This is the information page about the shipwreck Flashlight (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.886 N,0 47.642 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. Amelie-mathilde
3. Andarina
4. Argo
5. Benmacdhui
6. Capitaine edmond laborie
7. Carrier
8. Catford
9. Cecil (possibly)
10. Chatwood (possibly)
11. Chelsea (possibly)
12. Clavis
13. Corland
14. Cormarsh
15. Deodata
16. Egret
17. Empire newcomen
18. Euterpe (probably)
19. Fane
20. Fermain (possibly)
21. Fireglow
22. Fittonia (possibly)
23. Flashlight (probably)
24. Freidig (possibly)
25. Gluckauf (possibly)
26. Harden
27. Heimland
28. Hms cape spartel (probably)
29. Hms cobra
30. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
31. Hms linsdell
32. Hms pintail
33. Hms queenworth
34. Hms speedy (probably)
35. Hms st donats
36. Hms warland (possibly)
37. Homer
38. Inge marguerite (possibly)
39. Jane (possibly)
40. Jersey (probably)
41. Katina bulgari
42. Keynes
43. Konstantinos hadjipateras
44. La combattante (stern section)
45. Lancaster (possibly)
46. Larchwood (possibly)
47. Lightship no 83
48. Lindy sue
49. London
50. Magnolia
51. Marie dawn
52. Matanuska (probably)
53. Merchiston
54. Nieuwland
55. Norfolk (possibly)
56. Norman
57. Ogono
58. Onesta
59. Petroswift
60. Pilsudski
61. Polzella (possibly)
62. Rado (possibly)
63. Rebono (probably)
64. Revello
65. Revigo (possibly)
66. Rivergate
67. Rosebud (possibly)
68. Royal scott
69. Royston
70. Schieland
71. Schieland (possibly)
72. Scotia (possibly)
73. Scotia (possibly)
74. Sea pearl
75. Shepherd lad
76. Sioux (probably)
77. Siri maria
78. Stylianos chandris
79. Trignac (possibly)
80. Vechstroom
81. Vereingte (possibly)
82. Victoria
83. Virginian
84. Welsh prince
85. William balls (probably)
86. Zor

 

Name: FLASHLIGHT (PROBABLY)

Length 66 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 934 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1920 by s p austin & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by gas light & coke co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 117hp, single shaft. passage seaham for london. cargo coal. bombed & sunk by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: H01047/41 19.3.41 PFNM 642/41 ISSUED. CANCELLED BY FNM 824/41. H01047/41 10.4.41 DW PA IN 533122N, 004830E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 816/41. H01047/41 30.9.41 EXAM'D IN 533147N, 004758E. SWEPT CLEAR 34FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40FT IN GEN DEPTH 11FMS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. (HMS FRANKLIN, 24.6.41). AMEND TO WK 5.5FMS.

- NM 2027/41. H01047/41 22.7.47 EXTENSIVE SEARCH DISCLOSED LARGE SCOUR UP TO 36 FT DEEP AND 2MILES LONG BY 2 CABLES WIDE APPROX COVERING AREA OF WRECK, BUT NO TRACE OF WRECK. CONSIDERED WRECK HAS BURIED ITSELF. (HMS FETLAR, 8.7.47). H01047/41 7.9.48 EXAM'D IN 533144N, 004748E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60FT IN GEN DEPTH 72FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 25.8.48). AMEND TO WK 7.75FMS.

- NM 2023/48. 23.6.75 AMEND TO SW 13.6MTRS. NC 107. 25.3.77 AMEND TO WK 15.9MTRS. NC 1190. H4465/81 21.11.83 EXAM'D 22.7.82 IN 533152N, 004745E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.9 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS. NOT FULLY INVESTIGATED AS ONLY DISCOVERED DURING INSPECTION OF E/S TRACES OBTAINED DURING INTERLINING OF AREA. LENGTH 35MTRS, LYING 040/220 DEGS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 74). BR STD. 5.10.93 WK SHOWN IN 533136N, 004750E [OGB] ON KINGFISHER ICES 4B-82 [1992 EDN]. SEP 2020/000235095 7.10.20 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2019). NFS. (UKHO-BDC & TRITON KNOLL OFFSHORE WIND LTD SURVEY 23.7.18-22.10.19). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 31.886 N,0 47.642 E

 

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