This is the information page about the shipwreck City of birmingham, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.402 N,0 15.35 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Airdrie (possibly)
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Amenity
4. Arduity
5. Avalon
6. B o borjesson
7. Beaconsfield
8. Benmacdhui
9. Breitenburg
10. British councillor
11. Cadmus
12. Canada
13. Carson
14. City of birmingham
15. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
16. Coastal fort no-1
17. Cook s26
18. Corinth (possibly)
19. Cramlington (possibly)
20. Daphne ii
21. Dayrian
22. Deerpool (after section)
23. Diana
24. Dido
25. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
26. Dunsany
27. Empress (probably)
28. Ethel (possibly)
29. Exmoor
30. Faunus
31. Femke
32. Fermo
33. Fowberry tower (part)
34. Francis
35. Fryken
36. Georgie
37. Georgios
38. Gerhardt (possibly)
39. Girl kitty (possibly)
40. Giuseppe
41. Gladeto
42. Gothic
43. Grangemouth
44. Harlech
45. Hms benvolio
46. Hms calverton
47. Hms corfield
48. Hms egret
49. Hms mistletoe
50. Hms othello
51. Hms princess victoria
52. Hms remillo
53. Hms silicia
54. Hms strathborve (part)
55. Hms susarion
56. Hms yorkshire belle
57. Homer
58. Hvitveis
59. Ightham (possibly)
60. Ionic (probably)
61. Jane (possibly)
62. Janet helen (possibly)
63. John and thomas
64. John mowlem
65. Katina bulgari
66. Kimberley (possibly)
67. Kyma
68. Ladas (possibly)
69. Lancaster (possibly)
70. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
71. Lord haig (possibly)
72. Lord haig (possibly)
73. Lottie (possibly)
74. Lucerne
75. Lutha
76. Lyra (bow section)
77. Magdalyn ann
78. Maggie
79. Marian francis
80. Marie l
81. Meeuw
82. Merchiston
83. Modig
84. Modiva (possibly)
85. Monimia (possibly)
86. Nar
87. Nimrod
88. Odessa
89. Ophir ii (possibly)
90. Orsa
91. Otis tetrax
92. Paraciers
93. Portia
94. Ravonia (part)
95. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
96. Rayford
97. Reculver
98. Retriever
99. Revello
100. Revi
101. Rhuys
102. Rievaulx abbey
103. Rivaulx
104. River don (part of)(probably)
105. River witham
106. Rivergate
107. Rosebud (possibly)
108. Sagacity
109. Salacon
110. Salmondby
111. Saltoun
112. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
113. Sergei
114. Sota eduardo
115. Stylianos chandris
116. Thessaly
117. Thomas deas
118. Triton
119. Upminster (possibly)
120. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
121. Vechstroom
122. Venture (possibly)
123. Violet (probably)
124. Whitemantle (possibly)
125. William hanson
126. Windsor (part of)
127. Winga
128. Xavier
129. Zeemermin

 

Name: CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H0776/40 3.10.40 H0776/40 3.10.40 MINED WITH CARGO OF WOOL, TEA, TOBACCO, AMMUNITIONS PLUS 2,550 TONS OF COPPER AND TIN. POSN FIXED BY HMS FRANKLIN AS 533226N, 001530E. (FO HUMBER, 7.9.40). INS AS DW.

- NM 2348/40. H0273/41 27.1.41 H0273/41 27.1.41 AMEND TO ST.

- NM 179/41. H0776/40 14.4.44 H0776/40 14.4.44 INS G SPH BUOY, FL G 5 SEC, CLOSE E OF WK.

- NM 818/44. H7931/46 13.10.47 H7931/46 & H4984/47 13.10.47 FOULED AT 2FT IN GEN DEPTH 31FT. POSN 533222N, 001528E, OR 115.25 DEG, 5.45 MILES FROM SPURN LT. (HMS SCOTT, JULY 1947). AMEND TO SW 0FM 1FT.

- NM 2660/47. H0776/40 11.9.47 H0776/40 11.9.47 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. - TNM 2381/47. H0776/40 30.8.48 H0776/40 30.8.48 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. - TNM 1940/48. H0776/40 H0776/40 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. - TNM 384/49. H0776/40 30.8.49 H0776/40 30.8.49 AMEND BUOY TO G SPH, FL G 5SEC.

- NM 1702/49. H0776/40 5.10.49 H0776/40 5.10.49 AMEND BUOY TO G CAN. (TH).

- NM 2009/49. H0776/40 6.11.50 H0776/40 6.11.50 SURVEY AFTER REPEAT SALVAGE & DISPERSAL OPERATIONS. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 29 IN GEN DEPTHS 30 TO 33FT. POSN 533224N, 001530E. DELETE BUOY. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER & TH, 29.8.50). AMEND TO 4FMS 5FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2061/50. 3.9.70 3.9.70 ABOUT ?1-2MILLION OF COPPER AND TIN (CARGO) WERE SALVAGED BY RISDON BEAZLEY IN 1949. OPERATIONS WERE COMPLETED IN 1950 WITH NEARLY ALL CARGO RECOVERED. (LLOYDS, TELECON 3.9.70). H6450/68 5.12.68 H6450/68 5.12.68 EXAM'D 28.5.6.8 IN 533225N, 001526E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT 24, FOUL AT 25FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26 IN GEN DEPTH 32 TO 35FT. SCOUR DEPTH 42FT. WK APPEARS TO LIE IN TWO PARTS - THE SE PART LYING IN A LARGE SCOUR AND THE NW PART SPREAD OVER THE SEABED. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED OVER THE SE PART WAS 31FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68). AMEND TO SW 4FMS 1FT.

- NM 232/69. 1.2.74 1.2.74 AMEND TO SW 7.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 109. 3.9.13 3.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5332.402N, 0015.350E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.38 IN GEN DEPTH 9.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 136.0MTRS, WIDTH 520.MTRS, HT 2.32MTRS. LIES 140/220 DEGS. VERY WELL BROKEN UP, SOME CLEARLY DEFINED FEATURES. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). RETAIN SW 7.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, SE PART IN LARGE SCOUR, NW PART SPREAD OUT

Position: 53 32.402 N,0 15.35 E

 

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