This is the information page about the shipwreck Femke, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.833 N,0 3.402 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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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28. Femke
29. Fermo
30. Fowberry tower (part)
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33. Georgie
34. Georgios
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37. Giuseppe
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63. Lord selborne
64. Lucerne
65. Lutha
66. Lyra (bow section)
67. Magdalyn ann
68. Magnolia (probably)
69. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
70. Marian francis
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105. Windsor (part of)
106. Winga
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108. Xavier
109. Zeemermin

 

Name: FEMKE

Length 50.3 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 407 ton
Load: granular or powdery material,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: sank following collision with mv regent virgo off the bull ltv in fog. passage antwerp for selby. cargo calcium bicarbonate.

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter

Known since: 1978, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H5970/69 25.4.78 H5970/69 25.4.78 POSN 229 DEGS, 2.90M FROM SPURN HIGH LTHO, WHICH GIVES 533248N, 000330E. DRIES 1.5MTRS. MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.6S 1C ENE OF WK. (HULL RADIO, TLX DTD 23.4.69). SALVAGE CONTRACT YET TO BE PLACED. (MR RACKLEY, HUMBER CONSERVANCY BOARD).

- NM 1077(T)/78. 2.5.78 2.5.78 LYING ON STBD SIDE IN 7.4MTRS OF WATER. TO BE SALVAGED. (LL, 29.4.78). NCA. H5970/69 4.5.78 H5970/69 4.5.78 CONFIRMED LYING 229 DEGS, 5380MTRS FROM SPURN HIGH LTHO. (BTDB HUMBER NM 32/78). H5970/69 22.6.78 H5970/69 22.6.78 BUOY AMENDED TO RED CAN, Q R 1C ENE OF WK, AND SECOND SIMILAR BUOY LAID 0.5C NW OF FIRST BUOY. (BTBD NM 43/78). - AMENDING NM 1562/78T ISSUED & NM 2469/78. H5970/69 16.2.79 H5970/69 16.2.79 DEMOLITION OPS USING EXPLOSIVES TO COMMENCE 12.2.79. (BTDB HUMBER NM 15/79). NCA. H5970/69 24.5.79 H5970/69 24.5.79 SECOND RED CAN BUOY REMOVED. (BTBD NM H.35/79). BR STD. H5970/69 24.5.79 H5970/69 24.5.79 DISPOSAL CONTRACT AWARDED BUT OPS CALLED OFF AFTER SOME BLASTING CARRIED OUT, BECAUSE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS. (LL, 22.5.79). NCA. H5970/69 6.7.79 H5970/69 6.7.79 DEMOLITION BLASTING RECOMMENCING 29.6.79. WORK TO CONTINUE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. (BTDB HUMBER NM 46/79). NCA. H5970/69 11.12.79 H5970/69 11.12.79 WORK STILL IN PROGRESS. (BTDB HUMBER NM 54,87/79). 19.5.80 19.5.80 SHOWN AS WK 0.2MTRS ON BTDB 1979 SURVEY [K5557/14]. BR STD. H5970/69 22.5.80 H5970/69 22.5.80 BLASTING OPS TO DISPERSE WK TO TAKE PLACE DURING MAY 1980. (BTDB HUMBER NM 39/80). DISPERSAL OPS CONTINUE. (BTDB HUMBER NM 51/80). NCA. H1270/81 11.5.82 H1270/81 11.5.82 SHOWN AS WK 5.0MTRS IN 533247.5N, 000331.5E ON HUMBER CHART NO.8/1 [1981] CORRECT TO 12.2.82. BR STD. H1270/83 1.2.83 H1270/83 1.2.83 DEMOLITION COMPLETE, LEAST DEPTH 6.0 MTRS. BUOY REMOVED. (HUMBER NM 15/83). BR STD. 4.6.85 4.6.85 NOW SHOWN AS WK 5MTRS ON HUMBER 8/4 [1984 EDN]. BR STD. 29.8.96 29.8.96 SHOWN IN 533248.5N, 000329.5E [OGB] ON HUMBER 8 [EDN 17]. BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH252/400/08 20.1.99 HH252/400/08 20.1.99 NOW IN 5332.815N, 0003.506E [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 6.5MTRS FROM 1986 ANNUAL SURVEY. (ABP HUMBER. LTR DTD 12.1.99). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 32.833 N,0 3.402 E

 

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