This is the information page about the shipwreck Fidelio, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 26.532 N,2 4.064 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Astrologer
6. Atle
7. Avonwood
8. Axminster (probably)
9. Barkis
10. Begona no 5
11. Bob read (probably)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. British captain
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Db 8 (possibly)
26. Denewood
27. Django
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Edernian
30. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
31. El argentino
32. El dorado
33. Elnet
34. Excellenz mehnert
35. Fidelio
36. Firth
37. Frumenton
38. G and e (possibly)
39. Gannet (possibly)
40. Gasfire
41. Gena
42. Geneva
43. George fisher
44. Gipsy (possibly)
45. Girl linda
46. Glen tilt (possibly)
47. Glynn
48. Grenadier (probably)
49. Groenlo
50. Gulf breaker
51. H h petersen
52. Helena
53. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
54. Hms cantatrice
55. Hms christopher (possibly)
56. Hms condor (probably)
57. Hms dhoon (probably)
58. Hms donside (possibly)
59. Hms evesham (possibly)
60. Hms exmoor
61. Hms fontenoy
62. Hms glen prosen
63. Hms irvana (part of)
64. Hms jessie nutten
65. Hms kaphreda
66. Hms m a west (probably)
67. Hms new comet (possibly)
68. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
69. Hms orthos (probably)
70. Hms pelton (probably)
71. Hms river clyde (possibly)
72. Hms speeton (possibly)
73. Hms spider
74. Hms tettenhall
75. Hms tonbridge
76. Hms tugela
77. Hmsm d5
78. Hornchurch
79. Impulsion
80. Jamesina
81. Kenneth hawksfield
82. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
83. Knitsley (possibly)
84. Kwasind
85. Langeli (possibly)
86. Lapwing
87. Lapwing (possibly)
88. Lindisfarne (probably)
89. Lingfield
90. Lisette
91. Mardyke
92. Maria rosa
93. Marianne (probably)
94. Mascota (possibly)
95. Mascotte
96. Memento (possibly)
97. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
98. Merchant
99. Mercurius
100. Mirella
101. Mudo
102. Murdoch (probably)
103. Navarra (possibly)
104. Nereus
105. Newhaven (possibly)
106. Nominoe
107. Nordborg (possibly)
108. Novocastrian
109. Oil trader
110. Otis tarda
111. Petshenga (possibly)
112. Philipp m
113. Pluton
114. Prima
115. Quest
116. Regain
117. Ren
118. Reward (possibly)
119. Rhenas (possibly)
120. Rhineland
121. Robin iv
122. Rochester city
123. Rogate
124. Scimitar
125. Scotia
126. Sea rhine
127. Silksworth hall (probably).
128. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
129. Skodsburg (possibly)
130. Southford
131. St patrick
132. Stad alkmaar
133. Stanmount
134. Sunniside (probably)
135. Taber park
136. Tergestea
137. Thomas m (possibly)
138. Tidal (possibly)
139. Tregantle (possibly)
140. Tunisiana
141. U 13 (probably)
142. Uc 62 (possibly)
143. Vanguard
144. Viola (possibly)
145. War mehtar
146. War valley
147. Wyetown
148. Yewkyle (possibly)
149. Yewvalley (possibly)
150. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: FIDELIO

Length 81.1 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1843 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: vessel, built 1930, was torpedoed & sunk by german e-boat off great yarmouth, whilst en-route london for tyne. owned at time of loss by a/s fidelio.

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 23 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 20170314

Details measurements/cartography: H03759/43 27.5.43 WK 12FMS IN 522632N, 020410E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). INS AS WK 12FMS.

- NM 1092/43. H0268/40 6.9.48 POSN NOW 522600N, 020446E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). AMEND POSN.

- NM 1999/48. H3730/69 2.6.69 EXAM'D IN 522634N, 020407E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPT 85FT IN GEN DEPTH 98FT. SCOUR 119FT. (HMS BULLDOG, 15.5.69). AMEND TO WK 14FMS. BR STD. H4398/71 16.9.71 EXAM'D IN 522627N, 020408E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.2MTRS IN 33.5MTRS. LIES N/S. LITTLE OR NO SCOUR. (HMS EGERIA). AMEND TO WK 12FMS. BR STD. H4629/71 21.12.71 STANDING UPRIGHT. BOWS BADLY SMASHED. HULL INTACT. BRIDGE IN STATE OF COLLAPSE. HEAVILY FESTOONED WITH NETS. (E GILES, 22.11.71). H4629/71 20.1.72 BASE OF BRIDGE STILL INTACT. PECULIAR SANDBANK TO E, APPROX SAME SIZE AS WK & 15FT HIGH, APPROX 450 YDS FROM WK. (E GILES, 9.1.72). 5.4.72 AMEND TO WK 22MTRS. NC 1543. 22.11.72 SHOWN IN 522606N, 020430E [EUR] ON NETH FISHERIES 1954 [REC'D 7.11.72]. H4004/73 11.9.73 EXAM'D IN 522627N, 020408E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27MTRS IN 34MTRS. SCOUR 36MTRS. SEABED SHINGLE & SAND. LARGE WK, LYING 010/190, 190MTRS LONG. SLIGHT SCOUR ON NW SIDE. DIVERS REPORT: VIS. 2FT. WRECK FAIRLY INTACT, PROBABLY LYING ON KEEL WITH SLIGHT LIST. (HMS EGERIA). HH090/616/01 15.12.94 EXAM'D 6.7.94 IN 522630.41N, 020410.17E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 21.8, FOUL 22.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.6 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.0MTRS. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. LIES 024/204 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. HATCHES VISIBLE ON DCS3 RECORD. (GARDLINE, HI 616). SEP 2017/000067039 7.8.17 EXAM'D 14.3.17: IN 5226.532N, 0204.064E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.35MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS, LENGTH 80.9MTRS, WIDTH 13.9MTRS, HEIGHT 8MTRS, ORIENTATION 023/203 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 120.6MTRS, 1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 013 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 26.532 N,2 4.064 E

 

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