This is the information page about the shipwreck Fingal, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 20.72 N,1 20.562 W (55.295866666667, -1.17345)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Ada jean (possibly)
3. Albano
4. Alert (possibly)
5. Annie walker (probably)
6. Athelduke
7. Auckland castle
8. Baltanglia
9. Bangarth
10. Buka
11. Bullger
12. Chris christenson
13. Coquet mouth
14. Cor jesu (possibly)
15. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
16. Don (possibly)
17. Dora
18. Driebergen
19. Dutchman
20. Elziena
21. Elziena (possibly)
22. Espire
23. Eston
24. Ferryhill
25. Fingal
26. George and mary (possibly)
27. Gottfried (possibly)
28. Gudbrand (possibly)
29. Hanne
30. Hans hoth (probably)
31. Hazard (probably)
32. Heros (possibly)
33. Hesvik (possibly)
34. Hms ascot
35. Hms elise
36. Hms elise (possibly)
37. Hms herring
38. Hms james ludford
39. Hms kopanes
40. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
41. Hms patia
42. Hms william hallet (possibly)
43. Hmsm unity (probably)
44. Hooghammen
45. Hornchurch (probably)
46. Igor
47. Invergyle
48. Isbul & margarit
49. Jan van ryswyck
50. John m smart (possibly).
51. Kamma
52. Lafonia
53. Longbird
54. Lunesdale (possibly)
55. Mars
56. Merwede
57. Morlaix (probably)
58. Nidelven
59. Nike (possibly)
60. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
61. Peik (probably)
62. Pluto
63. Polleon (possibly)
64. Princess maud (possibly)
65. Provider a
66. Prunelle
67. Queen wilhelmina
68. Quest (probably)
69. Ragnhild (possibly)
70. Recorder (possibly)
71. Regian
72. Rising sun
73. Skovdal (probably)
74. Snowdonia
75. Somali
76. Spey (possibly)
77. Sphynx
78. Spray
79. St andre
80. St fergus
81. Strinheim
82. Svava
83. Tadorne
84. The tetrarch (probably)
85. Thomas jackson (possibly)
86. Tioga
87. Triumph
88. U 1274
89. Ub 115 (possibly)
90. Upcerne
91. Wearsider

 

Name: FINGAL

Length 85.3 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1562 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1894 by thompson & co. owned at time of loss by the london & edinburgh shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage london for leith. torpedoed by u-23. 6 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 6 MILES E BY S FROM COQUET ISLAND. (WW1SL & DODS). POSN 551513N, 004542W FOR FILING ONLY. HH090/843/01 4.1.00 HH090/843/01 4.1.00 EXAM'D 15.6.99 IN 5520.720N, 0120.562W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.6 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 157/337 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 843). INS AS WK 49MTRS. BR STD. 26.5.05 26.5.05 CONFIRMED AS FINGAL. BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. (R YOUNG, EMAIL). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT AND UPRIGHT

Position: 55 20.72 N,1 20.562 W

 

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