This is the information page about the shipwreck Fern (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.856 N,5 46.935 W (53.625166666667, -5.4926666666667)

 

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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. Atika
2. Balthazar
3. Benaiah
4. Bolivar
5. Bolivar (fwd part)(probably)
6. Bydand
7. County of lancaster
8. County of lancaster
9. Cresswell (probably)
10. Dieter
11. Downshire (possibly)
12. Fern (probably)
13. Flying dart
14. Flying hawk
15. Glenorchy (possibly)
16. Hare (probably)
17. Hibernia (possibly)
18. Hms deliverer
19. Hms guide me ii
20. Hms vanguard
21. Innisfallen
22. Leinster
23. Marlay
24. Nellie esplin
25. Noranya
26. Normandiet
27. Peaceful star
28. Polwell (probably)
29. Queen victoria
30. Queen victoria
31. Rose mystique
32. Rose of lough gill
33. Salaminia (probably)
34. Sir charles napier
35. St ibar
36. St michan (possibly)
37. Tayleur
38. Therese emile yvon
39. U-1051
40. Vesper (possibly)
41. W m barkley (possibly)
42. Wisemans

 

Name: FERN (PROBABLY)

Length 54.9 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 444 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1900 by ailsa shipbuilding co ltd, troon. owned at time of loss by laird line ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 120 nhp, single shaft. passage dublin for heysham. torpedoed by u-104. 13 men lost. (sii). torpedoed by u-104.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 78 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: 23.4.18 REPORTED LOST IN POSN 10M E(MAG) FROM BAILEY LT HO. (DUBLIN, 23.4.18). 29.4.18 POSN CONFIRMED BY MASTER. (BOT, 29.4.18). ACCEPTED POSN OF 532500N, 054730W. SUNK 5M E BY N OF KISH LTV. (DODS). H5141/53 14.8.53 INS AS NDWPA. NC 1411. 22.6.78 AMEND TO USCPA 40MTRS. NC 44. H1935/80 7.2.83 EXAM'D 18.11.81 IN 532550N, 054653W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72 IN GEN DEPTH 79MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, APPROX. LYING E/W ON GENTLY SLOPING BANK. GIVES GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). BR STD. H5982/82 8.8.83 FF (SERIOUS DAMAGE) SHOWN IN 532556N, 054646W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS C-PLOT C24, [1983]. SEP 2010/000142275 9.8.11 LOCATED IN 5325.856N, 0546.935W [WGD]. (GSI SURVEY CV10_01, DRAFT REPORT DTD 5.2010). INTACT, ?INVERTED. LENGTH APPROX 80MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. NO DEBRIS. SCOUR MAINLY TO NORTH. AMEND POSN. BR STD. 10.4.14 LEAST M/B DEPTH 74.28 IN GEN DEPTH 78.39MTRS. LENGTH 54.2MTRS, WIDTH 8.2MTRS. (IRISH WK LIST, CV10_01), AMEND WK 74MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?UPRIGHT

Position: 53 25.856 N,5 46.935 W

 

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