Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak British viscount, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 53 30.388 N,4 50.027 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

 

1. Adela (possibly)
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Arno mendi
6. Asmund
7. British viscount
8. Castilian
9. Cognac
10. Conargo
11. Cressado
12. Cressida
13. Dagmar
14. Dundalk
15. Fairearn (probably)
16. Fairisle
17. Farfield
18. Fawn (possibly)
19. Ferocious
20. Fin-ar-bed
21. Harold
22. Hms campina
23. Hms westphalia (possibly)
24. Kirkmichael
25. La rochelle (possibly)
26. Lilly (possibly)
27. Maarten cornelis
28. Marquess of bute (possibly)
29. Mary
30. Meath
31. Minerva
32. Missouri
33. Nadejda (possibly)
34. Normandy coast
35. Oliver cromwell
36. Oria
37. Osseo
38. Pegasus (possibly)
39. Penvearn
40. Rhyl
41. Saint olaf
42. Sarpfos
43. Seagull
44. Slieve bloom
45. Theme
46. Town of wexford (possibly)
47. Treveal
48. Trinidad
49. U 1024 (probably)
50. U 246
51. Uss roanoke
52. Vivar
53. Westward ho

 

Naam: British Viscount

Lengte 95.1 meter, breedte: 12.3 meter, diepgang: 6.4, tonnage 3287 ton
Lading: oil

Oorzaak: built in 1889 by petroleum steamship co. owned at time of loss by oswald, maurdaunt & co.passage from liverpool for queenstown. triple expansion engine of 271nhp for 9 knots. passage liverpool for queenstow. torpedoed. six lost. (dods & ww1sl). torpedoed by u-91.positional analysis: the wreck lies 3.6nm south of the position in war losses (1990), which is almost identical to the master's position (tna adm137/1514). the u-boat ktb position plots 10.8nm nw of the wreck.archival analysis: the ship was hit on the starboard side by no4 tank and immediately bent into a "v” shape. it was abandoned, but not seen tosink. it was later reported to have sunk 20 minutes after being hit. the vessel was known to buckle in heavy weather (tnaadm 137/1514).

Jaar registratie: 1918

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 69 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 150 cm

Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 20190514

Details metingen/cartografie: H4827/75 24.1.77 NEW WRECK LOCATED 10.11.76 IN 533021N, 0044958W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 65-70MTRS. DCS3 HT 11MTRS. LENGTH 93MTRS. LYING NW/SE. SCOUR W FROM WK. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). INS AS WK 56MTRS. BR STD. H100/351/21 12.11.04 WK IS UPRIGHT IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. STANDS ABOUT 8MTRS HIGH. HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL INSCRIBED 'GLANWERN 1882', RECOVERED IN 2002. (A CORKILL, VIA D STEAD, LTR DTD 11.04). NCA.Archival details: MANCHESTER (ex-GLANWERN 1882) sank in a collision in 1905 at a position which plots 22nm north of this wreck (BOT1905,p134). The ship was 64.64m x 9.14m (Lloyd's Register 1883). Length of this wreck CAN NOT be that of Manchester. 11.3.14 EXAM'D 6.11.13 IN 5930.388N, 0450.027W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 54.30 IN GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90.8MTRS (SIC), WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HT 14.7MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, SLIGHT LIST TO STBD. LARGE HOLE MIDSHIPS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). BOWS SE. AMEND WK 54MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 28.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 14/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS WK UPRIGHT WITH HOLE AMIDSHIPS AND DAMAGED BOW, LENGTH APPROX 96MTRS, WIDTH 12.2MTRS. WRECK CONSISTENT WITH BEING A TANKER, SHOWING WHAT APPEARS TO BE CYLINDRICAL TANKS IN ITS STRUCTURE. IT ALSO SHOWS FEATURES DESCRIBED IN THE SINKING (SPLIT AMIDSHIPS AND DAMAGE ON STBD SIDE). THIS WRECK IS CONSISTENT IN DIMENSIONS OF THAT OF "BRITISH VISCOUNT". (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "BRITISH VISCOUNT" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SE, CLEAR DAMAGE MIDSHIPS STBD

Positie: 53 30.388 N,4 50.027 W

 

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