This is the information page about the shipwreck Volnay, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 4.381 N,5 4.004 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Andola
5. Andromeda
6. Arab
7. Ardgarry
8. Arvor
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Atlantis (possibly)
13. Ballarat
14. Bamse (probably)
15. Bard (possibly)
16. Bay of panama
17. Beatrice (possibly)
18. Bellucia
19. Ben asdale
20. Ben rein
21. Benito
22. Bjornvik (possibly)
23. Brest
24. Bretonne (probably)
25. Cape finisterre (probably)
26. Carmarthen
27. Caroline
28. Caroni river
29. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
30. Centurion (possibly)
31. Cieszyn
32. Citrine
33. City of corinth (possibly)
34. City of ghent
35. Clan apline
36. Clan malcolm
37. Corvus
38. Cromdale
39. Czar
40. Dionne marie
41. Dispatch (possibly)
42. Elisabeth (possibly)
43. Epsilon
44. Erato
45. Eric calvert (possibly)
46. Eskdale
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Genevieve (possibly)
53. Godolphin
54. Grip (part of)
55. Gunvor
56. Hanover
57. Hansy
58. Happy returns (possibly)
59. Hera
60. Hmml 380
61. Hms almond (after part)
62. Hms almond (bow part)
63. Hms anson
64. Hms brandlebas
65. Hms comet
66. Hms gloaming
67. Hms javelin (stern section)
68. Hms kurd
69. Hms lady of the isles
70. Hms primrose
71. Hms rinovia
72. Hms roche bonne
73. Hms torrent
74. Hmy sappho (possibly)
75. Hnlms brielle
76. Hockwold
77. Ilston
78. Jersey queen (possibly)
79. John
80. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
81. Juno
82. Karen marie
83. Kerris reed
84. King harry (probably)
85. Kremsertor
86. Krosfond
87. Kwester
88. La suippe
89. Lady dalhousie
90. Le vieux tigre
91. Leander
92. Leon martin (part of)
93. Libourne
94. Loe bar wk
95. Lord snowden (probably)
96. Lucent (possibly)
97. Lydie
98. Merle
99. Mervyn (possibly)
100. Mina cantiquin
101. Mitera marigo
102. Mohegan
103. Mosel
104. Mountby
105. Mourne (probably)
106. N g petersen
107. Normand
108. Nyassa
109. Ocklinge
110. Omer denise
111. Ospra
112. Pearl (possibly)
113. Peer gynt (possibly)
114. Penelope jane (possibly)
115. Pindos
116. Plantaganet
117. Poljames
118. Poljames
119. Ponus
120. Port chalmers
121. Prestige
122. Princess royal
123. Quarnero
124. Queen (possibly)
125. Rigmor (possibly)
126. Robert
127. Rock island bridge
128. Royal anne galley
129. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
130. Schiedam
131. Secil japan (bow section)
132. Secil japan (stern section)
133. Shoal fisher
134. Spital
135. Spyridion vagliano
136. St anthony (possibly)
137. St george (possibly)
138. Stanwood
139. Twilight water
140. U 1018
141. U 95
142. Ub 106 (possibly)
143. Ub 112 (possibly)
144. Ub 113
145. Ub 128 (possibly)
146. Ub 86 (possibly)
147. Ub 97 (possibly)
148. Ula
149. Veritas
150. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
151. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
152. Violet
153. Volnay
154. War tune
155. Westwood (possibly)
156. Wyndcliffe
157. Zebra

 

