This is the information page about the shipwreck Fire king ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 26.08 N,4 21.99 W (54.223483333333, -4.3862)

 

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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.

 

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Name: FIRE KING II

Length 61 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 758 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1925 by j duthrie, torrey sb co, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by gilchrists traders (ss) ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 155hp, single shaft. passage liverpool for glasgow. general cargo. sank following a collision with ss duke of lancaster in fog. vessel was almost cut in two.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H7956/39 18.12.39 POSN 542608N, 042154W, APPROX. INS AS DWPA.

- NM 2833/39. H7956/39 23.3.59 DELETE PA. (MARINE MANAGER, LMS RAILWAY). H2333/84 3.3.87 LOCAL DIVERS CONFIRM APPROX POSN OF THIS WK. (HMSML GLEANER). HH100/351/17 30.8.01 LIES IN 5426.080N, 0421.990W [WGD] USING GPS. (A CORKILL, EMAIL DTD 29.8.01). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 26.08 N,4 21.99 W

 

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