This is the information page about the shipwreck Farn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 15.718 N,3 29.454 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Amelie-suzanne
3. Angelena bm 271
4. Ann marie (possibly)
5. Antonio (probably)
6. Avalon g ii
7. Ave
8. Baychattan
9. Belle ile (possibly)
10. Bleamoor (probably)
11. Blue marlin
12. Boma
13. Bretagne
14. Bretton hall
15. Broadmayne (part of)
16. Brunhilda
17. Buesten
18. Bull steamer (possibly)
19. Chloe t
20. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
21. City of swansea (probably)
22. Claverley (possibly)
23. Colorado (possibly)
24. Cornelia
25. Demetrios
26. Dudley rose
27. Eagle
28. Elsa
29. Elsa (possibly)
30. Emma
31. Emsstrom
32. Farn
33. Fiona mary
34. Flourish
35. Galicia
36. Garm (possibly)
37. Gefion
38. Girl barbara
39. Glocliffe
40. Glory
41. Greatham
42. Greleen
43. Grelhame (probably)
44. Gro
45. Haugastol (possibly)
46. Havbris (probably)
47. Hazelpark (possibly)
48. Herzogin cecilie
49. Heye p
50. Hildegard (possibly)
51. Hms benton castle
52. Hms chorley (possibly)
53. Hms crocodile
54. Hms jasper (possibly)
55. Hms newbridge (probably)
56. Hms penylan (e part)
57. Hms penylan (w part)
58. Hms picton castle
59. Hms savage
60. Hmsm d1
61. Irma germaine (possibly)
62. Jade star gypsy
63. Jordan a
64. Karen marie (probably)
65. Kendal castle
66. La blanca (possibly)
67. Laertes
68. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
69. Les mercenaires
70. Liberta
71. Lofoten (probably)
72. Lord stewart
73. Marana (bow section)
74. Marie des isles
75. Medina
76. Mudstomper (probably)
77. Murree
78. Neches (probably)
79. Newholm
80. North sea (probably)
81. Northville (possibly)
82. Perm (possibly)
83. Peronne
84. Placidas faroult
85. Quest
86. Rayder
87. Renilde
88. Riversdale
89. Rota
90. Sarah jayne
91. Sevilla
92. Shirley betty
93. Soudan
94. Stanhope
95. Ster de zee (possibly)
96. Taeping
97. Talvaldis (possibly)
98. Two sisters
99. Uc 49 (probably)
100. Uc 51
101. Uskmoor (probably)
102. Visborg (possibly)
103. W.s.w. one
104. Waikawa (possibly)
105. Warsaw
106. Yvette bm217

 

Name: FARN

Length 112.8 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4393 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1910 by w doxford & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by fargrove steam navigation co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 356 nhp, single shaft. passage london for salonica. torpedoed by ub-31. no lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 5M E BY N FROM START POINT IN APPROX 501527N, 032900W. (WW1SL). H6025/39 22.8.39 H6025/39 22.8.39 WK 21FMS IN 501541N, 032923W. (HMS GLEANER). CHART AS WK 21FMS. - FNM ACTION. H2502/51 H2502/51 LOCATED IN 501541N, 032925W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 46FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO WK 22FMS (40MTRS). BR STD. H2396/77 11.3.77 H2396/77 11.3.77 WK IN 501540N, 032923W USING DECCA. ABOUT 400FT LONG BY SONAR. LYING ABOUT NNE/SSW. NOT DIVED ON. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). NCA. H1309/79 16.10.80 H1309/79 16.10.80 DIVED ON AND IDENTIFIED AS THE 'FARN' FROM BELL WHICH WAS RECOVERED. WK IS UPRIGHT & CENTRAL. SUPERSTRUCTURE & ALL FOR'D OF IT IS COMPLETE. LEAST DEPTH 40MTRS. (A HILLGROVE, 30.9.80). H5982/82 16.2.83 H5982/82 16.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 501535N, 032926W [OGB], USING DECCA, ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H2061/82 13.9.83 H2061/82 13.9.83 EXAM'D 25.3.83 IN 501542N, 032923W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.8 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 15.4MTRS. LIES 170/350DEGS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS HERALD, HI 132). BR STD. 26.4.13 26.4.13 EXAM'D 19.1.13 IN 5015.718N, 0329.454W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.5 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 118.2MTRS, WIDTH 15.1MTRS, HT 12.5MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. UPRIGHT, BOWS SSE. PART OF STERN BROKEN OR SUNK INTO SEABED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SSE

Position: 50 15.718 N,3 29.454 W

 

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