HMS Vixen
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Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Vixen | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | gunboat | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | Sargasso Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Bermuda | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 6 km from land |
| Position | 32.3059, -64.8855 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Vixen was an armoured composite gunboat, the only ship of her class, and the third ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was the first Royal Navy vessel to have twin propellers.
Diving & visiting
In 1986, Professor Richard Gould began his investigation of the wreck with volunteers from EarthWatch and support from the Bermuda Maritime Museum. By 1988, they had amassed 13 weeks of diving at the site, and in 1991 Gould published "The Archaeology of HMS Vixen, an early ironclad ram in Bermuda" in The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, giving a comprehensive account of the construction, history and fate of the ship.
Location
- Recorded position: 32.3059, -64.8855 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Sargasso Sea
- Nearest coast: Bermuda
Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Vixen (1865) (revision 1375382431), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Investigation of the wreck”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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