This is the information page about the shipwreck Empress of fort william (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 5.048 N,1 17.67 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. Admiral gardner
2. Africa
3. Agen
4. Amplegarth
5. Andaman
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Ashley
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Avoca
10. Blanc nez
11. Bobby
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Cabo espartel
15. Cathay (part of)
16. Cedrington court
17. Charente
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Colbert
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. Correct
24. D'artagnan
25. De fontaine
26. Dinard
27. Dotterel
28. Dunbar castle
29. Efford
30. Eidsiva (probably)
31. Electra
32. Eleonora
33. Emma
34. Emma (possibly)
35. Empire lough (probably)
36. Empress of fort william (probably)
37. En avant
38. Eustratios (probably)
39. Excellence pleske
40. Falcon (probably)
41. Fearless
42. Flachsee
43. Flandres
44. Francesco ciampa
45. Frons olivae (probably)
46. G-42 (possibly)
47. G-asad
48. Gad 23
49. Gladys
50. Gloire a sainte therese
51. Grit (probably)
52. Grosser kurfurst
53. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
54. Halcyon
55. Harcalo
56. Henry moon
57. Heron
58. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
59. Hmhs anglia
60. Hms aragonite (part of)
61. Hms aries (possibly)
62. Hms artic trapper
63. Hms blackwater
64. Hms brazen
65. Hms carilon
66. Hms carlton
67. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
68. Hms city of dundee
69. Hms cleon
70. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
71. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
72. Hms glen boyne
73. Hms kingston galena
74. Hms lydian
75. Hms marcella
76. Hms myrmidon
77. Hms napia
78. Hms niger (possibly)
79. Hms northumberland (probably)
80. Hms othello ii
81. Hms peridot
82. Hms restoration (possibly)
83. Hms rodino
84. Hms stirling castle (probably)
85. Hms torbay ii (probably)
86. Hms tranquil
87. Hms war sepoy
88. Hms weigelia
89. Hmsm b2
90. Holland
91. Hundvaag
92. Hydaspes (possibly)
93. Ilaro
94. Ira (possibly)
95. Jacob luckenbach
96. James harrod
97. Jokai
98. Josephine willis
99. Kabinda
100. Kadru
101. Katharina kolkmann
102. Kielce
103. Kirsten skou
104. Koenigshaven
105. L'armandeche
106. La fleche
107. Lady stella
108. Latona
109. Le pelerin de la mer
110. Le tregor
111. Leicester
112. Leila najia
113. Leo
114. Lizzonia
115. Loanda
116. Lord hamilton (possibly)
117. Luray victory
118. Lusitania
119. Mahratta
120. Mahratta ii
121. Maloja 1
122. Malta (probably)
123. Merel (part of)(possibly)
124. Mersey
125. Milbanke (probably)
126. Moise
127. Monarch
128. Mrav
129. Murillo
130. Nancy moran
131. Naranco
132. Negrier
133. Newcastle
134. Niki
135. Norman
136. North eastern victory
137. Northfleet
138. Notre dame des trois epis
139. Nunima
140. Ousel (probably)
141. Phoenix
142. Polgrange
143. Portslade (possibly)
144. Preussen
145. Pulborough
146. River levan
147. Rochester castle (possibly)
148. Roode zee (possibly)
149. Rydal force
150. Rynanna
151. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
152. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
153. Sabac
154. Saint ronan (possibly)
155. Saint ronan (possibly)
156. Salbya (possibly)
157. Sambut
158. Samida
159. Santagata
160. Santagata (?part of)
161. Sea serpent
162. Seine
163. Selma (possibly)
164. Shenandoah
165. Sir russell
166. St cecilia
167. Strathclyde
168. Surrey
169. Teeswood
170. Texaco caribbean (after section)
171. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
172. The queen
173. Tokufuku maru
174. Toward
175. Traquair (probably)
176. Trooper
177. U 11 (possibly)
178. U 16 (possibly)
179. U 48
180. U 8
181. Ub 103 (possibly)
182. Ub 108 (possibly)
183. Ub 109
184. Ub 31 ?
185. Ub 38
186. Ub 55 (probably)
187. Ub 56 (possibly)
188. Ub 58 (possibly)
189. Ub 78
190. Ub-33 (probably)
191. Uc 46 (possibly)
192. Uc 63
193. Uc 77 (possibly)
194. Uc 78 or uc 79
195. Unity
196. Vittoria claudia
197. W a scholten
198. Wheatman (possibly)
199. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: EMPRESS OF FORT WILLIAM (PROBABLY)

Length 76.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2181 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Sunk by mine 2m s of dover whilst en-route south shields to dunkirk. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 2M S FROM DOVER PIER. (WW1SL). H5824/60 3.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 54FT. POSN BY HSA BUT NOT NOTED. (HMS SCOTT, 15.3.60). H5824/60 14.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 48FT, FOUL AT 51FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 75FT. POSN NOT NOTED. (HMS SCOTT 25.4.61).

- NM 1637/61. H1280/77/32 29.9.77 POSN 510500N, 011745E. (R A LEE, 14.1.77), H4199/78 10.8.78 LOCATED 1.11.77 IN 510500N, 011745E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.4 IN GEN DEPTH 23-24.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS. LYING 005/185DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 16MTRS. NE 1892. HH242/400/08 16.9.96 LOCATED IN 510502.5N, 011740.2E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 711, HN DTD 22.8.96). BR STD. HH090/685/01 29.10.96 EXAM'D 24.9.96 IN 510502.5N, 011740.2E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.4, FOUL 17.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1 IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.8MTR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. LIES 140/320DEGS. IN ONE PIECE WITH NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 685). AMEND TO SW 17.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 2.2.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5105.048N, 0117.670E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.30MTRS. LENGTH 3MTRS (SIC), WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP, CENTRE OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE THE MOST INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). QUOTED LENGTH IN ERROR. LIES 020/200 DEGS. DEBRIS CLOSE E. AMEND WK 18.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED

Position: 51 5.048 N,1 17.67 E

 

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