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 (53.372983333333, 1.0462166666667)

 

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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. Blackburn (possibly)
12. Burgos
13. Carrier
14. Chatwood (possibly)
15. Chelsea (possibly)
16. Chevychase
17. Clan morrison
18. Cormarsh
19. Czestochowa
20. Dalemoor
21. Dauntless (possibly)
22. Dromore castle
23. Duncarron
24. Eikhaug
25. Empire newcomen
26. Fermain (possibly)
27. Fireglow
28. Fittonia (possibly)
29. Flashlight (probably)
30. George royle
31. Giorgio ohlsen
32. Harden
33. Heathfield
34. Hms arley
35. Hms cap d'antifer
36. Hms cape spartel (probably)
37. Hms cobra
38. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
39. Hms kylemore
40. Hms loch alsh
41. Hms pintail
42. Hms queenworth
43. Hms solomon
44. Hms st donats
45. Hms vortigern
46. Hmsm umpire
47. Hull trader
48. Keymun
49. La combattante (stern section)
50. Laurium (possibly)
51. Lavinia westholl (possibly)
52. London
53. Minorca
54. Mirabel
55. Nimrod (probably)
56. Ogono
57. Ottar jarl
58. P.l.m. 25
59. Pacific
60. Pontfield (forepart)
61. Rimac
62. Robert w pomeroy
63. Royal scott
64. Schieland
65. Sioux (probably)
66. Siri maria
67. Sitona
68. Sverre (possibly)
69. Trajan
70. Traviata (possibly)
71. Virgin de lourdres
72. Welsh prince
73. Western mist (possibly)
74. Westland
75. William balls (probably)
76. Wimbledon
77. Winhill or whinhill
78. Zephyr
79. 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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