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 (51.0759833, 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. Durango
24. Efford
25. Eidsiva (probably)
26. Electra
27. Emma
28. Emma (possibly)
29. Empire lough (probably)
30. Empress of fort william (probably)
31. Enero (probably)
32. Eustratios (probably)
33. Excellence pleske
34. Express
35. Falcon (probably)
36. Fearless
37. Flachsee
38. G-asad
39. Grit (probably)
40. Grosser kurfurst
41. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
42. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
43. Halcyon
44. Henry moon
45. Heron
46. Hmhs anglia
47. Hms aragonite (part of)
48. Hms aries (possibly)
49. Hms blackwater
50. Hms brazen
51. Hms carlton
52. Hms caulonia
53. Hms city of dundee
54. Hms cleon
55. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
56. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
57. Hms ghurka
58. Hms glen boyne
59. Hms kingston galena
60. Hms myrmidon
61. Hms napia
62. Hms othello ii
63. Hms peridot
64. Hms rodino
65. Hms torbay ii (probably)
66. Hms war sepoy
67. Hms waterfly
68. Hmt gullfoss
69. Holland
70. Hydaspes (possibly)
71. Ilaro
72. James harrod
73. Jokai
74. Josephine willis
75. Kadru
76. Katharina kolkmann
77. Kielce
78. Kirsten skou
79. La somme (probably)
80. Lacer
81. Lady stella
82. Latona
83. Le tregor
84. Leicester
85. Leila najia
86. Leo
87. Lizzonia
88. Loanda
89. Lusitania
90. Maloja 1
91. Maxwell
92. Milbanke (probably)
93. Monarch
94. Morgenster
95. Mrav
96. Murillo
97. My astor
98. Naranco
99. Negrier
100. Newcastle
101. Niki
102. Norman
103. Northfleet
104. Nunima
105. Ousel (probably)
106. Polgrange
107. Portslade (possibly)
108. Preussen
109. Pulborough
110. River levan
111. Robin hood
112. Roode zee (possibly)
113. Roseburn
114. Rydal hall (possibly)
115. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
116. Saint jean pierre
117. Salbya (possibly)
118. Samida
119. Sea serpent
120. Seine
121. Shenandoah
122. Sierra bravia
123. Sir russell
124. St cecilia
125. Strathclyde
126. Swale (probably)
127. T s webb
128. Teeswood
129. Texaco caribbean (after section)
130. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
131. Tokufuku maru
132. Toward
133. Traquair (probably)
134. Trooper
135. U 8
136. Ub 108 (possibly)
137. Ub 109
138. Ub 31 ?
139. Ub 38
140. Ub 55 (probably)
141. Ub 56 (possibly)
142. Ub 58 (possibly)
143. Ub 78
144. Ub-33 (probably)
145. Uc 63
146. Uc 77 (possibly)
147. Unity
148. Veerman
149. Vittoria claudia
150. W a scholten
151. Welsh belle
152. Wheatman (possibly)
153. 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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