This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire frost (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 36.093 N,5 56.576 W (51.859766666667, -5.9616166666667)

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.

Name: EMPIRE FROST (POSSIBLY)

Length 131.7 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 7005 ton
Load: grain

Cause: 12.3.1941 built in 1940 by lithgows ltd. kingston yard, port glasgow. passage baltimore for barry. employed as a ministry of war transport. bombed and damaged by german aircraft in st georges channel on 12.3.1941. taken in tow by the dutch tug seine. she was bombed again next day and sank with the loss of 6 men. (ww2 sl & the empire ships).

Year of registration: 1959

Water depth above wreck: 118 meter, Height above seabed: 37 cm

Known since: 1959, last detected: 1980

Details measurements/cartography: H5827/59 23.10.59 H5827/59 23.10.59 LOCATED ON 3.9.59 IN 513614N, 055622W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 318FT IN GEN DEPTH 372FT. SCOUR 4FT. SEABED OF SAND. WRECK RISES 58FT FROM BOTTOM. (HMS SHACKLETON, REPORT DTD 22.9.59). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 6.4.72 6.4.72 AMEND TO WK 97METRES. NC 1478. H5001/72 3.7.79 H5001/72 3.7.79 EXAM'D 10.12.78 IN 513604N, 055637W [OGB]. E/S DEPTH 99MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 113MTRS. LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. VERY LARGE WK. DCS3 HT 18MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 150MTRS. LYING 030/210DEG. NOT FULLY SURVEYED AS WEATHER VERY BAD. (HMS HECATE, HI 33A/78). RETAIN WK 97MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1921/80 31.3.80 H1921/80 31.3.80 LOCATED IN 513604N, 055631W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 102.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 118MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. LEAST DEPTH BY HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HEIGHTING 95.4MTRS, BY SHADOW 103.8MTRS. MAST EVIDENT. LYING 037/217DEGS, BOW S. LENGTH 153MTRS, BEAM 20.3MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 52/80). AMEND TO WK 95MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 22.11.01 22.11.01 EUT POSN: 5136.093N, 0556.576W. NE 1478.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS S, MAST EVIDENT

Position: 51 36.093 N,5 56.576 W

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