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 (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amelie-mathilde
4. Amenity
5. Arduity
6. Audacity
7. Avalon
8. B o borjesson
9. Benmacdhui
10. Box hill
11. Breitenburg
12. British councillor
13. Cadmus
14. Canada
15. City of birmingham
16. Corinth (possibly)
17. Cramlington (possibly)
18. Daphne ii
19. Dayrian
20. Deerpool (after section)
21. Deerpool (for'd section)
22. Diana
23. Dido
24. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
25. Dunsany
26. Empress (probably)
27. Ethel (possibly)
28. Exmoor
29. Faunus
30. Femke
31. Fermo
32. Fowberry tower (part)
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 cortina
49. Hms dervish
50. Hms egret
51. Hms lormont
52. Hms mistletoe
53. Hms othello
54. Hms princess victoria
55. Hms remillo
56. Hms st cyrus
57. Hms strathborve (part)
58. Hms susarion
59. Hms yorkshire belle
60. Homer
61. Ightham (possibly)
62. Ionic (probably)
63. Jane (possibly)
64. Janet helen (possibly)
65. John and thomas
66. John mowlem
67. Katina bulgari
68. Kimberley (possibly)
69. Kyma
70. Ladas (possibly)
71. Lady dinah
72. Lancaster (possibly)
73. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
74. Lord haig (possibly)
75. Lord haig (possibly)
76. Lord selborne
77. Lottie (possibly)
78. Lucerne
79. Lutha
80. Lyra (bow section)
81. Magdalyn ann
82. Maggie
83. Magnolia (probably)
84. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
85. Marian francis
86. Marshall (probably)
87. Merchiston
88. Modig
89. Modiva (possibly)
90. Monimia (possibly)
91. Nadod (possibly)
92. Nautilus
93. Nimrod
94. Odessa
95. Ophir ii (possibly)
96. Orsa
97. Otis tetrax
98. Paraciers
99. Peggotty
100. Portia
101. Ravonia (part)
102. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
103. Rayford
104. Reculver
105. Retriever
106. Revello
107. Revi
108. Rhuys
109. Rievaulx abbey
110. Rivaulx
111. River don (part of)(probably)
112. River witham
113. Rivergate
114. Rosebud (possibly)
115. Sagacity
116. Salacon
117. Salmondby
118. Saltoun
119. Sandra glen
120. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
121. Sota eduardo
122. Stylianos chandris
123. Teano
124. Thessaly
125. Thomas deas
126. Triton
127. Upminster (possibly)
128. Vechstroom
129. Venture (possibly)
130. Whitemantle (possibly)
131. William hanson
132. Windsor (part of)
133. Windsor (part of)
134. Winga
135. Xavier
136. Xavier
137. 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 ú1-2MILLION 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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