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 (54.346066666667, -0.12708333333333)

 

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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. Amsteldam
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Angelo rose
8. Ard aidhm
9. Ardens (probably)
10. Ardgantoch
11. Athos
12. Aucuba (possibly)
13. Audax
14. Avance (probably)
15. Balfron (probably)
16. Ballater
17. Ballogie
18. Battersea
19. Beaumanoir (probably)
20. Berwick (possibly)
21. Black prince (possibly)
22. Bonhomme richard
23. Botha (possibly)
24. Brentwood
25. Bur
26. Cap palos (part of)
27. Castleford (probably)
28. Commercial
29. Constantia
30. Corsican prince
31. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
32. Creteblock
33. Crimdon (possibly)
34. Defiant
35. Deptford
36. Disperser
37. Doris burton (probably)
38. Eaglescliffe (probably)
39. Earl percy
40. Eli
41. Ellida (probably)
42. Erich lea
43. Ferruccio
44. Florence (possibly)
45. Florentia
46. Fred everard
47. Garthwaite
48. Gem (bow section)
49. Gem (stern section)
50. Gimle
51. Glamorganbrook
52. Glengarry (probably)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Glow (part of) (possibly)
55. Gwalia (possibly)
56. Hannah
57. Harrow (probably)
58. Hercules
59. Hercules
60. Highgate
61. Hms banyers
62. Hms desire (possibly)
63. Hms desire (possibly)
64. Hms dromio
65. Hms garmo (probably)
66. Hms locheil
67. Hms lord ridley
68. Hms swallow
69. Hms thalia
70. Hornsund (probably)
71. Houghton
72. Hurstwood
73. Jane
74. Jerv
75. Lady ann
76. Lady helen
77. Lampada (probably)
78. Lanthorn
79. Leersum (probably)
80. Lerwick (probably)
81. Linaria (probably)
82. London
83. Lowtyne (possibly)
84. Lucy
85. M c holm
86. Madame renee
87. Manx queen
88. Marchioness of londonderry
89. Marie stuart
90. Martina
91. Melanie (probably)
92. Membland (possibly)
93. Merrie islington
94. Modemi (possibly)
95. Mongolian
96. Moorlands
97. Moorwood (possibly)
98. Namorado field jacket
99. Norenda (possibly)
100. Norhilda
101. Novillo
102. Oakwell
103. Onslow
104. Pandora
105. Paul
106. Phare (probably)
107. Philander (probably)
108. Polanna
109. Polruan
110. Princess olga (possibly)
111. Quaggy (probably)
112. Rema
113. Rikard nordraak
114. Runswick
115. Rutil
116. Saint ninian
117. Sapphire (probably)
118. Sarah thinnesen
119. Scotia
120. Seistan
121. Sir francis
122. Sixty-six
123. Skane
124. Sna ii
125. Southborough
126. Springhill
127. Sumus (probably)
128. Suntrap (probably)
129. Tangistan
130. Taurus (probably)
131. Trelyon
132. Ub 30
133. Ub 41
134. Ub 75
135. Uc 70
136. Vaaren
137. Vaaren (possibly)
138. Victo (bow section)
139. Victo (stern section)
140. Victoria (probably)
141. Wallsend
142. Westowrie
143. Woodstock (bow section)
144. Woodstock (stern section)
145. 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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