This is the information page about the shipwreck Ferryhill, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 5.571 N,1 27.037 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Albano
3. Azira
4. Balzac
5. Bangarth
6. Blairhall
7. Blue dawn
8. British officer (after part)
9. Bullger
10. Cairnglen
11. Carmarthen coast
12. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
13. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
14. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
15. Coquet mouth
16. Denham (probably)
17. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
18. Don (possibly)
19. Dora
20. Driebergen
21. Dutchman
22. Eagle iii
23. Elziena (possibly)
24. Espire
25. Eston
26. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
27. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
28. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
29. Eventide
30. Fenella
31. Ferryhill
32. Fingal
33. Firelight (possibly)
34. General havelock
35. Gran
36. Grit
37. Gudbrand (possibly)
38. H c flood (probably)
39. Hanne
40. Hebble (probably)
41. Hekla (possibly)
42. Helvetia (possibly)
43. Hercules
44. Heros (possibly)
45. Hmms 180
46. Hms ben ardna (probably)
47. Hms elise
48. Hms elise (possibly)
49. Hms ethel taylor
50. Hms herring
51. Hms james ludford
52. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
53. Hms southsea
54. Hms star of devoran
55. Hms summer rose
56. Hms william hallet (possibly)
57. Hms witherington
58. Hmsm unity (probably)
59. Hogarth
60. Hornchurch (probably)
61. Humber
62. Ilios (possibly)
63. Ilious
64. Intent
65. Invergyle
66. Inverlane (part of)
67. Inverlane (stern section)
68. Jenny m (possibly)
69. Jolly girls
70. Jolly girls (possibly)
71. Jonkoping i (possibly)
72. Kalua
73. Kamma
74. Lafonia
75. Linden (probably)
76. Llwyngwair (possibly)
77. Loch-na-gar (probably)
78. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
79. Longbird
80. Lyng
81. Maindy bridge (possibly)
82. Marcheller (possibly)
83. Marne (part of)(possibly)
84. Mars
85. Mayoress pelican
86. Nike (possibly)
87. Nyula
88. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
89. Orion (probably)
90. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
91. Polleon (possibly)
92. Poltava (possibly)
93. Povena
94. Presto (possibly)
95. Presto (possibly)
96. Princess maud (possibly)
97. Protector (possibly)
98. Providence
99. Provider a
100. Prunelle
101. Queen wilhelmina
102. Quillota
103. Ragnhild (possibly)
104. Ragni (probably)
105. Ravensbourne (possibly)
106. Recorder (possibly)
107. Regian
108. Renen
109. Rfa creosol
110. Richard de larrinaga
111. Rio colorado
112. Rising sun
113. Rosa (possibly)
114. Rotha
115. Saga (possibly)
116. Sargasso (possibly)
117. Scott miller
118. Snowdrop (possibly)
119. Spey (possibly)
120. Spray
121. Stag 5 (probably)
122. Staithes (possibly)
123. Strinheim
124. Sunniva (possibly)
125. Svava
126. Swiftly
127. Teal (probably)
128. Thames (probably)
129. The stewarts court (probably)
130. The tetrarch (probably)
131. Ub 115 (possibly)
132. Uc 32 (probably)
133. Upcerne
134. Vianna (possibly)
135. Vianna (probably)
136. Wearsider
137. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: FERRYHILL

Length 67.4 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1086 ton
Load: coal

Cause: mined on voyage blyth to aberdeen. 11 lives lost.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H0144/40 2.2.40 SUNK IN POSN 353.5 DEGS, 1.43 MILES ST MARYS ISLE LT. (CINC ROSYTH). INSAS DWPA. - FNM 295/40. H0144/40 30.4.40 INS AS DWPA.

- NM 1085/40. H0144/40 1.4.43 AMENDED TO WK 6FMS 3FT IN 550540N, 012656W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 671/43. H5667/52 AMENDED TO WK 6FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1191 H(W)0202/50 31.8.55 WK DISPERSED INTO NUMBER OF PARTS. (HMS SHACKLETON, REPORT DTD 21.5.55). AMENDED TO WK 6FMS 2FT.

- NM 1800/55. H2433/71 22.4.71 NOT LOCATED DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (ISS, HI 9/70). H2433/71 29.3.72 CLOSE SOUNDED. NOTHING FOUND EXCEPT SEVERAL SMALL PEAKS ABOUT 1MTR HIGH. (HMS ECHO H525 NO 8/71). AMENDED TO FOUL.

- NM 695/72. HH090/796/01 7.1.99 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMENDED TO DEAD. BR STD. SEP 2019/000043627 24.3.19 EXAM’D 24.3.19 IN 5505.571N, 0127.037W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.44MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. LENGTH 56.1MTRS, WIDTH 21.5MTRS, HT 1.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 090/270DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 6MTRS, WIDTH 68.9MTRS, 0.2MTRS DEEP TOWARD 091DEGS. LARGE LINEAR DEBRIS FIELD. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND OBSTN 16.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE LINEAR DEBRIS FIELD

Position: 55 5.571 N,1 27.037 W

 

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