This is the information page about the shipwreck Forth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 58.861 N,1 44.944 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Annie
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Blackhill
10. Bonnington court
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Clan monroe
19. Coalgas
20. Corcrest
21. Cormorant
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Denise germaine (possibly)
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Duke of york (bows)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Dynamo
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Ellewoutsdijk
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Firth
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Grisdeale
57. Groeswen (probably)
58. Harlington (probably)
59. Harlyn (probably)
60. Harriet
61. Hebe
62. Hendon hall
63. Heworth
64. Hillglen
65. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
66. Hms adonis (possibly)
67. Hms arethusa
68. Hms coquette
69. Hms donna nook
70. Hms duchess of hamilton
71. Hms dundalk
72. Hms eros (possibly)
73. Hms forward iii
74. Hms franc tireur
75. Hms hastfen
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms japan
79. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
80. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
81. Hms leandros
82. Hms lord airedale
83. Hms ludlow
84. Hms marconi
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms resono (possibly)
90. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms sisters melville
94. Hms st seiriol
95. Hms tervani
96. Hms velia (possibly)
97. Hms waveflower
98. Hms whooper
99. Hms william wesney
100. Hmsm e6
101. Hmtb 10
102. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
103. Hnlms 227
104. Hornchurch
105. Ignis (possibly)
106. Ingi
107. Ionian (possibly)
108. Iris (possibly)
109. J c dalble
110. Janny
111. Jim
112. Josefina thorden (after part)
113. Kankakee
114. Khartoum (possibly)
115. Knarsdale
116. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
117. Koningen emma (possibly)
118. Kwasind
119. La flandre (possibly)
120. Lady salisbury
121. Lapwing
122. Lapwing (possibly)
123. Lincairn (possibly)
124. Lisette
125. Little world
126. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
127. Lonhelen (possibly)
128. Lord bute
129. Lowland
130. Magdapur
131. Mangara
132. Marie leonhardt (probably)
133. Mascotte
134. Mecklenburg
135. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
136. Mexico
137. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
138. Moidart
139. Morar
140. Nereus
141. Newhaven (possibly)
142. Nico
143. Nicolaos piangos
144. Norhauk
145. Norwich trader
146. Ocean pride
147. Old charlton
148. Ostprussen (possibly)
149. Palembang (probably)
150. Paullette
151. Peik
152. Persistant whisper
153. Pescado
154. Petshenga (possibly)
155. Phryne
156. Plawsworth (possibly)
157. Polgarth
158. Profit
159. Protinus (possibly)
160. Quickstep
161. Ravenscraig (possibly)
162. Rhenas (possibly)
163. Rumania
164. Salerno (possibly)
165. Salerno (possibly)
166. Savona (probably)
167. Scimitar
168. Sea king
169. Second chance (possibly)
170. Shardana
171. Simon bolivar
172. Storm
173. Sunbeam
174. Sunk head tower
175. Telegraaf xviii
176. Tergestea
177. Terukuni maru
178. Thornaby (possibly)
179. Thyra
180. Torchbearer
181. Uc 11 (possibly)
182. Uc 72 (possibly)
183. Vae victis
184. Vancouver
185. Victorious
186. Volscian (possibly)
187. Walsingham
188. Warrenpoint
189. Wearside
190. White ghost
191. Wychwood (possibly)
192. Wyetown
193. Yewkyle (possibly)
194. Ypapanti

 

Name: FORTH

Length 82 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1159 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-figulina. built in 1886 by a & j ingles, glasgow. owned at time of loss by the carron co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 142hp, single shaft. machinery by g t grey, s shields. passage londong for leith. general cargo. detonated a mine laid by uc-11.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 197 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20190630

Details measurements/cartography: H7693/16 11.12.16 WK, WITH MAST SHOWING, OBSERVED 30 MILES S 38 DEG W OF SHIPWASH LTV. (HMS P.30). H7693/16 11.12.16 WK SEARCHED FOR 8.3.17 AND NOT FOUND. (TH, LETTER). H2113/18 12.4.18 IT IS THOUGHT PROBABLY TO BE WK OF SS FORTH. (TH). H3095/18 30.5.18 WK REPORTED IN 515912N, 014450E. LEAST DEPTH 66FT. (TH). H6391/19 INS AS WK 66FT IN 515912N, 014450E. BR STD. H3221/70 7.7.71 NOTHING FOUND IN 515912N 014450E. WK OF OLD CARGO VESSEL FOUND ABOUT 164DEG 4.5CABLES FROM POSN IN 515851N, 014506E. RADAR FIX - SHIPWASH LTV 330 DEG 3.8 MILES. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20MTRS; BY VERTICAL SCANNER 16 - 17MTRS. (RV CLIONE, 19.6.71). AMEND TO WK 8FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1066/71. 7.11.73 AMEND TO WK 14.6MTRS. NC 2052. H4139/76 11.1.77 EXAM'D 30.9.76 IN 515849.8N, 014500E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.6, FOUL AT 17.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.4 IN GEN DEPTH 24.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LARGE WK LYING N/S. LENGTH APPROX 90MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. SEEMS INTACT. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). AMEND TO SW 16.6MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/08 22.3.94 DIVED ON AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE FORTH. LIES UPRIGHT AND IS INTACT EXCEPT THAT BRIDGE AND SUPERSTRUCTURE HAVE COLLAPSED. HULL IS IN SOUND CONDITION AND STANDS SOME 6MTRS CLEAR OF SEABED. (B HICKINBOTTOM, 12.3.94). NCA. HH090/667/01 13.12.95 EXAM'D 30.7.95 IN 515851.47N, 014456.64E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 16.2, FOUL 16.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.4 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED. BELIEVED TO BE BUOYED. (OCEANICS, HI 667). BR STD. SEP 2015/000143573 15.7.15 EXAM'D 30.6.15 IN 5158.855N, 0144.940E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.7MTRS. (FUGRO EMU, EMAIL DTD 30.6.15). NFS, RETAIN DW SW 16.2MTRS.   SEP 2019/000272653 22.11.19 EXAM'D 30.06.19; IN 5158.861N, 0144.944E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.71MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 87.8MTRS, WIDTH 11.3MTRS, HEIGHT 7MTRS, ORIENTATION 197/017 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 44MTRS, 0.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 193 DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 17.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED

Position: 51 58.861 N,1 44.944 E

 

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