This is the information page about the shipwreck De fontaine, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 57.705 N,1 7.282 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Afghanistan (bow section)
2. Afghanistan (probably)
3. Africa
4. Alcantara
5. Alice
6. Amplegarth
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Argo
9. Argonaut
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Australier (probably)
12. Avoca
13. Bobby
14. Brandenburg
15. Cabo espartel
16. Ceta (stern section)
17. Charente
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Corhaven
21. De fontaine
22. Dinard
23. Dorothy j (possibly)
24. Durango
25. Efford
26. Eidsiva (probably)
27. Electra
28. Emma
29. Emma (possibly)
30. Empire lough (probably)
31. Empress of fort william (probably)
32. Enero (probably)
33. Eustratios (probably)
34. Excellence pleske
35. Express
36. Falcon (probably)
37. Fearless
38. Flachsee
39. G-asad
40. Grit (probably)
41. Grosser kurfurst
42. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
43. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
44. Halcyon
45. Henry moon
46. Heron
47. Hmhs anglia
48. Hms aragonite (part of)
49. Hms aragonite (part of)
50. Hms aries (possibly)
51. Hms blackwater
52. Hms brazen
53. Hms carlton
54. Hms caulonia
55. Hms city of dundee
56. Hms cleon
57. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
58. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
59. Hms ghurka
60. Hms glen boyne
61. Hms kingston galena
62. Hms myrmidon
63. Hms napia
64. Hms othello ii
65. Hms peridot
66. Hms rodino
67. Hms torbay ii (probably)
68. Hms war sepoy
69. Hms waterfly
70. Hmt gullfoss
71. Holland
72. Hydaspes (possibly)
73. Ilaro
74. James harrod
75. Jokai
76. Josephine willis
77. Kadru
78. Katharina kolkmann
79. Kielce
80. Kirsten skou
81. La somme (probably)
82. Lacer
83. Lady stella
84. Latona
85. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
86. Le tregor
87. Leicester
88. Leila najia
89. Leo
90. Lighter 83
91. Lizzonia
92. Loanda
93. Lusitania
94. Maloja 1
95. Maxwell
96. Milbanke (probably)
97. Monarch
98. Morgenster
99. Mrav
100. Murillo
101. My astor
102. Naranco
103. Negrier
104. Newcastle
105. Niki
106. Norman
107. Northfleet
108. Nunima
109. Ousel (probably)
110. Polgrange
111. Portslade (possibly)
112. Preussen
113. Pulborough
114. River levan
115. Robin hood
116. Roode zee (possibly)
117. Roseburn
118. Rydal hall (possibly)
119. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
120. Saint jean pierre
121. Salbya (possibly)
122. Samida
123. Sea serpent
124. Seine
125. Shenandoah
126. Sierra bravia
127. Sir russell
128. Spanish prince
129. St cecilia
130. St claire (possibly)
131. Strathclyde
132. Swale (probably)
133. T s webb
134. Teeswood
135. Texaco caribbean (after section)
136. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
137. Tokufuku maru
138. Toward
139. Traquair (probably)
140. Trooper
141. U 8
142. Ub 108 (possibly)
143. Ub 109
144. Ub 31 ?
145. Ub 38
146. Ub 55 (probably)
147. Ub 56 (possibly)
148. Ub 58 (possibly)
149. Ub 78
150. Ub-33 (probably)
151. Uc 63
152. Uc 77 (possibly)
153. Unity
154. Veerman
155. Vittoria claudia
156. W a scholten
157. Welsh belle
158. Wheatman (possibly)
159. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: DE FONTAINE

Length 81.7 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1721 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1907 by by s p austin & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by lambton & hetton collieries ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. one 18 pdr and one 12 pdr gun. passage dieppe for the tyne. in ballast. mined and sank. crew recovered.

Year of registration: 1961

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 74 cm

Known since: 1961, last detected: 20160727

Details measurements/cartography: H2760/49 16.11.61 LOCATED IN 505741N, 010727E USING DECCA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 57FT, FOUL AT 60FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62FT IN GEN DEPTH 90-100FT. SCOUR DEPTH 107FT. (HMS SCOTT, 25.7.61). INS AS SW 9FMS 3FT. BR STD. H4418/70 AMEND TO SW 17.3MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 5.10.78 LOCATED 26.9.77 IN 505741N, 010721E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30-31MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 34MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.1MTRS. LENGTH 77MTRS. LYING 080/260DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 20.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/82/25 9.9.82 DIVED ON AND THOUGHT TO BE 'SIR RUSSELL'. BELL LOCATED BUT NOT CLEANED YET. HAS 4 INCH GUN ON STERN & 12 POUNDER ON BOW. (P E THOMAS, 31.8.82). H1310/82/25 16.9.82 NOW IDENTIFIED AS THE 'DE FONTAINE'. (P E THOMAS, 14.9.82). HH242/400/13 16.7.01 LOCATED IN 5057.705N, 0107.263E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.4MTRS. (NP 1016, SIGNAL DTD 1.7.01). BR STD. HH242/400/13 30.7.01 EXAM'D 2.7.01 IN 5057.705N, 0107.263E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.4, FOUL 18.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.6MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT & UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HN DTD 11.7.01 FOR HI 921).

- NM 3435/01. HH090/921/01 20.9.01 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. (NP 1016, HI 921). NFA. SEP2016/000091764 20.4.17 EXAM'D 27.7.16; IN 5057.705N, 0107.282E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 18.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 81.7MTRS, WIDTH 13.1MTRS, HEIGHT 10.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 074/254 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT, UPRIGHT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 18.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 57.705 N,1 7.282 E

 

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