This is the information page about the shipwreck British fortune (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 7.763 N,1 38.609 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Angelus
7. Astrologer
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. Clan monroe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormount (probably)
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Dynamo
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. European gateway (part of)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Grisdeale
57. Groeswen (probably)
58. Gulf breaker
59. H h petersen
60. Harlington (probably)
61. Harlyn (probably)
62. Harriet
63. Hebe
64. Hendon hall
65. Hillglen
66. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms arethusa
69. Hms christopher (possibly)
70. Hms donna nook
71. Hms donside (possibly)
72. Hms eros (possibly)
73. Hms forward iii
74. Hms franc tireur
75. Hms hastfen
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms japan
79. Hms jessie nutten
80. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
81. Hms lord airedale
82. Hms ludlow
83. Hms marconi
84. Hms monarch
85. Hms moravia (possibly)
86. Hms nadine
87. Hms new comet (possibly)
88. Hms orthos (probably)
89. Hms resono (possibly)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms sisapon
93. Hms sisters melville
94. Hms tervani
95. Hms tugela
96. Hms tunisian
97. Hms waveflower
98. Hms whooper
99. Hms william wesney
100. Hmsm e6
101. Hmtb 10
102. Hnlms 227
103. Hornchurch
104. Ignis (possibly)
105. Ionian (possibly)
106. J c dalble
107. Jim
108. Khartoum (possibly)
109. Knarsdale
110. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
111. Koningen emma (possibly)
112. Kwasind
113. Lady salisbury
114. Lincairn (possibly)
115. Lisette
116. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
117. Lonhelen (possibly)
118. Lowland
119. Mac 5 (possibly)
120. Magdapur
121. Mangara
122. Maria rosa
123. Marie leonhardt (probably)
124. Mascotte
125. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
126. Mercurius
127. Mexico
128. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
129. Moidart
130. Morar
131. Nereus
132. Newhaven (possibly)
133. Nicolaos piangos
134. Norhauk
135. Norwich trader
136. Novocastrian
137. Ocean pride
138. Old charlton
139. Ostprussen (possibly)
140. Paullette
141. Pescado
142. Petshenga (possibly)
143. Phryne
144. Plawsworth (possibly)
145. Polgarth
146. Princess juliana
147. Protinus (possibly)
148. Ravenscraig (possibly)
149. Ren
150. Rhenas (possibly)
151. Rhineland
152. Rochester city
153. Savona (probably)
154. Scimitar
155. Second chance (possibly)
156. Simon bolivar
157. Skodsburg (possibly)
158. Southford
159. Storm
160. Sunbeam
161. Sunniside (probably)
162. Sweep ii
163. Taber park
164. Tergestea
165. Terukuni maru
166. Thornaby (possibly)
167. Thyra
168. Tidal (possibly)
169. Torchbearer
170. Uc 11 (possibly)
171. Vae victis
172. Vancouver
173. Warrenpoint
174. Wearside
175. White ghost
176. White lady
177. Wychwood (possibly)
178. Wyetown
179. Yewkyle (possibly)
180. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: BRITISH FORTUNE (PROBABLY)

Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 4696 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1930 by lithlow sb co ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by the british tanker co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 430hp, single shaft. machinery aft by rankin & blackmore ltd, greenock. passage the isle of grain for hull. in ballast. bombed & sunk by german aircraft. eight men lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 67 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20161212

Details measurements/cartography: H3827/41 01.11.41 POSN 265 (?085) DEG FROM ALDEBURGH BUOY, WHICH IS IN 520734N, 013701E. 19.10.54 POSN 520744N, 013843E OR 1.75M 106DEG FROM ALDEBURGH MARTELLO TR. (TH). H4912/54 29.10.54 SWEPT CLEAR 27FT, FOUL 28FT. (SML 324). INS AS DW WITH G CON BOY, GPFL(3)G 10 SEC.

- NM 2319/54. 21.02.55 WRECK DISPERSAL BY EXPLOSIVES. H4912/54 16.06.55 EXAM'D 25.5.55. SWEPT CLEAR 49FT, FOUL 50FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53FT IN GEN DEPTH 54FT. (SML 324, 25.5.55). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT.

- NM 1402/55. H4912/54 09.07.55 LT BUOY DELETED. (TH).

- NM 1579/55. H909/60 19.05.66 LEAST E/S 41FT IN 54FT. NO SCOUR. UNEVEN BOTTOM. FAIR SONAR CONTACT AT 650YDS BUT GOOD CONTACT FROM NW AT 700YDS. (HMS MYRMIDON, 30.11.65). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 5FT. NE 1543. 31.07.74 AMEND TO WK 12.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H2917/83 29.03.85 EXAM'D 4.10.84 IN 520744N, 013844E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.2 IN GEN DEPTH 19 TO 20MTRS. SEPARATE DETACHED E/S DEPTH OF 15.6MTRS AT E END OF WK THOUGHT TO BE FROM A FOULED NET. SCOUR DEPTH 20.7MTRS. COMPACT WRECKAGE, BUT SHOWING SIGNS OF DISPERSAL ATTEMPTS, LYING 265/085 DEGS. LENGTH ABOUT 95MTRS. CHART WITH 1955 DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 196). AMEND TO SW 14.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 01.09.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16; IN 5207.763N, 0138.609E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.80MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 56.7MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HEIGHT 2.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 067/247 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 107.55MTRS, 0.49MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 036 DEGS. WRECK IS WELL BROKEN AND DISPERSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 15.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 7.763 N,1 38.609 E

 

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