This is the information page about the shipwreck Fireglow, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 18.582 N,1 5.123 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Algarve
3. Amberley
4. Ambrose fleming
5. Andarina
6. Antiope
7. Aquarius (possibly)
8. Baron ailsa
9. Birtley
10. Blackburn
11. Burgos
12. Carrier
13. Chatwood (possibly)
14. Chelsea (possibly)
15. Chevychase
16. Clan morrison
17. Cormarsh
18. Czestochowa
19. Dauntless (possibly)
20. Duncarron
21. Eikhaug
22. Empire newcomen
23. Fermain (possibly)
24. Fireglow
25. Fittonia (possibly)
26. Flashlight (probably)
27. George royle
28. Giorgio ohlsen
29. Harden
30. Heathfield
31. Hms arley
32. Hms cap d'antifer
33. Hms cape spartel (probably)
34. Hms cobra
35. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
36. Hms kylemore
37. Hms pintail
38. Hms queenworth
39. Hms solomon
40. Hms st donats
41. Hms vortigern
42. Hmsm umpire
43. Keymun
44. La combattante (stern section)
45. Laurium (possibly)
46. London
47. Minorca
48. Mirabel
49. Nimrod (probably)
50. Ogono
51. Ottar jarl
52. P.l.m. 25
53. Pacific
54. Pontfield (forepart)
55. Rimac
56. Robert w pomeroy
57. Royal scott
58. Schieland
59. Sioux (probably)
60. Siri maria
61. Sitona
62. Sverre (possibly)
63. Trajan
64. Traviata (possibly)
65. Virgin de lourdres
66. Welsh prince
67. Western mist (possibly)
68. Westland
69. William balls (probably)
70. Wimbledon
71. Winhill or whinhill
72. Zephyr
73. Zor

 

Name: FIREGLOW

Length 68.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1261 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1925 by s p austin & son ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the gas light & coke co, london. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 158hp. machinery aft by the ne marine engine co, sunderland. passage london for the tyne. in ballast. mined. one man lost.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 179 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20160714

Details measurements/cartography: H04219/41 19.2.42 SUNK IN 531836N, 010500E. (HMS VERDUN, 8.12.41). INS AS DW(PA).

- NM 401/42. H332/63; H4729/62 4.2.63 A/S CONTACT OBTAINED 1 CABLE E OF CHARTED POSN. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). NCA. H4729/62 23.7.63 EXAM'D IN 531833N, 010512E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 31, FOUL AT 33FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 72FT. GOOD A/S CONTACT IN ONE OF THE MOST USED COLLIER ROUTES. (HMS ECHO, 16.6.63). AMEND TO WK SW 5FMS 1FT.

- NM 1393/63. 26.11.74 AMEND TO SW 9.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH100/350/01 23.2.90 DIVED ON IN 531835N, 010416E. POSN DERIVED USING DECCA. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS FIREGLOW BY NAME ON BOW. LIES INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (P J LASSIE, 12.6.89). HH090/565/01 3.12.92 EXAM'D 3.10.92 IN 531833.4N, 010514.3E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.4, FOUL AT 15.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8 IN GEN DEPTH 20.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS, LENGTH 63MTRS, WIDTH 33MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEG. (SEATEAM, HI 565).

- NM 45/93. HH090/593/01 10.1.94 EXAM'D 14.8.93 IN 531833.6N, 010513.9E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.3 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS, LENGTH 66MTRS, BREADTH 29MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN WK LYING 165/345 DEG WITH NEARBY DEBRIS. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). RETAIN AS SW 15.4MTRS. NCA. SEP 2016/000091757 5.5.17 EXAM'D 14.7.16 IN 5318.582N, 0105.123E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.88MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 65.6MTRS, WIDTH 22.4MTRS, HEIGHT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 179/359 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1492). AMEND DW 15.8MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 18.582 N,1 5.123 E

 

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