This is the information page about the shipwreck Vosges, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 51.681 N,5 37.96 W (50.86135, -5.6326666666667)

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.

Name: VOSGES

Length 74.9 meter, tonnage 1295 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1911 by sir ralton dixon & co, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by moss ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 217hp, single shaft. passage bordeaux for liverpool. sunk by gunfire from u-28, 38 miles n by w from trevose head. 1 life lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 78 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H2979/74 23.9.77 H2979/74 23.9.77 WK REPORTED IN 505153N, 053805W EXTENDING TO 505153N, 053826W USING DECCA. FF ALSO REPD IN 505146N, 053759W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA YET. 1.10.79 1.10.79 CHART AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1178. H1932/79 17.2.81 H1932/79 17.2.81 EXAM'D 13.10.80 IN 505139N, 053754W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68 IN GEN DEPTH 78MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS. LYING 170/350 DEGS, POSSIBLY IN TWO PARTS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY 142NT. (HMS FAWN,HI 56A/79-80). BR STD. 6.9.04 6.9.04 DIVED 5.9.04 IN LISTED POSN. COMPLETE WK IN ONE WHOLE PIECE. FOUND TO BE A WW1 COLLIER USED FOR CARRYING EITHER COAL OR IRON ORE. VESSEL NOT IDENTIFIED, BUT PLATE RECOVERED WITH 'MOSS SS NAVIGATION CO' ON IT. PROPELLER BLADES STAND HIGHER THAN STERN. SIDES OF VESSEL COLLAPSED OUTWARDS. 2 DISLODGED BOILERS ARE HIGHEST PART OF WK, WITH TOP OF ENGINE COLLAPSED AND DONKEY BOILER IN PLACE. (G POUND/G FURSE TELECON 6.9.04). NCA. 7.9.04 7.9.04 THIS WK HAS BEEN INDENTIFIED AS 'VOSGES'. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE IN MID POSITION, CROCKERY MARKED 'MOSS SHIPPING LINE' FOUND. (G POUND TELECON 7.9.04). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED

Position: 50 51.681 N,5 37.96 W

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