This is the information page about the shipwreck Fortuna, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 41.658 N,0 2.318 W (50.6943, -0.0386333)

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: FORTUNA

Length 76.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1254 ton
Load: cement

Cause: Vessel, built in 1913 by koninklijke nederlandsche stoomboot maats., struck a mine laid by german submarine uc-16 and sank 9m sw of beachy head. was bound rotterdam to cardiff. (dods).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20151123

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 9MILES SW OF BEACHY HEAD. (DODS). H1965/76 5.12.80 WK EXAM'D 27.2.80 IN 504138N, 000216W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. DECCA USED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.8 IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 48.1MTRS, BEAM 11.9MTRS, HT 5.6 MTRS. LYING 115/295 DEGS, BOWS W. NO SIGN OF MASTS. E END SHOALEST. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 21.5MTRS. R/P. H1310/83/29 20.6.83 SMALL COASTER WITH 2 HOLDS, FILLED WITH EITHER CEMENT OR SAND, NOW SOLIDIFIED. LIES BOWS E. PROPELLER BOSS REMAINS, BUT BLADES HAVE BEEN REMOVED. (M SNELLING, SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES, 14.6.83). NCA. H1310/83/41 22.6.84 WK IN 504130N, 000243W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK IS UPRIGHT AND FAIRLY INTACT EXCEPT FOR SUPERSTRUCTURE. PORTHOLES AT BOW & STERN HAVE DUTCH LETTERING. CARGO - CEMENT IN PAPER SACKS. POSSIBLY THE 'FORTUNA'. (VULCAN DIVING SERVICES, 19.6.84). NCA. H1310/88/30 29.6.88 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS 'FORTUNA' - BELL RECOVERED. (P A VAN DER BOON). NCA. HH100/351/05 29.5.92 LOCATED IN 504124N, 000216W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). NCA. SEP 2015/000083467 5.5.16 EXAM'D 23.11.15; IN 5041.658N, 0002.318W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.56MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26.9MTRS. SCOUR 97MTRS, LENGTH 48.1MTRS, WIDTH 11.3MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 115/295. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VESSEL PARTIALLY DEGRADED. (GARDLINE 2015, HI 1478). AMEND DW 22.5TRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 41.658 N,0 2.318 W

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