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 (53.569150, 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.

 

1. Ac 9
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amelie-mathilde
4. Amenity
5. Audacity
6. Avalon
7. B o borjesson
8. Bellerophon
9. Benmacdhui
10. Box hill
11. Breitenburg
12. British councillor
13. British prince
14. Briton (possibly)
15. Cadmus
16. Canada
17. Chloris (possibly)
18. City of birmingham
19. Corhampton
20. Corinth (possibly)
21. Cramlington (possibly)
22. Dana (possibly)
23. Daphne ii
24. Dayrian
25. Deerpool (after section)
26. Deerpool (for'd section)
27. Diana
28. Dido
29. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
30. Dunsany
31. Empress (probably)
32. Ethel (possibly)
33. Exmoor
34. Faunus
35. Femke
36. Fermo
37. Fowberry tower (part)
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 cortina
56. Hms dervish
57. Hms egret
58. Hms lormont
59. Hms mistletoe
60. Hms othello
61. Hms princess victoria
62. Hms remillo
63. Hms st cyrus
64. Hms strathborve (part)
65. Hms susarion
66. Hms warland (possibly)
67. Hms yorkshire belle
68. Homer
69. Horsted
70. Ightham (possibly)
71. Ionic (probably)
72. J b paddon
73. Jane (possibly)
74. Janet helen (possibly)
75. John and thomas
76. John mowlem
77. John rettig (probably)
78. Kalo (probably)
79. Katina bulgari
80. Kimberley (possibly)
81. Kyma
82. Ladas (possibly)
83. Lady dinah
84. Lancaster (possibly)
85. Laurel (possibly)
86. Lifeguard (possibly)
87. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
88. Longbenton (probably)
89. Lord haig (possibly)
90. Lord haig (possibly)
91. Lord selborne
92. Lottie (possibly)
93. Lucerne
94. Lutha
95. Lyra (bow section)
96. Magdalyn ann
97. Maggie
98. Magnolia (probably)
99. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
100. Marian francis
101. Marshall (probably)
102. Merchiston
103. Modig
104. Modiva (possibly)
105. Monimia (possibly)
106. Nadod (possibly)
107. Nautilus
108. Nimrod
109. Odessa
110. Ophir ii (possibly)
111. Orsa
112. Otis tetrax
113. Paraciers
114. Portia
115. Ravonia (part)
116. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
117. Rayford
118. Reculver
119. Retriever
120. Revello
121. Revi
122. Rhuys
123. Rievaulx abbey
124. Rivaulx
125. River don (part of)(probably)
126. River witham
127. Rivergate
128. Rosebud (possibly)
129. Sagacity
130. Salacon
131. Salmondby
132. Saltoun
133. Sandra glen
134. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
135. Sota eduardo
136. Stylianos chandris
137. Teano
138. Thessaly
139. Thomas deas
140. Togston (possibly)
141. Triton
142. Umbe
143. Upminster (possibly)
144. Varangmalm (possibly)
145. Vechstroom
146. Venture (possibly)
147. Whitemantle (possibly)
148. William hanson
149. Windsor (part of)
150. Windsor (part of)
151. Winga
152. Xavier
153. Xavier
154. 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

 

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