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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Carica milica
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. City of kobe
21. Clan monroe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Cresta
24. Crichtoun
25. Dagmar (probably)
26. David b summers
27. Db 8 (possibly)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. El dorado
36. Elnet
37. Eva witte
38. F stobart (probably)
39. Faithful star
40. Farmatyr
41. Firth
42. Forth
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Frumenton
46. G and e (possibly)
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gasfire
49. Gena
50. Gerhard
51. Gipsy (possibly)
52. Glynn
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Groenlo
57. Gulf breaker
58. H h petersen
59. Harlington (probably)
60. Harlyn (probably)
61. Heworth
62. Hillglen
63. Hms adonis (possibly)
64. Hms arethusa
65. Hms christopher (possibly)
66. Hms condor (probably)
67. Hms donside (possibly)
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms evesham (possibly)
70. Hms fontenoy
71. Hms forward iii
72. Hms harvest gleaner
73. Hms hirose (probably)
74. Hms holdene
75. Hms irvana (part of)
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms kaphreda
78. Hms ludlow
79. Hms m a west (probably)
80. Hms monarch
81. Hms moravia (possibly)
82. Hms nadine
83. Hms new comet (possibly)
84. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
85. Hms orthos (probably)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms sisters melville
89. Hms speeton (possibly)
90. Hms spider
91. Hms tervani
92. Hms tettenhall
93. Hms tugela
94. Hms waveflower
95. Hms whooper
96. Hornchurch
97. Ignis (possibly)
98. Impulsion
99. J c dalble
100. Jim
101. Kenneth hawksfield
102. Knarsdale
103. Kwasind
104. Lapwing
105. Lapwing (possibly)
106. Lincairn (possibly)
107. Lingfield
108. Lisette
109. Lonhelen (possibly)
110. Lord bute
111. Magdapur
112. Mangara
113. Mardyke
114. Maria rosa
115. Marianne (probably)
116. Mascota (possibly)
117. Mascotte
118. Memento (possibly)
119. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
120. Mercurius
121. Moidart
122. Mudo
123. Nadir
124. Nereus
125. Newhaven (possibly)
126. Nicolaos piangos
127. Nominoe
128. Novocastrian
129. Ocean pride
130. Oil trader
131. Ostprussen (possibly)
132. Pescado
133. Petshenga (possibly)
134. Phryne
135. Plawsworth (possibly)
136. Polaris
137. Polgarth
138. Ren
139. Reward (possibly)
140. Rhenas (possibly)
141. Rhineland
142. Robin iv
143. Rochester city
144. Rogate
145. Roxanna
146. Savona (probably)
147. Scimitar
148. Sea king
149. Sea rhine
150. Sheaf field
151. Silksworth hall (probably).
152. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
153. Skodsburg (possibly)
154. Southford
155. St patrick
156. Stad alkmaar
157. Sunbeam
158. Sunniside (probably)
159. Taber park
160. Tergestea
161. Thomas m (possibly)
162. Thornaby (possibly)
163. Tidal (possibly)
164. Torchbearer
165. Tregantle (possibly)
166. Tunisiana
167. U 13 (probably)
168. Uc 62 (possibly)
169. Ui-001
170. Vae victis
171. Victorious
172. Warrenpoint
173. White ghost
174. White lady
175. White swan
176. White swan (possibly)
177. Wyetown
178. Yewkyle (possibly)
179. 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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