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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
11. Bovey tracy
12. British captain
13. British fortune (probably)
14. Brixton
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Carica milica
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. Churston
22. Clan monroe
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Coalgas
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Db 8 (possibly)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Elnet
36. Estrella (possibly)
37. Eva witte
38. F stobart (probably)
39. Faithful star
40. Farmatyr
41. Fidelio
42. Firth
43. Forth
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Frumenton
47. G and e (possibly)
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Groenlo
57. Gulf breaker
58. H h petersen
59. Harlington (probably)
60. Harlyn (probably)
61. Heworth
62. Hillglen
63. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
65. Hms christopher (possibly)
66. Hms condor (probably)
67. Hms donside (possibly)
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms evesham (possibly)
70. Hms exmoor
71. Hms fontenoy
72. Hms forward iii
73. Hms harvest gleaner
74. Hms hirose (probably)
75. Hms holdene
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms kaphreda
78. Hms ludlow
79. Hms monarch
80. Hms moravia (possibly)
81. Hms nadine
82. Hms new comet (possibly)
83. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
84. Hms orthos (probably)
85. Hms pelton (probably)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms sisters melville
89. Hms speeton (possibly)
90. Hms spider
91. Hms tervani
92. Hms tettenhall
93. Hms tugela
94. Hms waveflower
95. Hms whooper
96. Hornchurch
97. Ignis (possibly)
98. Impulsion
99. J c dalble
100. Jamesina
101. Jim
102. Kenneth hawksfield
103. Knarsdale
104. Kwasind
105. Lapwing
106. Lapwing (possibly)
107. Lincairn (possibly)
108. Lingfield
109. Lisette
110. Lonhelen (possibly)
111. Lord bute
112. Magdapur
113. Mangara
114. Mardyke
115. Maria rosa
116. Marianne (probably)
117. Mascota (possibly)
118. Mascotte
119. Memento (possibly)
120. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
121. Mercurius
122. Mirella
123. Moidart
124. Mudo
125. Nadir
126. Nereus
127. Newhaven (possibly)
128. Nicolaos piangos
129. Nominoe
130. Novocastrian
131. Ocean pride
132. Old charlton
133. Ostprussen (possibly)
134. Pescado
135. Petshenga (possibly)
136. Phryne
137. Plawsworth (possibly)
138. Polgarth
139. Ren
140. Reward (possibly)
141. Rhenas (possibly)
142. Rhineland
143. Robin iv
144. Rochester city
145. Rogate
146. Roxanna
147. Savona (probably)
148. Scimitar
149. Scotia
150. Sea king
151. Sea rhine
152. Silksworth hall (probably).
153. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
154. Skodsburg (possibly)
155. Southford
156. St patrick
157. Stad alkmaar
158. Sunniside (probably)
159. Taber park
160. Tergestea
161. Thomas m (possibly)
162. Thornaby (possibly)
163. Thyra
164. Tidal (possibly)
165. Torchbearer
166. Tunisiana
167. U 13 (probably)
168. Uc 62 (possibly)
169. Ui-001
170. Vae victis
171. Victorious
172. Warrenpoint
173. White lady
174. White swan (possibly)
175. Wychwood (possibly)
176. Wyetown
177. Yarmouth
178. Yewkyle (possibly)
179. 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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