This is the information page about the shipwreck Fertile, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 34.437 N,1 31.133 E (59.524266666667, 1.4055833333333)

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: FERTILE

Length 22.3 meter, tonnage 68 ton

Cause: reported taking on water in fishroom. pump supplied by grampian defender failed to work. vessel eventually sank.

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 110 meter

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3227/78 18.5.81 SANK IN POSN 343DEGS, 1.8M FROM BERYL A PLATFORM. (MRCC ABERDEEN TLX DTD 23.4.81). PLOTS IN 593430N, 013112E [EUR]. INS AS WK USC 95MTRS (TONNAGE KNOWN). BR STD. H4106/87 8.10.87 SHOWN IN 513428N, 013114E [EUR]. POSN DESCRIBED AS APPROX ON MOBIL N SEA, LOCATION PLAN, MNA 10/42/072 DTD 1.6.87. AMEND POSN AND AMEND TO PA. HH254/446/01 17.10.89 ALTHOUGH POSN OF SINKING WAS WELL RECORDED, THIS WK HAS NOT BEEN FOUND DURING SUBSEQUENT SURVEYS. (MOBIL N SEA LTD, 27.7.89). NCA YET. HH254/444/01 7.11.91 SHOWN AS 593427.7N, 013114E APPROX [EUR] ON BERYL AREA LAYOUT CHART [AUG 1991]. NCA. [WGD] POSN: 5934.437N, 0131.133E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL

Position: 59 34.437 N,1 31.133 E

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