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. 212
2. ? susie mo ii
3. Abbotsford
4. Ac 9
5. Adela (possibly)
6. Admiral nelson
7. Agnes
8. Airdrie (possibly)
9. Alarm
10. Albanian
11. Albatross
12. Albert
13. Albert (part of)
14. Albert (part of)
15. Albert (possibly)
16. Albion (probably)
17. Alcazar
18. Alcides
19. Alexandra
20. Alhambra
21. Alice
22. Alice davies
23. Amelie-mathilde
24. Amenity
25. Amlwch rose
26. Anatolian
27. Angloman (possibly)
28. Angmering
29. Angola
30. Angola (part of)(possibly)
31. Ann sumner
32. Ann widnal
33. Anne
34. Anne elizabeth
35. Ant
36. Anteros
37. Apapa
38. Architect
39. Arcona champion
40. Ardlough
41. Arduity
42. Aris
43. Armagh
44. Arno mendi
45. Arosa
46. Asmund
47. Atika
48. Auchenarden
49. Audacity
50. Auspicious
51. Avalon
52. Avon
53. Avon
54. Azalea
55. B o borjesson
56. Bactria
57. Balthazar
58. Barrister
59. Bayswater (possibly)
60. Beachy
61. Beaconsfield
62. Bella
63. Ben cruachan
64. Benaiah
65. Bengar
66. Bengollyun
67. Benholm
68. Benmacdhui
69. Berwyn
70. Bessie
71. Bijou
72. Blairnevis
73. Blanche (possibly)
74. Bolivar
75. Bolivar (fwd part)(probably)
76. Boston
77. Boubolina
78. Box hill
79. Boy stephen
80. Bradda
81. Braeglen
82. Braganza
83. Brazilian
84. Breitenburg
85. British councillor
86. British viscount
87. Buenos ayres
88. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
89. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
90. Burbo tower (remains)
91. Burbo tower (remains)
92. Burbo tower (remains)
93. Burbo tower (remains)
94. Burgedin
95. Bydand
96. C s parnell
97. Cadmus
98. Cairnross
99. Calcium (probably)
100. Calderon
101. Cambank
102. Cameronian
103. Canada
104. Captain mclintock
105. Carl august
106. Caroline
107. Carrie
108. Carson
109. Cartegena
110. Cascapedia
111. Castilian
112. Castle queen
113. Catherine
114. Catherine
115. Chacabuco (possibly)
116. Chagres
117. Chase
118. Christina shearer
119. Chrysopolis
120. City of birmingham
121. City of brussels
122. City of st andrews
123. Clwyd (probably)
124. Clytie
125. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
126. Coastal fort no-1
127. Cognac
128. Colin russell
129. Collingwood
130. Colombus
131. Colorado
132. Conargo
133. Concord
134. Coniston (probably)
135. Constance
136. Cook s26
137. Coral bank
138. Corbet
139. Corinth (possibly)
140. Cork
141. Cornish coast
142. Corrientes
143. Counsellor iii
144. Countess of devon
145. County of lancaster
146. Cramlington (possibly)
147. Cressado
148. Cressida
149. Cresswell (probably)
150. Croydon
151. Cumbrae
152. Dagmar
153. Dakota
154. Dalewood (probably)
155. Daphne ii
156. Dayrian
157. Deerpool (after section)
158. Deerpool (for'd section)
159. Delfina
160. Denbigh coast
161. Denham
162. Derbent
163. Diana
164. Dido
165. Dieter
166. Ditton
167. Douglas
168. Douglas
169. Downshire (possibly)
170. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
171. Dublin
172. Dundalk
173. Dunmail
174. Dunsany
175. Dunvegan castle
176. Ebeneezer
177. Ebenezer
178. Ebenezer
179. Edward finch
180. Eilean glas
181. El oso
182. Elephant
183. Eliza bonstead
184. Elizabeth
185. Elizabeth dal
186. Elizabeth lathom
187. Ellan vannin
188. Ellen sarah
189. Ellen southwold
190. Emelie
191. Emmeline
192. Empire wind
193. Empress (probably)
194. Empress eugenie
195. Empress eugenie
196. Endymion
197. Eros
198. Ester ann
199. Esther
200. Ethel (possibly)
201. Eurymedon
202. Eversfield
203. Excel
204. Exmoor
205. Fairearn (probably)
206. Fairisle
207. Fairlie and jane
208. Fairy
209. Farfield
210. Faunus
211. Fawn (possibly)
212. Fb 110 (possibly)
213. Fb 112 (possibly)
214. Fb 116 (possibly)
215. Fb 118 (possibly)
216. Fb 265 (possibly)
217. Fb 267 (possibly)
218. Fb 275 (possibly)
219. Fb 278 (possibly)
220. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
221. Fb 295 (possibly)
222. Fb 296 (possibly)
223. Fb 297 (possibly)
224. Fb 300 (possibly)
225. Fb 43 (possibly)
226. Fb 47 (possibly)
227. Fb 56 (possibly)
