This is the information page about the shipwreck Fluent, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.86 N,1 51.489 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Aeolian sky
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Alexandrovna
6. Aparima
7. Arctic dawn
8. Arfon
9. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
10. Azemmour
11. Balmoralwood
12. Baron garioch
13. Barryman
14. Betelgeuse (bow section)
15. Betsy anna
16. Bobbyb
17. Borgny
18. Braedale (probably)
19. Bretagne
20. Britannia (probably)
21. Campen
22. Carentan
23. Castlereagh
24. Ceres (possibly)
25. Chasseur 6
26. Chasseur 7
27. Cheyenne
28. Clan macvey
29. Clarinda
30. Coquetdale (probably)
31. Dagmar
32. Derna (probably)
33. Dulce t
34. Dumfries
35. Dungrange
36. El kahira
37. Emile miguet
38. Everleigh
39. Excelsior (possibly)
40. Fenna (probably)
41. Fleur de lys
42. Fluent
43. General jackson
44. Georgios kyriakides
45. Goathland
46. Halsewell
47. Hartburn (probably)
48. Hartley (possibly)
49. Heronspool
50. Hms albion ii
51. Hms assurance
52. Hms eleanor (probably)
53. Hms fame
54. Hms john mitchell
55. Hms new dawn
56. Hms pomone
57. Hms sargasso
58. Hms waterlily
59. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
60. Iolanthe
61. Iona
62. Irex
63. Janna
64. Jgena (possibly)
65. Kafiristan
66. Kolga
67. Kong guttorm (probably)
68. Kyarra
69. Lady of avenel
70. Lct 809
71. Lcvp 120
72. Leny (possibly)
73. Leticia
74. License to kill (possibly)
75. Lil boat
76. Lochavon
77. Louisiane
78. Luxor
79. Magog
80. Mayflower
81. Mechanician
82. Messina
83. Michelle
84. Midland queen
85. Miefield
86. Millmer
87. Milo
88. Myrtlegrove (probably)
89. Nailsea lass
90. Navasota
91. Neree (possibly)
92. Nestlea
93. Nichola (probably)
94. Normandy
95. Nw68
96. Nw96
97. Pescalanza
98. Piedras
99. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
100. Rapana
101. Reindeer
102. Rosehill (probably)
103. Sally jane
104. San fernando
105. Seahawk
106. Security (possibly)
107. Serrana (bow section)
108. Serrana (stern part)
109. Sheer grace
110. Snowdrop
111. Southampton
112. Spyros (possibly)
113. Start
114. Surdelo
115. Teamwork
116. Terlings
117. Tiiu
118. Togimo
119. U 480
120. Vari solo sailor
121. Varvassi
122. Venezuela
123. Vera (probably)
124. Vikholmen
125. Waitara
126. Woodbury

 

