This is the information page about the shipwreck F2, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50.742 N,3 11.594 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Argyll
5. Avra (possibly)
6. B 109 (part)
7. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
8. Ben barvas
9. Benachie
10. Bettina danica
11. Bountiful
12. Bremse
13. Brummer
14. Budrie
15. Busy bee (part of)
16. Carolina thornden
17. Carron
18. Challenger
19. Clio
20. Clio ii
21. Collingdoc
22. Copeland
23. Corinthia (stern section)
24. Croma
25. Dalewood (possibly)
26. Danmark (after part)
27. De haai
28. Dresden
29. Duna
30. Dyle
31. Ebanezer
32. Edinboune
33. Elton
34. Emerald wings
35. Empire parsons (possiby)
36. Empire seaman
37. Empire seaman
38. Energy
39. Ephram
40. Excelsior
41. G101
42. G103
43. G104
44. Gartmore
45. Gobernador bories
46. Gondolier
47. Grosser kurfurst
48. Gunnaren
49. Hessen
50. Hindenburg
51. Hmd chance
52. Hmd imbat
53. Hmd lustring
54. Hms dewey eve
55. Hms endeavour
56. Hms hampshire
57. Hms loch garry
58. Hms narborough
59. Hms opal
60. Hms pheasant
61. Hms roedean
62. Hms rose valley
63. Hms royal oak
64. Hms strathgarry
65. Hms vanguard
66. Ilsenstein
67. Inconnu
68. Invader
69. Inverlane (bow section)
70. Irene
71. James barrie
72. Johanna thorden
73. Juanita
74. Juniata (fore part)
75. Jv 526
76. Jv 751
77. Kaiser
78. Kaiserin
79. Karlsruhe
80. Kathe niederkirchner
81. Koln
82. Konig
83. Kronprinz wilhelm
84. Lapland
85. Lizzie bain (possibly)
86. Loch maddy (stern section)
87. Lorne
88. Lycia
89. Mara
90. Markgraf
91. Martis
92. Martis
93. Minieh
94. Naja (part of)
95. Napier star
96. Neptune
97. Norholmen
98. Numidian
99. Numidian
100. Ocean racer
101. Pennsylvania
102. Pinnace 288
103. Pinnace 744
104. Pontos
105. Prinzregent luitpold
106. Prudentia
107. Radiation
108. Reginald
109. Reinfield
110. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
111. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
112. Rosewood
113. Ross puma
114. Rotherfield
115. S 36 (bow section)
116. Seydlitz
117. Siherite
118. Skua flaes beacon
119. Solan
120. Stellatus
121. Strathelliot
122. Sunbeam
123. Sunlight
124. Tabarka (possibly)
125. Tbf fn899
126. Teeswood
127. Tern 1
128. Thames
129. Thunfisch
130. Ub 116
131. V 78 (part of)
132. V83
133. Yc 21

 

Name: F2

Length 79.2 meter, width: 8.8 meter, tonnage 1065 ton

Cause: built in 1936. a ww2 escort vessel known as a geleiteboote. capable of 28kts with a crew of 121. armament of 2 by 105mm gus and anti aircraft weapons. sank at moorings in gutter sound, scapa flow. was being worked for salvage by barge yc21 when that vessel sank nearby.

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter

Known since: 1947, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H302/47 16.1.47 POSN 585046N, 031130W, OR 353DEGS, 3575FT FROM N END GOLDEN WHARF, MARKED BY B CAN BUOY, FL.G2S. (FO ROSYTH). INS AS DWP WITH BUOY.

- NM 86/47. H302/47 13.6.47 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 4FMS, NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S. (FO ROSYTH). AMEND TO WK 4FMS, AMEND BUOY.

- NM 1506/47. H3319/71 8.6.71 BUOY REPORTED TO BE 700FT E OF CHARTED POSN. (HMS HECATE, ROS DTD 22.5.71). 17.7.69 BUOY HAD BEEN TEMP MOVED 17.7.69 TO POSN 188 DEG, 2.48M FROM CAVA MINOR LIGHT DURING SOME DISPERSAL OPS. (NLB, 24.6.71) SALVAGE WORK CARRIED OUT IN 1968. (SHIPWRECKS OF ORKNEY, SHETLAND & PENTLAND FIRTH). H4473/70 20.5.77 BUOY NOW R CAN, GP FL(2)R. (ORKNEY ISLANDS NM 11/77). AMEND BUOY.

- NM 1255/77. 8.12.77 AMEND TO WK 7MTRS. NC 35. H3319/71 26.1.82 FULL DETAILS OF F2 GIVEN. (NHB). H1310/82/4 4.2.82 BOW SECTION VIRTUALLY INTACT. MIDSHIPS AND AFTER SECTIONS HAVE BEEN HEAVILY BLASTED. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. (B. WINFIELD, 25.1.82). 24.12.82 LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH DECK ALMOST VERTICAL AND WITH A SINGLE BARREL OPEN GUN TURRET IN PLACE. MAST ASTERN OF BRIDGE LIES WITH MASTHEAD EMBEDDED IN BOTTOM. AFTER PART OF WK EXTENSIVELY SMASHED. (BSAC WK REGISTER). H1310/85/10 13.3.85 BUOY REPD TO BE SOME 70 TO 100MTRS S OF WK. (B WINFIELD). NCA. HH100/351/16 12.10.00 LIES ON PORT SIDE AND IS HEAVILY SALVAGED FROM THE STERN TOWARDS THE BOWS. REPORTS HAVE THAT THE STERN IS STILL UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED AND IS IN REASONABLE CONDITION. BRIDGE AREA AND MAST HAVE COLLAPSED AND ARE NOW TO BE FOUND ON THE SEABED. YC21 SALVAGE BARGE IS SOME 20MTRS AWAY FROM THE KEEL. (T JOHNSON, LTR DTD 10.10.00). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS INTACT, ON PORT BEAM ENDS. STERN BROKEN UP

Position: 58 50.742 N,3 11.594 W

 

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