228. Fb 72 (possibly)
229. Fb 83 (possibly)
230. Fb 86 (possibly)
231. Fb 98 (probably)
232. Femke
233. Fermo
234. Fern (probably)
235. Ferocious
236. Fin-ar-bed
237. Flamingo
238. Flying dart
239. Flying hawk
240. Four brothers
241. Four brothers (possibly)
242. Fowberry tower (part)
243. Fowberry tower (part)
244. Francis
245. Frolic
246. Fryken
247. Gannochy
248. Geofredo (part of)
249. Geofredo (part of)
250. Geofredo (part of)
251. Georgie
252. Georgios
253. Gerhardt (possibly)
254. Germania
255. Ghambira
256. Girl kitty (possibly)
257. Giuseppe
258. Gladeto
259. Gladstone
260. Gleneden
261. Glenford
262. Glenorchy (possibly)
263. Gorsethorn
264. Gothic
265. Grangemouth
266. Grappler
267. Gratitude
268. Guillermo
269. Gwydir
270. Hannah
271. Hannah landles
272. Hare (probably)
273. Harlech
274. Harmony
275. Harold
276. Hawkesbury
277. Hebe
278. Hebe (possibly)
279. Heemskerk
280. Helen
281. Heminge
282. Henry j smith
283. Herbert
284. Herlief
285. Hero
286. Heron 2
287. Hildena
288. Hindlea
289. Hms benvolio
290. Hms calverton
291. Hms campina
292. Hms cochrane
293. Hms corfield
294. Hms cortina
295. Hms deliverer
296. Hms dervish
297. Hms egret
298. Hms guide me ii
299. Hms lormont
300. Hms manners (stern section)
301. Hms mistletoe
302. Hms othello
303. Hms princess victoria
304. Hms remillo
305. Hms silicia
306. Hms st cyrus
307. Hms strathborve (part)
308. Hms susarion
309. Hms westphalia (possibly)
310. Hms yorkshire belle
311. Holyhead
312. Homer
313. Hopper f
314. Hopper number 6
315. Horizon (possibly)
316. Hornby (possibly)
317. Hoveringham 2
318. Hvideorn
319. Hvitveis
320. Hyacinth
321. Ibis
322. Ida
323. Ida
324. Ightham (possibly)
325. India
326. Innisfallen
327. Ionic (probably)
328. Ionic star
329. Irene chalmers
330. J b kee
331. J c swindlehurst
332. J w t
333. James and grace gregory
334. Jane (possibly)
335. Janet helen (possibly)
336. Jerseymoor
337. Jessie
338. Jessie brown
339. John & ann
340. John and thomas
341. John bull
342. John mowlem
343. John pierce
344. John w elliot
345. June
346. Juno
347. Jura
348. Katina bulgari
349. Katy
350. Kelvindale
351. Kenmare
352. Kilcoan (probably)
353. Kimberley (possibly)
354. Kinkorth
355. Kirkmichael
356. Kyma
357. La plata (possibly)
358. La rochelle (possibly)
359. Ladas (possibly)
360. Lady irene of menai
361. Lancaster (possibly)
362. Laura
363. Leeds (probably)
364. Leinster
365. Lelia
366. Letty
367. Lightstone (probably)
368. Lilly (possibly)
369. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
370. Linda blanche
371. Lionel george
372. Little burbo beacon
373. Liverpool
374. Lizzie morton
375. Loch fergus
376. Lochmonar (fwd part)
377. Lochranza castle
378. Lord delamere
379. Lord delamere (possibly)
380. Lord haig (possibly)
381. Lord haig (possibly)
382. Lord selborne
383. Lottie (possibly)
384. Loweswater
385. Lowther range (probably)
386. Lucerne
387. Lugar
388. Lurigethan
389. Lutha
390. Lylie
391. Lynkar
392. Lyra (bow section)
393. Maarten cornelis
394. Magdalyn ann
395. Maggie
396. Maja
397. Major
398. Mancunium
399. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
400. Mantura
401. Manx fairy
402. Margaret
403. Marian francis
404. Marie l
405. Marie moller
406. Marion
407. Marlay
408. Marn
409. Marquess of bute (possibly)
410. Marshall (probably)
411. Mary
412. Mary
413. Mary agnes
414. Mary ann
415. Mary ann
416. Mary coles (possibly)
417. Mary jane
418. Mary kate
419. Mary olivia
420. Matador
421. Mayflower (part of)
422. Meath
423. Meeuw
424. Merchiston
425. Mermaid (probably)
426. Mersey
427. Mhari l
428. Mid jordan beacon
429. Miner
430. Minerva
431. Miriam thomas
432. Missouri
433. Modig
434. Modiva (possibly)
435. Mona 2 (possibly)
436. Monimia (possibly)
437. Moyalla
438. Mtb 539
439. Munster
440. Murielle
441. My lady
442. Nadejda (possibly)
443. Nar
444. Nautilus
445. Nautilus
446. Nazarine
447. Nellie esplin
448. Nelson
449. Neptune
450. Nestos
451. Nickolai
452. Nicola faith
