This is the information page about the shipwreck Vulcan service, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 2.897 N,3 1.544 E (53.0482833, 3.0257333)

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: VULCAN SERVICE

Length 63.4 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1366 ton

Cause: Ex-sealion wilks '86, ex-sealion discovery '85, ex-sea orient '84. built in 1975 by teraoka shipping co, nandran. owned at time of loss by wilks shipping co ltd. collided with drilling rig arch rowan when delivering supplies in very heavy weather. drifted and later sank. crew recovered. (msd).

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 190 cm

Known since: 1990, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: HH160/351/02 3.1.91 LOCATED IN 530251N, 030130E USING DECCA AND RADAR. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED PROVISIONALLY WITH BOAT WAS 11MTRS [LAT]. MARKED BY N CARD WITH BUOY, VQ, LAID 1 CABLE N, AND S CARD, VQ(6)+LFL.10S, RACON (D), BELL, LAID 1 CABLE S. (OCC, TH HARWICH, 31.12.90 & TH NM 56/90 B18). INS WK 11MTRS WITH BUOY.

- NM 114/91. HH160/351/02 11.1.91 LOCKED RADIATION BUNKER CARRIED ON BOARD CONTAINS LOW RADIATION ISOTOPES. THESE PRESENT NO GENERAL RADIATION HAZARD BUT ANY SALVOR SHOULD BE AWARE OF THEIR PRESENCE. (YARMOUTH MRCC, TLX DTD 25.12.90). HH160/351/02 21.3.91 BAR SWEEP CARRIED OUT BY THV PATRICIA'S MOTORBOAT ON 31.1.91. FOUL AT 10.5MTRS, CLEAR AT 10MTRS. LEAST DEPTHS BY E/S 9.9, 10 & 10.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33.8MTRS [LAT]. LYING NNW/SSE, BOWS SSE. BUOYAGE REMAINS ON STATION. (TH, 6.2.91). AMEND SW 10MTRS. BR STD. HH160/351/02 19.6.91 SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.5, FOUL AT 22MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.6MTRS [LAT]. BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (TH, HARWICH, TELEX 18.6.91 & THNM 28/91 B13). AMEND SW 21.5MTRS, DELETE BUOYS.

- NM 1860/91. HH242/555/01 15.10.92 EXAM'D 28.1.92 BY HMNLS TYDEMAN IN 530253.8N, 030138.1E [EUR] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.4MTRS. STANDS 8.4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (NETH HYD. 22.9.92). RETAIN SW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH242/55502 10.2.95 WK LOCATED IN 530255.9N, 030138.3 [EUR] USING DGPS. ONLY LOCATED ON DCS3 AND NOT CLOSE SOUNDED. LENGTH 65MTRS, DCS3 HT 8.6MTRS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS). NCA. 17.3.11 [WGD] POSN: 5302.850N, 0301.553E. SEP 2014/000268002 6.1.15 EXAM'D 12.9.14 IN 5302.897N, 0301.544E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.4 IN GEN DEPTH 32.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS, HT 8.5MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS WITH BOWS S. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1452). AMEND WK 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS S

Position: 53 2.897 N,3 1.544 E

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