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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Bovey tracy
13. Boy karl
14. British captain
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Cormead
22. Crichtoun
23. Cross sand ltv
24. Denewood
25. Django
26. Dronning maud (possibly)
27. Edernian
28. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
29. El argentino
30. El dorado
31. Excellenz mehnert
32. Fidelio
33. Firth
34. Frumenton
35. Gannet (possibly)
36. Gasfire
37. Gena
38. Geneva
39. George fisher
40. Gipsy (possibly)
41. Girl linda
42. Glen tilt (possibly)
43. Glynn
44. Grenadier (probably)
45. Groenlo
46. Gulf breaker
47. H h petersen
48. Helena
49. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
50. Hms christopher (possibly)
51. Hms condor (probably)
52. Hms dhoon (probably)
53. Hms donside (possibly)
54. Hms evesham (possibly)
55. Hms exmoor
56. Hms fontenoy
57. Hms glen prosen
58. Hms irvana (part of)
59. Hms jessie nutten
60. Hms kaphreda
61. Hms m a west (probably)
62. Hms new comet (possibly)
63. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
64. Hms orthos (probably)
65. Hms pelton (probably)
66. Hms river clyde (possibly)
67. Hms speeton (possibly)
68. Hms spider
69. Hms tettenhall
70. Hms tonbridge
71. Hms tugela
72. Hmsm d5
73. Hornchurch
74. Impulsion
75. Jamesina
76. Kenneth hawksfield
77. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
78. Knitsley (possibly)
79. Kwasind
80. Langeli (possibly)
81. Lapwing
82. Lindisfarne (probably)
83. Lingfield
84. Lisette
85. Mardyke
86. Maria rosa
87. Marianne (probably)
88. Mascota (possibly)
89. Mascotte
90. Memento (possibly)
91. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
92. Merchant
93. Mercurius
94. Mirella
95. Mudo
96. Murdoch (probably)
97. Navarra (possibly)
98. Nereus
99. Newhaven (possibly)
100. Nominoe
101. Nordborg (possibly)
102. Novocastrian
103. Oil trader
104. Otis tarda
105. Petshenga (possibly)
106. Philipp m
107. Pluton
108. Prima
109. Quest
110. Regain
111. Ren
112. Reward (possibly)
113. Rhenas (possibly)
114. Rhineland
115. Robin iv
116. Rochester city
117. Rogate
118. Scimitar
119. Scotia
120. Sea rhine
121. Silksworth hall (probably).
122. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
123. Skodsburg (possibly)
124. Southford
125. St patrick
126. Stad alkmaar
127. Stanmount
128. Sunniside (probably)
129. Taber park
130. Tergestea
131. Thomas m (possibly)
132. Tidal (possibly)
133. Tregantle (possibly)
134. U 13 (probably)
135. Vanguard
136. Viola (possibly)
137. War mehtar
138. War valley
139. Wyetown
140. Yewkyle (possibly)
141. Yewvalley (possibly)
142. 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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