Wreck: Fawn (probably) (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Fawn (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 47.324 N,1 6.549 W (54.788733, -1.109150)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: FAWN (PROBABLY)
Length 32.7 meter, width: 6.4 meter
Cause: 11.6.16 built in 1898 by cook,welton & gemmel at hull. owned by the thomas e fisher & henry morris co ltd of grimsby. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 50 hp for 10 knots. single shaft. machinery by amos & smith. sold 11.6.16 to henry croft baker, on 26.4.17 to john green. in 1918 was requisitioned by the rn and posted to the fishery reserve. returned in 1919. posted missing on 24.8.19. presumed mined and lost with all hands.
Year of registration: 1988
Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm
Known since: 1988, last detected: 2000
Details measurements/cartography: H6330/87 15.7.88 H6330/87 15.7.88 WK 40.0MTRS IN 544719N, 010627W [OGB]. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, TELEX 19.6.88, HI 414A). NCA YET. H6330/87 14.11.88 H6330/87 14.11.88 EXAM'D 5.9.88 IN 544719N, 010627W [OGB] TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 39.2, FOUL AT 39.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.0 IN GEN DEPTH 42.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.5MTRS, LENGTH 11MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. SMALL CONTACT APPARENTLY LYING 140/320 DEG, WITH NO REGULAR SHAPE AND PARTLY BURIED IN MUD. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). BR STD. HH100/351/16 20.6.00 HH100/351/16 20.6.00 WK IS TOTALLY COLLAPSED, PARTIALLY BURIED AND WELL BROKEN UP. THE ENGINE AND BOILER ARE EXPOSED TO THE STRONG TIDAL STREAMS. SECTION OF THE BOWS REMAINS, THE REST IS A MOUND OF TWISTED BROKEN MACHINERY, WINCHES AND STEEL PLATES. BELIEVED TO BE BE FAWN. (R YOUNG).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, BROKEN UP & PARTLY BURIED
Position: 54 47.324 N,1 6.549 W
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