63
127. Uc 77 (possibly)
128. Unity
129. Veerman
130. Vittoria claudia
131. War monarch
132. Waterland (possibly)
133. Welsh belle

 

Name: VITTORIA CLAUDIA

Length 89 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2745 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex delta-33, ex cap figalo-48. built in 1905 by akt ges neptun, rostock. owned at time of loss by 'januense' soc di navigazione s.p.a. triple expansion engine. passage bourgas for hamburg. cargo iron ore. collided with french mv 'perou' and later sank. 20 crewmen lost.

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 171 cm

Known since: 1953, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H7443/53 23.12.53 LOCATED IN 505343N, 010153E OR 115.5DEGS DUNGENESS HIGH LT 2.52 MILES. (TH & LL). INS AS DW WITH G SPH LT BUOY, Q, CLOSE SW.

- NM 2999/53. H7443/53 23.12.53 DISPERSAL OPERATIONS TAKING PLACE FROM TIME TO TIME. (TH). H7443/53 25.5.56 AMENDED TO WK 8FMS 2FT. DELETE BUOYS. (TH).

- NM 1255/56. H7443/53 5.10.59 LEAST DEPTH 50FT AFTER DISPERSAL. WRECK OF STEAMER. (TH 11.5.56). H5824/60 3.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 61FT. (HMS SCOTT, 24.3.60). H7443/53 11.9.68 TURBULENCE OVER THE WK REPD BY A CHANNEL PILOT LED TO AN INVESTIGATION BY THV 'SIREN'. WK LOCATED IN 505353N, 010143E. DEPTH OF WATER OVER THE WK WAS 76FT AT LWST. THE WK STANDS 30FT ABOVE THE SEA BED IN SURROUNDING DEPTHS OF 106FT. (TH, 19.8.68). H7443/53 22.1.69 CHAIN SWEEP CARRIED OUT. LEAST DEPTH OF WATER 62FT AT LWST. FOULED AT 63FT LWST. SURROUNDING DEPTH 106FT LWST. APPEARS TO BE LYING IN NNW/SSE. POSN 297DEGS, 2.3M FROM DUNGENESS LT HO. (THV WINSTON CHURCHILL, 16.12.68). AMEND TO SW 10FMS 2FT. BR STD. 14.7.71 AMEND TO SW 18.9MTRS. NC 536. H4199/78 11.10.78 LOCATED 7.8.77 IN 505346N, 010148E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29-31MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 31MTRS. DCS3 HT 11.5MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS. LYING 160/340DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 18.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/711/01 28.1.97 EXAM'D 15.8.96 IN 505349N, 010142E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.9, FOUL 18.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS. TWO DISTINCT PIECES OF WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 711). NOT FULLY SWEPT. AMEND TO WK 18.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH242/400/13 16.7.01 LOCATED IN 5053.817N, 0101.700E [WGD]. SWEPT CLEAR 17.0MTRS. (NP 1016, SIGNAL DTD 1.7.01). BR STD. HH242/400/13 30.7.01 EXAM'D 3.7.01 IN 5053.817N, 0101.700 [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.0, FOUL 17.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.2 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.9MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HN DTD 11.7.01 FOR HI 921).

- NM 3435/01. HH090/921/01 19.9.01 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. (NP 1016, HI 921). NFA. SEP 2016/000091764 20.04.17 EXAM'D 24.07.16; IN 5053.821N, 0101.697E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 18.05MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 100.1MTRS, WIDTH 15.9MTRS, HEIGHT 10.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 171/351 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 144MTRS, 2.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 035 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 18.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 53.821 N,1 1.697 E

 

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