453. Nimrod
454. Noranya
455. Normandiet
456. Normandy coast
457. North jordan bn
458. Nydia (probably)
459. Ocean harvest ii
460. Ocean home
461. Ocean monarch
462. Odessa
463. Old england
464. Olive branch
465. Opal (possibly)
466. Ophir ii (possibly)
467. Oria
468. Orizava (or urizaza)
469. Orsa
470. Osctilia
471. Osseo
472. Otis tetrax
473. Ousebridge
474. Outer east dolphin
475. Pacific (possibly)
476. Palmella (possibly)
477. Pamela
478. Paraciers
479. Parker
480. Patriarch
481. Peaceful star
482. Pegasus (possibly)
483. Pegu (bow section)
484. Pegu (stern)
485. Penrhos (probably)
486. Penryn
487. Penstone
488. Penvearn
489. Perseverance
490. Perseverance
491. Peru (probably)
492. Phoenician
493. Pigeon
494. Planet
495. Polly williams
496. Polwell (probably)
497. Ponce
498. Portia
499. President harbitz
500. Primrose
501. Princess victoria
502. Progress
503. Prudence
504. Queen
505. Queen victoria
506. Queen victoria
507. Queens tower
508. Rambler
509. Raoul et aurelie
510. Ravonia (part)
511. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
512. Rayford
513. Rea 1
514. Rea 10
515. Rea 5
516. Rea 7 (possibly)
517. Rea 8 (possibly)
518. Rea 9 (possibly)
519. Reculver
520. Rescue
521. Residu
522. Resurgam
523. Retriever
524. Revello
525. Revi
526. Rhosneigr
527. Rhuys
528. Rhyl
529. Rievaulx abbey
530. Ringsend
531. Rissa
532. Rivaulx
533. River don (part of)(probably)
534. River humber
535. River witham
536. Rivergate
537. Robert & elizabeth
538. Robert marsden
539. Robert seymour
540. Roelas
541. Rose mystique
542. Rosebud
543. Rosebud (possibly)
544. Rothsay castle
545. Roussalka
546. Rudyard kipling
547. Sagacity
548. Saint olaf
549. Salacon
550. Salaminia (probably)
551. Salmondby
552. Saltoun
553. Samaria
554. San toy
555. Sandmail
556. Sandra glen
557. Sarah
558. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
559. Sarpfos
560. Sea dog
561. Seagull
562. Seahow
563. Seaville (part of)
564. Seaville (part of)
565. Selina
566. Sergei
567. Severn
568. Sharelga
569. Sir charles napier
570. Sir george grey
571. Skate ii (debris from)(probably)
572. Skomer
573. Slasher
574. Slieve bloom
575. Smelter
576. Sonia
577. Sons of the sea
578. Sota eduardo
579. Sparling
580. Speke (possibly)
581. Sportsman
582. Spurn
583. St ibar
584. St michan (possibly)
585. St oliver
586. Stanleigh
587. Star of hope
588. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
589. Strathrye
590. Stylianos chandris
591. Sulairia
592. Sultan
593. Sunda
594. Superb
595. Susahana or susanah
596. Swan
597. Tacoma city (part of)
598. Tacoma city (southern part)
599. Talbot
600. Tancred
601. Tarbert
602. Tayleur
603. Teano
604. Telmo
605. The lady mostyn
606. The marquis
607. Theme
608. Therese emile yvon
609. Thessaly
610. Thomas
611. Thomas
612. Thomas davies
613. Thomas deas
614. Thorn
615. Thornton
616. Tijl uilenspiegel
617. Tongue beacon
618. Tongue beacon (possibly)
619. Torch
620. Tower base
621. Town of wexford (possibly)
622. Trentham hall
623. Treveal
624. Trial
625. Trieste
626. Trinidad
627. Triton
628. Tt 6 (possibly)
629. U 1024 (probably)
630. U 246
631. U-1051
632. Ullapool
633. Ulstermore
634. United states
635. Upminster (possibly)
636. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
637. Uss roanoke
638. Valeria
639. Vanguard
640. Vechstroom
641. Venture (possibly)
642. Vesper (possibly)
643. Vesta
644. Victory
645. Vigsnes
646. Ville de llanes
647. Vine (possibly)
648. Violet (probably)
649. Vivar
650. W m barkley (possibly)
651. W.m.j
652. Walter
653. Walter dean
654. Wasp
655. Weazel
656. Wern (possibly)
657. Westward ho
658. Whitemantle (possibly)
659. William hanson
660. William huskisson
661. William rawcliffe
662. Windsor (part of)
663. Windsor (part of)
664. Winga
665. Wisemans
666. Woodville
667. Xavier
668. Xavier
669. Ystroom (probably)
670. Zealandia
671. 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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