This is the information page about the shipwreck Ferruccio, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 28.177 N,0 26.048 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amulet
5. Anboto mendi (possibly)
6. Angelo rose
7. Ard aidhm
8. Ardens (probably)
9. Ardgantoch
10. Athos
11. Aucuba (possibly)
12. Audax
13. Avance (probably)
14. Balfron (probably)
15. Ballater
16. Ballogie
17. Battersea
18. Beaumanoir (probably)
19. Berwick (possibly)
20. Black prince (possibly)
21. Bonhomme richard
22. Botha (possibly)
23. Brentwood
24. Bur
25. Cap palos (part of)
26. Castleford (probably)
27. Commercial
28. Constantia
29. Corsican prince
30. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
31. Creteblock
32. Crimdon (possibly)
33. Defiant
34. Deptford
35. Disperser
36. Doris burton (probably)
37. Eaglescliffe (probably)
38. Earl percy
39. Eli
40. Ellida (probably)
41. Erich lea
42. Ferruccio
43. Florence (possibly)
44. Florentia
45. Fred everard
46. Garthwaite
47. Gem (bow section)
48. Gem (stern section)
49. Gimle
50. Glamorganbrook
51. Glengarry (probably)
52. Glow (part of) (possibly)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Gwalia (possibly)
55. Hannah
56. Harrow (probably)
57. Hercules
58. Hercules
59. Highgate
60. Hms banyers
61. Hms desire (possibly)
62. Hms desire (possibly)
63. Hms dromio
64. Hms garmo (probably)
65. Hms locheil
66. Hms lord ridley
67. Hms swallow
68. Hms thalia
69. Hornsund (probably)
70. Houghton
71. Hurstwood
72. Jane
73. Jerv
74. Lady ann
75. Lady helen
76. Lampada (probably)
77. Lanthorn
78. Leersum (probably)
79. Lerwick (probably)
80. Linaria (probably)
81. London
82. Lowtyne (possibly)
83. Lucy
84. M c holm
85. Madame renee
86. Manx queen
87. Marchioness of londonderry
88. Marie stuart
89. Martina
90. Melanie (probably)
91. Membland (possibly)
92. Merrie islington
93. Modemi (possibly)
94. Mongolian
95. Moorlands
96. Moorwood (possibly)
97. Namorado field jacket
98. Norenda (possibly)
99. Norhilda
100. Novillo
101. Oakwell
102. Pandora
103. Paul
104. Phare (probably)
105. Philander (probably)
106. Polanna
107. Polruan
108. Princess olga (possibly)
109. Quaggy (probably)
110. Rema
111. Rikard nordraak
112. Runswick
113. Rutil
114. Saint ninian
115. Sapphire (probably)
116. Sarah thinnesen
117. Seistan
118. Sir francis
119. Sixty-six
120. Skane
121. Sna ii
122. Southborough
123. Springhill
124. Sumus (probably)
125. Suntrap (probably)
126. Tangistan
127. Taurus (probably)
128. Ub 30
129. Ub 41
130. Ub 75
131. Uc 70
132. Vaaren
133. Vaaren (possibly)
134. Victo (bow section)
135. Victo (stern section)
136. Victoria (probably)
137. Wallsend
138. Westowrie
139. Woodstock (bow section)
140. Woodstock (stern section)
141. Zeepaard

 

Name: FERRUCCIO

Length 88.4 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 2192 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex- teutonia, ex- hermine, ex- maria vittoria, ex- cicerone, built 1881 by schlesinger, davis & co., wallsend, newcastle, with steam compound engine of 228nhp, 2 boilers, single shaft. owned at time of loss by f di grossi. passage sunderland for savona. torpedoed & sunk by german submarine ub 34. 1 of 28 crew lost. (dods, ww1sl, ll ww1, shipwrecks of the ne coast, wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161214

Details measurements/cartography: H4908/79 23.7.80 SUNK OFF ROBIN HOOD BAY WHILE ON PASSAGE SUNDERLAND TO SAVONA. (A C CROTHALL, 22.5.80). NCA. H4069/72 4.12.75 WK LOCATED IN 542812N, 002536W. POSN BY DECCA. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). INS AS WK USC 20MTRS.

- NM BLOCK. H5103/83 12.9.86 4 FASTENERS BETWEEN 542812N, 002536W AND 542845N, 002543W. (KINGFISHER OBSTN BOOKLET: WHITBY AREA). H6331/87 25.1.89 EXAM'D 21.5.88 IN 542811N, 002555W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.0 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.4MTRS. LIES NE/SW IN TWO PARTS SEPARATED BY ABOUT 10MTRS. THE LARGER SW PART IS 65MTRS LONG AND THE SMALLER IS 30MTRS LONG. HAS SEVERAL HIGH POINTS - THE HIGHEST, PROBABLY A MAST, IS ON LARGER SECTION NEAR THE BREAK. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO WK 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 30.8.01 EUT POSN: 5428.194N, 0026.019W. NE 129. 17.4.09 WRECK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FURRUCIO [NAME GIVEN AS FERRUCIO ON WRECKSITE.EU]. IDENTITY BASED ON MATCHING MACHINERY, LENGTH, POSN OF LOSS & ARTEFACTS RECOVERED. UNINSCRIBED SHIP'S BOW BELL RECOVERED BY A JACKSON IN 1996. A PORT HOLE MADE IN NEWCASTLE OF THE TYPE USED BY BUILDERS SCHESINGER, DAVIS & CO., WALLSEND, NEWCASTLE ALSO RECOVERED. (C RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 14.4.09 & WRECKSITE.EU) SEP 2017/000002822 24.5.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16 IN 5428.177N, 0026.048W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.82MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. LENGTH 101.1MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 7.03MTRS, ORIENTATION 040/220 DEGS. WK UPRIGHT IN TWO PARTS, TWO BOILERS AND ENGINE LOCATED MIDSHIPS. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 28.177 N,0 26.048 W

 

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