This is the information page about the shipwreck Vivar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 13.832 N,4 57.199 W (53.230533333333, -4.9533166666667)

 

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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.

 

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7. Earl of elgin
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19. Missouri
20. Morning spray
21. Normandy coast
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23. Penvearn
24. Perseus
25. Slieve bloom
26. Tarbetness
27. Tarbetness
28. Theme
29. Trieste
30. Trinidad
31. U 87
32. U 87 (part of) (possibly)
33. Uss roanoke
34. Vivar

 

Name: VIVAR

Length 57.9 meter, width: 18.3 meter

Cause: collided with 'sonora', which was under tow of tug 'blazer'. (wreck 'n' tech).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 H0109/45 WESTERN APPROACHES LIST WAGO 524 GAVE OFF OIL. AUBD 319/235: SONAR CONTACT POSN APPROX. H1935/80 19.3.84 H1935/80 19.3.84 EXAM'D 6.12.83 IN 531349N, 045708W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.4 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 12.1MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS APPROX. LIES 010/190 DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). INS AS WK 34MTRS, BR STD. 11.7.94 11.7.94 DESCRIBED AS SMALL CARGO VESSEL, LYING ON ITS SIDE. STANDS 4MTS HIGH IN 48MTRS. CARGO OF COPPER TUBES ON DECK (POSSIBLY HEAT EXCHANGER). CARGO TO BE KEPT CINC. FEW PLATES RECOVERED BUT NO BELL OR IDENTIFICATION. (TELECON, G FLINT, 11.7.94). 27.7.99 27.7.99 CINC CLASSIFICATION REMOVED - (OVER 5 YEARS OLD). 19.9.01 19.9.01 DIVED ON IN POSITION LISTED. IDENTITY ESTABLISHED FROM CARGO. (WRECK 'N' TECH, TELECON DTD 19.9.01).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 13.832 N,4 57.199 W

 

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