This is the information page about the shipwreck Fermain (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.343 N,0 52.943 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Andarina
3. Argo
4. Baron ailsa
5. Blue ballard
6. Burgos
7. Capitaine edmond laborie
8. Carrier
9. Catford
10. Cecil (possibly)
11. Chatwood (possibly)
12. Corland
13. Deodata
14. Euterpe (probably)
15. Fane
16. Fermain (possibly)
17. Fireglow
18. Fittonia (possibly)
19. Flashlight (probably)
20. Flourish
21. Giorgio ohlsen
22. Harden
23. Hms cape spartel (probably)
24. Hms cobra
25. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
26. Hms kos xvi (probably)
27. Hms linsdell
28. Hms pintail
29. Hms queenworth
30. Hms speedy (probably)
31. Hms st donats
32. Inge marguerite (possibly)
33. Jersey (probably)
34. Keynes
35. Konstantinos hadjipateras
36. La combattante (stern section)
37. Larchwood (possibly)
38. Lightship no 83
39. Lindy sue
40. Lismore
41. London
42. Magnolia
43. Marie dawn
44. Matanuska (probably)
45. Nieuwland
46. Norfolk (possibly)
47. Norman
48. Ogono
49. Onesta
50. P.l.m. 25
51. Pacific
52. Petroswift
53. Pilsudski
54. Polzella (possibly)
55. Rado (possibly)
56. Rebono (probably)
57. Revigo (possibly)
58. Rochester (possibly)
59. Royal scott
60. Royston
61. Schieland
62. Schieland (possibly)
63. Scotia (possibly)
64. Scotia (possibly)
65. Sea gem
66. Sea pearl
67. Shepherd lad
68. Sioux (probably)
69. Siri maria
70. Trignac (possibly)
71. Vereingte (possibly)
72. Victoria
73. Virginian
74. Welsh prince
75. William balls (probably)
76. Zor

 

Name: FERMAIN (POSSIBLY)

Length 55.4 meter, width: 8.6 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 759 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-nero '33, ex-jan borremansche. built in 1920 by wed c boele & zonen, slikkerveer. owned at time of loss by o dorey & sons ltd & others. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 63hp, single shaft. passage sunderland for cowes, iow. cargo coal. bombed and sunk by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 340 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H01300/41 16.7.41 SUNK IN POSN 325 DEG, 3 MILES FROM 62 BUOY IN 12FMS. (FO HUMBER, 2.4.41). INS AS NDW 533700N, 005334E.

- NM 1636/41. 26.9.72 AMEND TO USC 15MTRS. NC 107. H1270/73 3.11.78 BOW SECTION ONLY. SEEMS TO BE FROM A LARGER VESSEL. (E KIRKPARTRICK, HUMBER DIVERS, TELECON 24.10.78). H4465/81 18.11.83 EXAM'D 13.7.82 IN 533620N, 005304E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.9, FOUL AT 16.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.3 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. A SHARP CONTACT, BUT WITH NO DETERMINABLE SHAPE. ABOUT 4MTRS LONG BUT EVIDENCE OF SCATTERED DEBRIS 40MTRS TO THE NW AND DIRECTLY TO THE EAST. ORIENTATION FROM CLOSE SOUNDING APPEARS TO BE 160/340 DEGS. LIES IN AN AREA OF SANDWAVES 3MTRS HIGH. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 74). BR STD. HH100/351/05 12.6.92 DIVED ON. INTACT BOWS LYING ON STBD SIDE. A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY IS THE ENGINE ROOM. HAS TWO LARGE BOILERS AND ENGINE LAID OVER TO PORT. AFT OF ENGINE ROOM WELL BROKEN AND BURIED. SEEMS TO BE THE REMAINS OF A LARGER VESSEL THAN THE FERMAIN. (R J COLLINSON, 8.6.92). 4.10.93 WRECK, THOUGHT TO BE 'FERMAIN', SHOWN CLOSE NE IN 533652N, 005336E ON KINGFISHER ICES 4B-82 [1992 EDN]. NCA. SEP 2019/000300377 16.12.19 EXAM'D 9.7.19 IN 5336.343N 0052.943N [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 18.45 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22 MTRS, HT 4.3 MTRS, LENGTH 68.4 MTRS, WIDTH 11 MTRS. COLLAPSED WRECK, BURIED, VISIBLE CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1596). AMEND DW 18.4 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, WELL BROKEN AND BURIED, IN AREA OF SANDWAVES

Position: 53 36.343 N,0 52.943 E

 

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