This is the information page about the shipwreck Ambrose fleming, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 13.379 N,1 9.82 E (53.372983333333, 1.0462166666667)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Algarve
3. Amberley
4. Ambrose fleming
5. Antiope
6. Aquarius (possibly)
7. Asteria
8. Baron ailsa
9. Birtley
10. Blackburn
11. Blackburn (possibly)
12. Burgos
13. Carrier
14. Chatwood (possibly)
15. Chelsea (possibly)
16. Chevychase
17. Clan morrison
18. Corea
19. Cormarsh
20. Czestochowa
21. Dromore castle
22. Duncarron
23. Eikhaug
24. Empire newcomen
25. Empress
26. Fireglow
27. Fittonia (possibly)
28. Francois trixier
29. George royle
30. Georgia (stern section)
31. Giorgio ohlsen
32. Harden
33. Heathfield
34. Hjordis
35. Hms arley
36. Hms cap d'antifer
37. Hms caroline moller
38. Hms cobra
39. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
40. Hms kylemore
41. Hms loch alsh
42. Hms nogi
43. Hms pintail
44. Hms solomon
45. Hms st donats
46. Hms vortigern
47. Hmsm umpire
48. Homefire
49. Hull trader
50. Jessie maersk
51. Jevington court
52. Keymun
53. La combattante (stern section)
54. Lanterna (probably)
55. Lavinia westholl (possibly)
56. Marden
57. Minorca
58. Nimrod (probably)
59. Ogono
60. Ottar jarl
61. P.l.m. 25
62. Pacific
63. Pacific (possibly)
64. Pontfield (forepart)
65. Rimac
66. Robert w pomeroy
67. Rosalie (possibly)
68. Royal scott
69. Salvus ii
70. Schieland
71. Sitona
72. St thomas (possibly)
73. Sverre (possibly)
74. Tayjack 1 (part of)
75. Tayjack 1 (part of)
76. Tayjack 1 (part of)
77. Teddington
78. Trajan
79. Traviata (possibly)
80. Trelissick
81. Tyneford
82. Vera (probably)
83. Virgin de lourdres
84. Welholme (possibly)
85. Welsh prince
86. Western mist (possibly)
87. Westland
88. Wimbledon
89. Winhill or whinhill
90. Zephyr
91. Zor

 

Name: AMBROSE FLEMING

Length 75.3 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1555 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1941 by burntisland sb co, burntisland. owned at time of loss by london power co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 184hp, single shaft. machinery aft by d rowan & co, glasgow. passage london for burntisland. in ballast. torpedoed and sunk by german e boat. one man lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 114 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H01622/41 9.6.41 LOCATED IN 531317N, 011004E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11 IN GEN DEPTH 61FT. LIES 110/290 DEG. (HMS FRANKLIN, 26.5.41).- PFNM 1330/41. H01622/41 9.6.41 INS G CAN, GPFL(2) G 10S, 235 DEG, 1C FROM WK. - TFNM 1331/41. H01622/41 24.6.41 INS DW IN 531317N, 011004E.

- NM 1450/41. 14.10.41 AMEND BUOY TO G CON, GPFL(3) G 10S, CLOSE E OF WRECK. - FNM 2415/41. H01622/41 20.8.49 EXAM'D FOLLOWING DISPERSAL IN 531315N, 010948E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48 IN GEN DEPTH 65FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 18.8.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 1342/49. H332/62 4.2.63 NOT FOUND. (SCOTT, 1962). NCA. 26.11.74 AMEND TO WK 13.7MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH090/593/01 10.1.94 EXAM'D 15.8.93 IN 531320.9N, 010955.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.0, FOUL AT 16.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.5 IN GEN DEPTH 17.7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 18.1MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.4MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, BREADTH 30MTRS. BROKEN WRECKAGE LYING 125/305 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. SEP 2018/000212985 6.9.18 EXAM'D 25.3.18 IN 5313.379N 0109.820E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 16.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS, LENGTH 82.5MTRS, WIDTH 26.8MTRS, HEIGHT 8.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 114/294 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 88MTRS, 0.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 116 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. NETS AND SUBMERGED BUOY ATTACHED WITH LEAST DEPTH 9.5MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO SW 16MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN WRECKAGE

Position: 53 13.379 N,1 9.82 E

 

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