This is the information page about the shipwreck Florrieston (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 26.058 N,5 10.036 W (54.638416666667, -4.9028)

 

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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.

 

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Name: FLORRIESTON (PROBABLY)

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.4 meter, draught: 7.5, tonnage 3366 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex- battersea bridge. built in 1901 by w gray & co. owned at time of loss by w s miller & co. triple expansion engines of 268nhp for 9.5knots. passage almeria for the clyde. torpedoed without warning & sunk by german submarine u-91. nineteen men, including the captain, were killed. (ww1 bms uboat sinkings, wrecksite.eu & dods).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 85 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: 20.4.18 SUNK IN 543000N, 051100W. (IDSA, 2ND OFFICER). 24.4.18 POSN 542800N, 051100W. (CO, HMS PC62). 27.4.18 SANK AT ONE IN 543000N, 051100W. (BOT, REPORT FROM 2ND OFFICER). 28.4.18 SANK IN 3 MINS 6M E HALF N FROM SOUTH ROCK LTV. (AP REPORT, MILFORD HAVEN). H109/45 9.5.45 POOR A/S CONTACT IN 542600N, 051012W. LENGTH 147FT, HEIGHT 48FT OR 44FT. TRACE OF OIL. (WESTERN APPROACHES LIST, SIGNAL 9.5.45. ESCORT GROUP 31). NCA. H2112/75 5.2.75 NOT FOUND BY HMS BEAGLE 1973 NOR HMS BULLDOG 1974. IN REGION OF IRREGULAR BOTTOM. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 51/74). NCA. NEVER CHARTED. HH208/400/04 30.9.99 LOCATED IN 5426.06N, 0509.96W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61.7 IN GEN DEPTH 75-90MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, SIGNAL DTD 29.10.99).

- NM 4055/99. HH090/821/01 2.3.00 EXAM'D 25.9.99 IN 5426.067N, 0510.007W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61.7 IN GEN DEPTH 75-95MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 103MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.6MTRS. SEABED ROCK, COARSE SAND AND MUD BETWEEN THE RIDGES. NO DEBRIS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 821). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH208/400/05 18.4.01 LOCATED IN 5426.058N, 0510.036W [WGD]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61.8MTRS. (HMS ROEBUCK, SIGNAL DTD 2.4.01). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/821/01 13.7.01 EXAM'D 19.2.01 IN 5426.058N, 0510.036W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61.8 IN GEN DEPTH 71-78MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. INTACT & UPRIGHT. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 821). PROBABLY INVERTED. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?INVERTED, ROCK OUTCROPS NEARBY

Position: 54 26.058 N,5 10.036 W

 

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