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 (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Atlanticos
6. Balgownie (probably)
7. Batavier 5
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Clan monroe
17. Coalgas
18. Corcrest
19. Cormorant
20. Cormount (probably)
21. Coureur des mers
22. Cressdene (possibly)
23. Cresta
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denewood
26. Denise germaine (possibly)
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Duke of york (bows)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Dynamo
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. Ellewoutsdijk
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Firth
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Grisdeale
55. Groeswen (probably)
56. Harlington (probably)
57. Harlyn (probably)
58. Harriet
59. Hebe
60. Hendon hall
61. Hillglen
62. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
63. Hms adonis (possibly)
64. Hms arethusa
65. Hms coquette
66. Hms donna nook
67. Hms duchess of hamilton
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms forward iii
70. Hms franc tireur
71. Hms hastfen
72. Hms hirose (probably)
73. Hms holdene
74. Hms japan
75. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
76. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
77. Hms leandros
78. Hms lord airedale
79. Hms ludlow
80. Hms marconi
81. Hms monarch
82. Hms moravia (possibly)
83. Hms nadine
84. Hms new comet (possibly)
85. Hms resono (possibly)
86. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms river clyde (possibly)
89. Hms sisters melville
90. Hms tervani
91. Hms velia (possibly)
92. Hms waveflower
93. Hms whooper
94. Hms william wesney
95. Hmsm e6
96. Hmtb 10
97. Hnlms 227
98. Hornchurch
99. Ignis (possibly)
100. Ingi
101. Ionian (possibly)
102. J c dalble
103. Janny
104. Jim
105. Josefina thorden (after part)
106. Kankakee
107. Khartoum (possibly)
108. Knarsdale
109. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
110. Koningen emma (possibly)
111. Kwasind
112. La flandre (possibly)
113. Lady salisbury
114. Lapwing
115. Lincairn (possibly)
116. Lisette
117. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
118. Lonhelen (possibly)
119. Lord bute
120. Lowland
121. Magdapur
122. Mangara
123. Marie leonhardt (probably)
124. Mascotte
125. Mecklenburg
126. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
127. Mexico
128. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
129. Moidart
130. Morar
131. Nereus
132. Newhaven (possibly)
133. Nico
134. Nicolaos piangos
135. Norhauk
136. Norwich trader
137. Ocean pride
138. Old charlton
139. Ostprussen (possibly)
140. Palembang (probably)
141. Paullette
142. Peik
143. Persistant whisper
144. Pescado
145. Petshenga (possibly)
146. Phryne
147. Plawsworth (possibly)
148. Polgarth
149. Profit
150. Protinus (possibly)
151. Quickstep
152. Ravenscraig (possibly)
153. Rhenas (possibly)
154. Salerno (possibly)
155. Salerno (possibly)
156. Savona (probably)
157. Scimitar
158. Second chance (possibly)
159. Shardana
160. Simon bolivar
161. Storm
162. Sunbeam
163. Sunk head tower
164. Telegraaf xviii
165. Tergestea
166. Terukuni maru
167. Thornaby (possibly)
168. Thyra
169. Torchbearer
170. Uc 11 (possibly)
171. Uc 72 (possibly)
172. Vae victis
173. Vancouver
174. Victorious
175. Volscian (possibly)
176. Walsingham
177. Warrenpoint
178. Wearside
179. White ghost
180. Wychwood (possibly)
181. Wyetown
182. Yewkyle (possibly)
183. 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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