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 (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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