Name: FLUENT

Length 106.7 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3660 ton
Load: armament,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1911 by j priestman & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by j westoll. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 325nhp, single shaft. machinery by the ne marine engineering co, sunderland. passage new york for london. cargo 6100 tons comprising oats and including 1413 tons of steel in billets, forgings and ingots for the ministry of munitions. stopped after an explosion beneath the vessel to establish the damage but was found to be sinking. crew recovered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 73 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H4897/17 & H7476/17 WK IN APPROX 502900N, 015100W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. 11.1992 AMEND WK SYMBOL TO DW. BR STD. H4607/28 AMEND SYMBOL TO NDW. BR STD. 4.7.73 NOW CHARTED AS USCPA 18MTRS. NC2615. H1968/77 14.8.81 EXAM'D 21.1.81 IN 502852.5N, 015118.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.2 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. ABOUT 100MTRS LONG. LYING 120/300DEGS. (SCES, HI 81/80). AMENDED TO WK 33MTRS IN 502853N, 015119W [OGB]. R/P. H1310/83/5 24.1.83 WK, FIXED USING RADAR - ANVIL PT 7.64M, NEEDLES 15.1M [PLOTS IN 502848N, 015130W], PURCHASED 10.8.82 BY ST MARY MARINE LTD & MR J R SCOTT, OF POOLE. IT LIES ON EVEN KEEL. HIGHEST POINTS ARE BOW & STERN WHICH STAND 20-25FT ABOVE SEABED. (D SAYWELL, 5.1.83). [COPY OF CONTRACT IN H1968/77]. NCA. 7.9.83 REPD BY POLICE DIVERS TO HAVE CARGO OF AMMUNITION. FURTHER SURVEY TO BE CARRIED OUT DURING SEPT 1983 BY CDT PLYMOUTH. WK THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE THE 'ALBERT C FIELD'. [SEE WK [18962] IN 502815N, 014521W]. (CDT PLYMOUTH, TELECON). NCA. H4451/77 23.1.84 CDT PLYMOUTH SURVEY INCONCLUSIVE DUE WEATHER AND BREAKDOWNS. FURTHER DIVE A POSSIBILITY. RECOMMEND WK BE CLASSIFIED AS 'PROHIBITED' [? FOR DIVING] IN VIEW OF REPORTED EXPLOSIVES. (FO PLYMOUTH, 16.1.84). NCA. 5.6.85 CONFIRMED FOR'D HOLD CONTAINS BOMBS. DEFINITELY NOT THE 'ALBERT C FIELD' AS THIS WK HAS BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE AMIDSHIPS AND, ACCORDING TO HER BUILDERS, THE 'A.C. FIELD' HAS BRIDGE WELL FORWARD AND ENGINE AFT, IN A 'GREAT LAKES STEAMER' CONFIGURATION. (D SAYWELL, TELECON). NCA. H2312/72 15.10.85 DIVING SURVEY CARRIED OUT 12-14 OCT '85. UNABLE TO IDENTIFY WK DUE TO ABSENCE OF SUPERSTRUCTURE AND GENERAL DECAYED STATE. IT LIES ON STBD SIDE WITH PORT SIDE LARGELY INTACT. STBD SIDE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AFT OF FUNNEL. FOR'D HOLDS CONTAIN LARGE QUANTITY OF ORDNANCE SHELLS, POSSIBLY WITH EXPLOSIVE CONTENT. SMALL QUANTITY OF LIVE CARTRIDGE CASES FOUND IN AREA OF STERN - PROBABLY 'READY USE' AMMO. NO COAL CARGO FOUND. (HMS KIRKLISTON, SIG DTD 14.10.85). NCA. IDENTITY NOW UNCERTAIN. H2312/72 22.11.85 WK IS APPROX 100MTRS IN LENGTH AND HAS 3 BOILERS [HAZELWOOD HAD ONLY 2 BOILERS]. NO OTHER WK LOCATED WITHIN 1 MILE. (HMS KIRKLISTON, 258/3 DTD 16.10.85). NCA. 4.11.85 WRECK REGARDED AS 'PROHIBITED AREA' FOR DIVERS. (C-IN-C FLEET, 258/111.0(A), 4.11.85). NCA. H2555/74 10.2.86 BSAC INFORMED OF POTENTIAL DANGER TO DIVERS FROM MUNITIONS IN THIS WRECK. (SUPT OF DIVING, ARE/EDU, HMS VERNON, 13.1.86). NCA. H1310/88/35 30.6.88 LOCATED IN 502855N, 015124W [EUR] USING SYLEDIS. STANDS 6-10MTRS HIGH AND LIES 075/255DEGS. DCS3 LENGTH 115MTRS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, 24.6.88). NCA. HH100/351/08 9.11.93 POSSIBLE THAT THIS COULD BE WK OF 'FLUENT'. (J K WELCH, 13.10.93). NCA. 13.5.05 THIS IS FLUENT. IDENTIFIED BY CROCKERY AND CARGO OF SHELLS. (D C WENDES). 16.10.08 DIVED 6.07 IN 5028.855N, 0151.488W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE AND E/S. WIDTH >20MTRS (ESITMATED). STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. RELATIVELY INTACT AND CORRECTLY ALIGNED ALTHOUGH THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS MISSING. TWO LARGE MAIN BOILERS (HIGHEST PART), A DONKEY BOILER, DRIVE SHAFT WITH PROP ATTACHED, THE ENGINE BEING ON ITS SIDE. FWD HOLDS CONTAIN MANY 12 INCH SHELLS/BOMBS. (G LOCKETT). RETAIN WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 23.10.12 EXAM'D 28.1.12 IN 5028.860N, 0151.489W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.56 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 34.18MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS WSW. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 073/293 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO PARTS WITH LENGTHS 86MTRS & 15MTRS. SMALLER PART (?DEBRIS) DISPLACED 12MTRS TO WSW. (EMU, HI 1366). AMEND WK 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS E, LISTS, COLLAPSED TO STBD

Position: 50 28.86 N,1 51.489 W

 

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