This is the information page about the shipwreck Firth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 14.387 N,1 47.489 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Batavier 5
10. Bovey tracy
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Carica milica
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Coalgas
24. Cresta
25. Dagmar (probably)
26. Denewood
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. Estrella (possibly)
34. Eva witte
35. F stobart (probably)
36. Faithful star
37. Farmatyr
38. Fidelio
39. Firth
40. Forth
41. Friargate (possibly)
42. Friargate (possibly)
43. Frumenton
44. Gannet (possibly)
45. Gasfire
46. Gena
47. Gerhard
48. Gipsy (possibly)
49. Golconda (possibly)
50. Grantleyhall (possibly)
51. Grenadier (probably)
52. Groenlo
53. Gulf breaker
54. H h petersen
55. Harlington (probably)
56. Harlyn (probably)
57. Hillglen
58. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
59. Hms adonis (possibly)
60. Hms christopher (possibly)
61. Hms condor (probably)
62. Hms donside (possibly)
63. Hms eros (possibly)
64. Hms evesham (possibly)
65. Hms exmoor
66. Hms fontenoy
67. Hms forward iii
68. Hms hirose (probably)
69. Hms holdene
70. Hms jessie nutten
71. Hms kaphreda
72. Hms ludlow
73. Hms monarch
74. Hms moravia (possibly)
75. Hms nadine
76. Hms new comet (possibly)
77. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
78. Hms orthos (probably)
79. Hms pelton (probably)
80. Hms river clyde (possibly)
81. Hms river clyde (possibly)
82. Hms sisters melville
83. Hms speeton (possibly)
84. Hms spider
85. Hms tervani
86. Hms tettenhall
87. Hms tugela
88. Hms waveflower
89. Hms whooper
90. Hornchurch
91. Ignis (possibly)
92. Impulsion
93. J c dalble
94. Jamesina
95. Jim
96. Kenneth hawksfield
97. Knarsdale
98. Kwasind
99. Lapwing
100. Lincairn (possibly)
101. Lingfield
102. Lisette
103. Lonhelen (possibly)
104. Lord bute
105. Magdapur
106. Mangara
107. Mardyke
108. Maria rosa
109. Marianne (probably)
110. Mascota (possibly)
111. Mascotte
112. Memento (possibly)
113. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
114. Mercurius
115. Mirella
116. Moidart
117. Mudo
118. Nadir
119. Nereus
120. Newhaven (possibly)
121. Nicolaos piangos
122. Nominoe
123. Novocastrian
124. Ocean pride
125. Old charlton
126. Ostprussen (possibly)
127. Pescado
128. Petshenga (possibly)
129. Phryne
130. Plawsworth (possibly)
131. Polgarth
132. Ren
133. Reward (possibly)
134. Rhenas (possibly)
135. Rhineland
136. Robin iv
137. Rochester city
138. Rogate
139. Roxanna
140. Savona (probably)
141. Scimitar
142. Scotia
143. Sea rhine
144. Silksworth hall (probably).
145. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
146. Skodsburg (possibly)
147. Southford
148. St patrick
149. Stad alkmaar
150. Sunniside (probably)
151. Taber park
152. Tergestea
153. Thomas m (possibly)
154. Thornaby (possibly)
155. Thyra
156. Tidal (possibly)
157. Torchbearer
158. U 13 (probably)
159. Ui-001
160. Vae victis
161. Victorious
162. Warrenpoint
163. White lady
164. White swan (possibly)
165. Wychwood (possibly)
166. Wyetown
167. Yarmouth
168. Yewkyle (possibly)
169. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: FIRTH

Length 48.8 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 406 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built by hall, russel & co, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by andrew abercromby, aberdeen. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage treport for aberdeen. in ballast. torpedoed and sunk. four lost.

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 102 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20161210

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 9 MILES N OF SHIPWASH. (LLOYDS). H3747/15 POSN 521400N, 015000E, APPROX. H4282/26 14.10.26 INS NDW(PA) (1915) IN 521400N, 015000E. H4167/59 1.6.60 INS AS NDWPA. NC 1543. H3273/61 10.9.62 LOCATED IN 521420N, 014731E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84 IN GEN DEPTH 92FT. (HMS SCOTT, HI 19 & 20/62). AMEND POSN. LC 1543. 17.3.70 AMEND TO WK 13FMS. NE 1543. 31.7.74 AMEND TO WK 25.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. HH090/564/01 21.1.93 LOCATED 12.11.92 IN 521422.5N, 014735.6E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOPS]. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (NP 1016, HI 564). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/564/01 12.8.93 EXAM'D 27.6.93 IN 521421.5N, 014735.7E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.8 IN GEN DEPTH 25.6 TO 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. SMALL WK LYING 080/260 DEG AND PROBABLY PARTIALLY BURIED IN SANDWAVE. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 564). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 24.8.17 EXAM'D 10.12.16; IN 5214.387N, 0147.489E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 7.6MTRS, HEIGHT 1.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 102/282 DEGS. WRECK IS ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED WITHIN A SANDWAVE. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 14.387 N,1 47.489 E

 

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