Wreck: Filleigh (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Filleigh, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 21.328 N,1 41.938 E (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: FILLEIGH

Length 121.9 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4856 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,minerals

Cause: vessel, built in 1928 by w pickersgill & sons and owned at the time of loss by atlantic shipping & trading co., was torpedoed & sunk by german submarine 10m ene of north foreland whilst on voyage london to antwerp. 5 lives lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 23 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20180219

Details measurements/cartography: H2560/45 18.6.45 WK IN 512039N, 014426E USING BEARING & DISTANCE. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR 44FT. (ST TUDNO, 1.5.45). CHART AS WK 7FMS 2FT.

- NM 1666/45. H932/53 22.6.59 LOCATED BY A/S IN 512116N, 014204E USING DECCA. GOOD CONTACT GAVE AN UNMISTAKEABLE WK ECHO DEPTH 11FMS, LEAST E/S DEPTH 17FMS IN GENERAL DEPTH 27FMS. SCOUR 29FMS. SEA BED VERY LARGE SPIKES SAND, CLAY & SHELLS. (HMS FRANKLIN, 1.12.52). NCA UNTIL SWEPT. H4988/71 3.1.72 WK IN 512115N, 014209E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 31.8MTRS, FOUL 31.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. SCOUR 2.0MTRS, 420FT LONG & APPEARS TO BE 130FT WIDE, GENERAL DIRN 022/202DEGS. HIGHEST POINT APPROX MIDSHIPS. (HMS FAWN, H525 NO 4/71). AMENDED TO SW 32MTRS [17FMS] IN 512110N, 014210E [OGB]. LC 1895. 10.11.76 OBSTN SHOWN IN 512119N, 014203E [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART KE 151-2 [JULY 1968 EDN]. POSN BY DECCA. NCA. H1270/81 27.1.83 AMENDED TO SW 31.8 MTRS. R/P. HH090/610/01 3.3.95 EXAM'D 1.12.94 IN 512119.0N, 014156.2E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.7 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. NO DCS3 HEIGHT. LENGTH 140MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 020/200DEGS. WK IS LARGELY INTACT WITH A FEW PIECES OF SMALL DEBRIS CLOSE BY. NO SHADOW OBTAINED BY DCS3. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 610). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. HH090/707/01 9.7.96 EXAM'D 20.4.96 IN 512119.9N, 014156.4E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 34.9, FOUL 35.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.0 IN GEN DEPTH 49-51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 13.0MTRS. LENGTH 111MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS. LIES 017/197DEGS. GIVES EXCELLENT SONAR RETURNS. SUPERSTRUCTURE IS WELL DEFINED. UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 707). AMEND TO SW 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2018/000061842 18.7.18 EXAM'D 19.02.18; WK LOCATED IN 5121.328N, 0141.938E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.92MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS, LENGTH 115.7MTRS, WIDTH 17.4MTRS, HEIGHT 15.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 023/203DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 34MTRS, 1.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 197 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1519). AMEND NDW 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 21.328 N,1 41.938 E

 

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