This is the information page about the shipwreck Vivagel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 8.341 N,1 15.722 W (46.139016666667, -1.2620333333333)

 

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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. Albatros
2. Atalante
3. Cap nord
4. Cascais (?cascaes)
5. Cimaise
6. Etoile du matin
7. Francesco
8. Gironde
9. Henri
10. Holt hill
11. Immaculee conception
12. Jean sebastien
13. Le centaure
14. Le petit moussaillon
15. Marie-anne
16. Michel
17. Nautilus
18. Nautilus (possibly)
19. Pactole
20. Prima
21. Quatrain
22. Roule ta bosse
23. St ives
24. St yves
25. Ulfsborg
26. Vardaas
27. Verily
28. Vivagel

 

Name: VIVAGEL

Length 63.1 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1096 ton

Cause: sunk by mine. (french wk records 1987).

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H0432/42 24.1.42 ST PA CHARTED ON BA 2746. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 202/42. H02983/44 5.8.44 AMEND POSN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1689/44. H3475/58 2.6.58 SHOWN AS ST PA IN 460821N, 011542W ON FRENCH 3694. NCA. H4245/65 19.8.70 AMEND TO ST DRIES 0.8MTRS. (FRENCH NM 70 15 02). BR STD. H2007/73 23.9.77 E CARD SPAR BUOY LAID CLOSE E. (FRENCH NM 29 25 77). BR STD. 19.9.84 ST IN 460824N, 011538.3W. NAMED 'VIVAGEL' INSTEAD OF NIVAGEL. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). 6.4.88 ST DRIES 0.8MTRS. STANDS 3.8MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14561058). NC 2641. 16.10.95 SHOWN AS ST PA IN 460824N, 011538.3W ON FRENCH 6468 [1995 EDN]. NCA. HH353/520/03 29.9.98 NOW ST DRIES 1.6MTRS. (FRENCH NM 98 37 16). BR STD. 13.7.99 SHOWN AS ST, DRIES 1.6MTRS, MARKED BY E CARD SPAR BUOY 'VIVAGEL' CLOSE E ON FRENCH 7413 [1998 EDN]. NC 2743. 30.9.04 SHOWN IN 4608.341N, 0115.722W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7413 [INT 1844] [2ND EDN 2002, 1:15,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2743.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 46 8.341 N,1 15.722 W

 

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