This is the information page about the shipwreck Fermo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 35.732 N,0 15.9 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

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. Airdrie (possibly)
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Beaconsfield
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Breitenburg
10. British councillor
11. British prince
12. Briton (possibly)
13. Cadmus
14. Canada
15. Carson
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. City of birmingham
18. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
19. Coastal fort no-1
20. Cook s26
21. Corhampton
22. Corinth (possibly)
23. Cramlington (possibly)
24. Dana (possibly)
25. Daphne ii
26. Dayrian
27. Deerpool (after section)
28. Diana
29. Dido
30. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
31. Dunsany
32. Empress (probably)
33. Ethel (possibly)
34. Exmoor
35. Faunus
36. Femke
37. Fermo
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Francis
40. Fryken
41. Georgie
42. Georgios
43. Gerhardt (possibly)
44. Girl kitty (possibly)
45. Giuseppe
46. Gladeto
47. Gluckauf (possibly)
48. Gothic
49. Grangemouth
50. Harlech
51. Hms benvolio
52. Hms botanic
53. Hms calverton
54. Hms corfield
55. Hms egret
56. Hms mistletoe
57. Hms othello
58. Hms princess victoria
59. Hms remillo
60. Hms silicia
61. Hms strathborve (part)
62. Hms susarion
63. Hms warland (possibly)
64. Hms yorkshire belle
65. Homer
66. Horsted
67. Hvitveis
68. Ightham (possibly)
69. Ionic (probably)
70. J b paddon
71. Jane (possibly)
72. Janet helen (possibly)
73. John and thomas
74. John mowlem
75. John rettig (probably)
76. Kalo (probably)
77. Katina bulgari
78. Kimberley (possibly)
79. Kyma
80. Ladas (possibly)
81. Lancaster (possibly)
82. Laurel (possibly)
83. Lifeguard (possibly)
84. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
85. Lord haig (possibly)
86. Lord haig (possibly)
87. Lottie (possibly)
88. Lucerne
89. Lutha
90. Lyra (bow section)
91. Magdalyn ann
92. Maggie
93. Marian francis
94. Marie l
95. Meeuw
96. Merchiston
97. Modig
98. Modiva (possibly)
99. Monimia (possibly)
100. Nar
101. Nimrod
102. Odessa
103. Ophir ii (possibly)
104. Orsa
105. Otis tetrax
106. Paraciers
107. Peggotty
108. Portia
109. Ravonia (part)
110. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
111. Rayford
112. Reculver
113. Retriever
114. Revello
115. Revi
116. Rhuys
117. Rievaulx abbey
118. Rivaulx
119. River don (part of)(probably)
120. River witham
121. Rivergate
122. Rosebud (possibly)
123. Sagacity
124. Salacon
125. Salmondby
126. Saltoun
127. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
128. Sergei
129. Sota eduardo
130. Stylianos chandris
131. Thessaly
132. Thomas deas
133. Togston (possibly)
134. Triton
135. Umbe
136. Upminster (possibly)
137. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
138. Varangmalm (possibly)
139. Vechstroom
140. Venture (possibly)
141. Violet (probably)
142. Whitemantle (possibly)
143. William hanson
144. Windsor (part of)
145. Winga
146. Xavier
147. Zeemermin

 

Name: FERMO

Length 30.5 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 175 ton

Cause: Built in 1898 by cochrane & cooper ltd, selby. owned at time of loss by ocean steam fishing co, grimsby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 45hp, single shaft. machinery by amos & smith. passage grimsby for fishing & return. sank following a collision with norwegian ss breidablik.

Year of registration: 1961

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1961, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: COLLISION TOOK PLACE 3 MILES NE OF HUMBER OR 533851N, 002512E,APPROX. H1591/28 18.10.61 SWEPT CLEAR 32FT, FOUL 34FT. LEAST E/S 34FT IN 40FT. SCOUR 2FT. WK IS OF VERY SMALL EXTENT. ONLY 40FT N/S. (HMS SCOTT, 18.9.61). INS AS WK 5FMS 2FT.

- NM 2199/61. H6450/68 5.12.68 EXAM'D IN 533543N, 001557E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34FT IN GEN DEPTH 42-43FT. SCOUR 44FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT. BR STD. H2395/73 9.1.74 AMEND TO SW 9.7MTRS. NC 109. H2395/73 9.1.74 EXAM'D IN 533542N, 001559E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.1 IN GEN DEPTH 12.8MTRS. SCOUR 13.2MTRS. AREAS OF SMALL RIDGES ON REASONABLY FLAT SEABED. NOT FOUND BY DCS3. VERY SMALL, STANDS ABOUT 2.7MTRS ABOVE SEABED. LITTLE SIGN OF SCOURING. (HMS ENTERPRISE, K6826/2). H1310/86/9 19.2.86 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS FERMO BY NAME PLATE ON BOW. (S COOPER, 4.2.86). 4.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5335.732N, 0015.900E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.81 IN GEN DEPTH 12.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 28.5MTRS, WIDTH 10.9MTRS, HT 2.79MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. WELL BROKEN, BOILER FORMS THE SHOALEST POINT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). AMEND WK 9.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOILER IS HIGHEST POINT

Position: 53 35.732 N,0 15.9 E

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway