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