This is the information page about the shipwreck Farmatyr, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 16.422 N,1 44.341 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Burtonia (possibly)
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Carica milica
15. Castle galleon
16. Cd 14 (probably)
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. City of kobe
20. Clan monroe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Cresta
23. Crichtoun
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. David b summers
26. Denewood
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. El dorado
34. Eva witte
35. F stobart (probably)
36. Faithful star
37. Farmatyr
38. Firth
39. Forth
40. Friargate (possibly)
41. Friargate (possibly)
42. Frumenton
43. Gannet (possibly)
44. Gasfire
45. Gena
46. Gerhard
47. Gipsy (possibly)
48. Glynn
49. Golconda (possibly)
50. Grantleyhall (possibly)
51. Grenadier (probably)
52. Groenlo
53. Gulf breaker
54. H h petersen
55. Harlington (probably)
56. Harlyn (probably)
57. Hillglen
58. Hms adonis (possibly)
59. Hms arethusa
60. Hms christopher (possibly)
61. Hms condor (probably)
62. Hms donside (possibly)
63. Hms eros (possibly)
64. Hms evesham (possibly)
65. Hms fontenoy
66. Hms forward iii
67. Hms hirose (probably)
68. Hms holdene
69. Hms irvana (part of)
70. Hms jessie nutten
71. Hms kaphreda
72. Hms ludlow
73. Hms m a west (probably)
74. Hms monarch
75. Hms moravia (possibly)
76. Hms nadine
77. Hms new comet (possibly)
78. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
79. Hms orthos (probably)
80. Hms river clyde (possibly)
81. Hms river clyde (possibly)
82. Hms sisters melville
83. Hms speeton (possibly)
84. Hms spider
85. Hms tervani
86. Hms tettenhall
87. Hms tugela
88. Hms waveflower
89. Hms whooper
90. Hornchurch
91. Ignis (possibly)
92. Impulsion
93. J c dalble
94. Jim
95. Kenneth hawksfield
96. Knarsdale
97. Kwasind
98. Lapwing
99. Lincairn (possibly)
100. Lingfield
101. Lisette
102. Lonhelen (possibly)
103. Lord bute
104. Magdapur
105. Mangara
106. Mardyke
107. Maria rosa
108. Marianne (probably)
109. Mascota (possibly)
110. Mascotte
111. Memento (possibly)
112. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
113. Mercurius
114. Moidart
115. Mudo
116. Nadir
117. Nereus
118. Newhaven (possibly)
119. Nicolaos piangos
120. Nominoe
121. Novocastrian
122. Ocean pride
123. Oil trader
124. Ostprussen (possibly)
125. Pescado
126. Petshenga (possibly)
127. Phryne
128. Plawsworth (possibly)
129. Polaris
130. Polgarth
131. Ren
132. Reward (possibly)
133. Rhenas (possibly)
134. Rhineland
135. Robin iv
136. Rochester city
137. Rogate
138. Roxanna
139. Savona (probably)
140. Scimitar
141. Sea rhine
142. Silksworth hall (probably).
143. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
144. Skodsburg (possibly)
145. Southford
146. St patrick
147. Stad alkmaar
148. Sunbeam
149. Sunniside (probably)
150. Taber park
151. Tergestea
152. Thomas m (possibly)
153. Thornaby (possibly)
154. Tidal (possibly)
155. Torchbearer
156. Tregantle (possibly)
157. U 13 (probably)
158. Ui-001
159. Vae victis
160. Victorious
161. Warrenpoint
162. White ghost
163. White lady
164. White swan
165. White swan (possibly)
166. Wyetown
167. Yewkyle (possibly)
168. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: FARMATYR

Length 73.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1426 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1906 by howaldtswerke, kiel. owned at time of loss by d/s gefion. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by builders. passage south shiled for rouen. cargo 2150 tons coal. mined.

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1926, last detected: 20161210

Details measurements/cartography: H4282/26 14.10.26 INSERT DW(PA) (1916). H335/31 & H336/31 14.1.31 AMEND TO DWPA. BR STD. H5158/49 13.9.49 OROPESA SWEEP ON 30.8.49 WAS CLEAR 43FT & FOUL 44FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 52FT IN GEN DEPTH 65FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 13.9.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 1FT.

- NM 1883/49. H909/60 18.5.66 SWEPT CLEAR 39FT. LEAST E/S 50FT, SEABED 65FT. SCOUR 67FT. APPEARS TO LIE 090/270 DEGS. LENGTH ABOUT 220FT. (HMS MYRMIDON, 24.9.65). AMEND TO SW 6FMS 3FT.

- NM ACTION. 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 11.9MTRS. NC 1543. H2917/83 2.4.85 EXAM'D 4.12.84 IN 521623N, 014427E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.2 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS, LENGTH 58MTRS, APPROX. LYING 000/180 DEG WITH HULL BROKEN IN TWO. CONSIDER PREVIOUS SWEPT CLEARANCE DEPTHS WERE OVER FOULED NETS ENTANGLED IN THE WK. ACCEPT E/S DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 196). AMEND TO WK 15.2MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 31.8.17 EXAM'D 10.12.16; IN 5216.422N, 0144.341E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.39MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 31.4MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HEIGHT 2.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 61.51MTRS, 1.36MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 029 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 16.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 16.422 N,1 44.341 E

 

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