Name: VOLNAY

Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4610 ton
Load: armament,general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1910 by russell & co, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by volnay ss co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 449 nhp, single shaft. machinery by rankin, blackmore & co, greenock. passage montreal for plymouth. struck mine, probably laid by uc-64. taken in tow for the helford river but sank in some 10 fathoms. cargo consisted of luxury goods including perfume, tinned meat and fruit, flour and other foodstuffs in short supply. much was salvaged. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H2878/64 26.8.64 WRECK LOCATED ABOUT 5M FROM FALMOUTH, 300YDS OFF-SHORE. CARGO OF ABOUT 1000 TONS OF 18 PDR AND 1 PDR AMMUNITION. LIES IN 90FT OF WATER. REQUEST MADE FOR PERMISSION TO SALVAGE BRASS CARTRIDGE CASES. STRONGLY ADVISED AGAINST THIS BY SASO. (P A TOWNSEND). NCA YET. POSN PROBABLY A VERY POOR ESTIMATE. 11.12.64 MESSRS VINICOMBE, OF FALMOUTH, CONDUCTING SALVAGE OPS. WK IDENTIFIED AS THE VOLNAY, MINED 1917 CARRYING AN ADMIRALTY CARGO. DIMENSIONS 385 X 52 X 26.5FT. REPORTED 1917 IN (A) 2M E X S OF MANACLES BUOY (B) 6M SE OF FALMOUTH. (MEDN/F2/340/64). NCA. 1.3.65 LIES IN 100FT. SPORADIC SALVAGE OPS UNDERTAKEN. (INGHAM/VINICOMBE, TELECOM). STILL NO CONFIRMATION OF POSN. 18.5.65 WK LIES JUST INSIDE LINE JOINING NARE HEAD AND PORTKERRIS POINT AND 650FT FROM THE LATTER. AVERAGE DEPTH OVER WK 57FT. LIES N/S. COMPLETELY COLLAPSED. AMMUNITION HEAVILY ENCRUSTED. (RISDON BEAZLEY, TELECON 1956). PLOTS IN 500415N, 050403W. NCA. H2878/64 15.9.66 CHART AS DW IN 500415N, 050403W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 154. 13.6.67 MOST OF AMMUNITION SALVAGED BUT ABOUT 16.5% REMAINS. LATE IN 1966 TWO LARGE BOILERS AND INTACT BOW FORMED THE MOST PROMINENT WRECKAGE. (BSAC). NCA. H1270/79 16.12.82 NOT IN CHARTED POSN. RADAR FIX [3 LOP] PLOTS IN 500420N, 050353W. WK FAIRLY WELL BROKEN UP. STANDS ABOUT 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. DECCA USED. (COX'N, FDT DATCHET, TELECOM 16.12.82). CHART AS USC 15MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1288/83 12.4.84 DIVERS REPORT OF 1983. ABOUT ONE SIXTH CARGO REMAINS, SOME OF IT STREWN ABOUT ON SEABED. CASES OF AMMUNITION AND STEEL/BRASS SHELLS, WITH TOPS ON, ARE TO BE FOUND. BOW OF WK INTACT AND TWO LARGE BOILERS REMAIN. (S HUMPHREY). HH090/521/01 27.1.92 EXAM'D 27.6.91 IN 500421N, 050356W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. WELL SCATTERED AND DIFFICULT TO LOCATE WITHOUT DIVER TO BUOY EXACT POSN. HIGH POINT ISTHE THE BOILERS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 521). AMEND TO WK 13MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/15 16.2.00 DIVED IN 1995 IN 5004.389N, 0504.010W [WGD] USING GPS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 4MTRS. BLOWN UP BY DIVERS RECENTLY (1999) TO ALLOW POSSIBLE ACCESS TO REMAINING CARGO. WK IS MUCH MORE UNRECOGNISABLE THAN IN 1995. SEABED SAND & SILT. (J ROSEVEARE). NCA. 25.10.00 AMENDED TO WK 13MTRS BY NM ACTION.

- NM 4133/00. 19.2.13 EXAM'D 20.8.12 IN 5004.381N, 0504.004W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.6 IN GEN DEPTH 17.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS AT WK. LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BOW COLLAPSED TO STBD, STRUCTURE OF WK IS APPARENT. BOILERS EVIDENT. (EGS, FOR CHANNEL COASTAL OBSERVATORY, HI 1404). AMEND WK 12.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE WELL SCATTERED

Position: 50 4.381 N,5 4.004 W

 

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