This is the information page about the shipwreck Fane, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 18.293 N,0 37.896 E (53.0306333, 0.9186)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: FANE
Length 69.6 meter, width: 10.8 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 1119 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built in 1901 by bergens mek, verksted. owned at time of loss by v torkildsen. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 101 nhp, single shaft. passage rouen for sunderland. struck mine laid by uc-63.
Year of registration: 1926
Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 341 cm
Known since: 1994, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE 'HEIMLAND 1'. H6391/19 DW IN 531900N, 003830E, APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H4523/26 16.10.26 AMEND TO NDW. 11.6.51 AMEND TO NDWPA, NC 1190. H332 1.2.63 SONAR CONTACT CLOSE SW OF CHARTED POSN. NOT EXAM'D. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). 26.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 11MTRS. NC 107. HH090/593/01 17.1.94 NOTHING FOUND IN LISTED POSN. CLEARLY DEFINED WK LOCATED 29.6.93 IN 531817.3N, 003759.4E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.6, FOUL AT 19.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.8 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, BREADTH 20MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). AMEND TO SW 18.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 640/94. HH100/351/15 8.5.00 DIVED IN 5318.29N, 0037.98E [OGB] USING DGPS. CONFIRMED AS 'FANE' BY RECOVERED SILVER SPOON ENGRAVED WITH THE VESSEL'S NAME. (J HOLT, TELECON). NCA. SEP 2020/0000180469 6.8.20 EXAM'D 27.2.20 IN 5318.293N, 0037.896E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.33 MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 26 MTRS, LENGTH 65 MTRS, WIDTH 15 MTRS, HEIGHT 5.2 MTRS, ORIENTATION 341 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 22 MTRS, WIDTH 29 MTRS, HEIGHT 2.4 MTRS, ORIENTATION 341 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1675). RETAIN SW DW 18.6 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 18.293 N,0 37.896 E