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 (55.092850, -1.450617)

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.

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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