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 49 29.919 N,2 26.247 W (49.498650, -2.437450)

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.

Name: FORTH

Length 57.3 meter, width: 8.3 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 499 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built of iron in 1862 by barclay, curle and co ltd, whiteinch (glasgow). owned at time of loss by leven ss co, middlesbrough. compound expansion engine of 130 nhp, single shaft. machinery by the builder. passage middlesbrough for st malo. ran aground at night in fog. only ribs remain.

Year of registration: 1906

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter

Known since: 1906, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: 20.7.72 20.7.72 SUNK OFF PETITE LONGUE PIERRE. (CHANNEL ISLAND WKS). POSN 492953N, 022551E FOR FILING ONLY. HH100/351/17 23.4.01 HH100/351/17 23.4.01 DIVED IN 4929.919N, 0226.247W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH BY E/S. WK IS WELL BROKEN UP WITH BOILERS AND STERN STANDING 2-4MTRS PROUD. BELL WITH 'FORTH 1862' RECOVERED. (M PAIGE). INS AS WK 8MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOILERS AND STERN REMAIN STANDING

Position: 49 29.919 N,2 26.247 W

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