This is the information page about the shipwreck Florentia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 24.366 N,0 25.616 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amulet
5. Anboto mendi (possibly)
6. Angelo rose
7. Ard aidhm
8. Ardens (probably)
9. Ardgantoch
10. Athos
11. Aucuba (possibly)
12. Audax
13. Avance (probably)
14. Balfron (probably)
15. Ballater
16. Ballogie
17. Battersea
18. Beaumanoir (probably)
19. Berwick (possibly)
20. Black prince (possibly)
21. Bonhomme richard
22. Botha (possibly)
23. Brentwood
24. Bur
25. Cap palos (part of)
26. Castleford (probably)
27. Commercial
28. Constantia
29. Corsican prince
30. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
31. Creteblock
32. Crimdon (possibly)
33. Defiant
34. Deptford
35. Disperser
36. Doris burton (probably)
37. Eaglescliffe (probably)
38. Eli
39. Ellida (probably)
40. Erich lea
41. Ferruccio
42. Florence (possibly)
43. Florentia
44. Fred everard
45. G.3
46. Garthwaite
47. Gem (bow section)
48. Gem (stern section)
49. Gimle
50. Glamorganbrook
51. Glengarry (probably)
52. Glow (part of) (possibly)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Gwalia (possibly)
55. Hannah
56. Harrow (probably)
57. Hercules
58. Hercules
59. Highgate
60. Hms banyers
61. Hms desire (possibly)
62. Hms desire (possibly)
63. Hms dromio
64. Hms garmo (probably)
65. Hms locheil
66. Hms lord ridley
67. Hms swallow
68. Hms thalia
69. Hornsund (probably)
70. Houghton
71. Hurstwood
72. Jane
73. Jerv
74. Lady ann
75. Lady helen
76. Lampada (probably)
77. Lanthorn
78. Leersum (probably)
79. Lerwick (probably)
80. Linaria (probably)
81. London
82. Lowtyne (possibly)
83. Lucy
84. M c holm
85. Madame renee
86. Manx queen
87. Marchioness of londonderry
88. Marie stuart
89. Martina
90. Melanie (probably)
91. Membland (possibly)
92. Merrie islington
93. Modemi (possibly)
94. Mongolian
95. Moorlands
96. Norenda (possibly)
97. Norhilda
98. Novillo
99. Oakwell
100. Pandora
101. Paul
102. Phare (probably)
103. Philander (probably)
104. Polanna
105. Polruan
106. Princess olga (possibly)
107. Quaggy (probably)
108. Rema
109. Rikard nordraak
110. Runswick
111. Rutil
112. Saint ninian
113. Sapphire (probably)
114. Sarah thinnesen
115. Seistan
116. Sir francis
117. Sixty-six
118. Skane
119. Sna ii
120. Southborough
121. Springhill
122. Sumus (probably)
123. Suntrap (probably)
124. Tangistan
125. Taurus (probably)
126. Trongate
127. Ub 30
128. Ub 41
129. Ub 75
130. Uc 70
131. Vaaren
132. Vaaren (possibly)
133. Victo (bow section)
134. Victo (stern section)
135. Victoria (probably)
136. Wallsend
137. Westowrie
138. Woodstock (bow section)
139. Woodstock (stern section)
140. Zeepaard

 

Name: FLORENTIA

Length 106.4 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3688 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 88 having just left the tyne. 3 lives lost. vessel, built 1912, was owned at time of loss by a munro sutherland.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 42 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 2M E BY N FROM S CHEEK ROBIN HOOD BAY. (WW1SL, LL WW1). H3725/26 11.6.26 CHARTED AS NDW PA. POSN NOT STATED. (HYDROG). LC 1191. 28.8.73 CHART AS USC PA 20MTRS. TONNAGE KNOWN. NC 129. H4069/75 3.12.75 NOT LOCATED DURING SURVEY. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). DELETE. BR STD. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 WK DIVED IN 542448N, 002645W USING RADAR. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). INS AS WK PA 25MTRS. BR STD. H6331/87/2 13.2.89 NO INDICATION OF WRECKAGE FOUND. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). DELETE. BR STD. HH100/351/06 23.2.93 FLORENTIA POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED IN 542420.5N, 002551.5W. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). INS AS WKPA 30MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 13.4.93 DIVED ON 28.8.92 IN 542423N, 002533.5W. LIES COLLAPSED ONTO PORT SIDE AND WELL BROKEN UP. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY BELL. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). NCA. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 25.5.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16 IN 5424.366N, 0025.616W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS, LENGTH 103MTRS, WIDTH 18.4MTRS, HEIGHT 6.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 042/222 DEGS. WRECK LIES WELL BROKEN UP AMONGST GENTLE SANDWAVES. WRECK REMAINS SEVERELY DEGRADED WITH TWIN BOILERS IDENTIFIABLE AMONGST THE DEBRIS. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 34MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 24.366 N,0 25.616 W

 

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