This is the information page about the shipwreck Fife coast (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.72 N,0 0.267 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Alaska
3. Algiers
4. Alison (possibly)
5. Angry fish
6. Aracataca
7. Ariel
8. Armenier
9. Arno (possibly)
10. Asger ryg
11. Ashford
12. Atlas (probably)
13. Axwell
14. Basil-2
15. Bettann (bow section)
16. Blanefield
17. Braunton
18. Cairndhu
19. Cambrian princess (probably)
20. Candia
21. Carbineer
22. Celtic
23. Charles m
24. City of brisbane
25. City of mexico
26. Cuba
27. D144 (possibly).
28. Dagana
29. Del rio
30. Devon coast
31. Donegal (possibly)
32. Duke of buccleuch
33. Eduard (possibly)
34. Elford
35. F/v joanna c
36. Fife coast (possibly)
37. Flag theofano
38. Fort yale
39. Fpt iv
40. Frode
41. Fulham vii (probably)
42. Gartland
43. Gascony
44. George sutton
45. Gerarda
46. Germa geisha
47. Giuseppina accame
48. Glenlee
49. Hedwig lunstedt
50. Highland corrie
51. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
52. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
53. Hmcs alberni
54. Hms apley (possibly)
55. Hms avanturine
56. Hms borneo
57. Hms evadne (possibly)
58. Hms hazardous
59. Hms implacable
60. Hms lancer ii
61. Hms moldavia
62. Hms northcoates
63. Hms ocean sunlight
64. Hms pine
65. Hms prince leopold
66. Hms sapper
67. Hms taipo
68. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
69. Hmsm a1
70. Holme force (possibly)
71. Indiana
72. Inger (possibly)
73. Jaffa
74. Joseph roberts (possibly)
75. Lalen mendi
76. Leven (possibly)
77. Lightfoot (possibly)
78. Lola (possibly)
79. Lowmount
80. Marga
81. Marie marguerite (possibly)
82. Mill gate (probably)
83. Mira
84. Mohlenpris (possibly)
85. Molesey (possibly)
86. Montecrana (possibly)
87. Mount stuart
88. Mv adur valley?
89. Newent
90. Noordster
91. Ny-eeasteyr
92. Nyon
93. Petit forban
94. Polandia (possibly)
95. Porthkerry
96. Quail
97. Ramsgarth
98. Ramsholm (possibly)
99. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
100. Saint andre (probably)
101. Saint enogat
102. Saint ronaig
103. Seven seas (possibly)
104. Shirala
105. Sines (possibly)
106. Spearfish
107. Stanhope
108. Stanwold
109. Stavros (possibly)
110. T r thompson
111. Teelin head
112. U 1195
113. U 275 (probably)
114. U 40 (possibly)
115. U 86 (formerly)
116. U 86 (possibly)
117. Ub 130
118. Ub 81
119. Vasco
120. Venus
121. Vesuvio (possibly)
122. Vigda
123. War helmet
124. Zaanstroom

 

Name: FIFE COAST (POSSIBLY)

Length 41.5 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 367 ton
Load: granular or powdery material

Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german e-boat 15m w of beachy head whilst on passage london for falmouth and plymouth. 11 lives lost. (ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H0807/40 20.8.40 SUNK 10-15MILES W OF BEACHY HEAD. (WW2SL). GIVES APPROX POSN 503500N, 000030E. H2979/74 11.5.76 WK IN 503458N, 000032E. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES, 13.4.76). 8.1.79 INS AS NDW. NE 1652. H2330/84 24.7.85 WK EXAM'D 5.5.85 IN 503441N, 000019E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.6 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LYING 250/070DEGS WITH BOWS W. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240A). AMEND TO WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/86/10 EXAM'D MAY 1984. HEIGHT 11MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES). NCA. H2350/85 17.2.87 LOCATED 1.8.86. POSN CONFIRMED. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (NP 1008, HI 317B). NCA. HH100/351/05 26.6.92 LOCATED IN 503437N, 000021E. POSN BY DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). NCA. 24.4.14 EXAM'D 4.3.14 IN 5034.720N, 0000.267E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.90 IN GEN DEPTH 58.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 70.6MTRS, WIDTH 16.6MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED TOWARDS BOW. (NETSURVEY, HI 1435). BOWS SWS, COLLAPSED AFT OF BOW. AMEND WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS WSW, COLLAPSED AFT OF BOW

Position: 50 34.72 N,0 0.267 E

 

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