This is the information page about the shipwreck Fowberry tower (part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.685 N,0 21.453 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amelie-mathilde
4. Amenity
5. Arduity
6. Argo
7. Audacity
8. Avalon
9. B o borjesson
10. Benmacdhui
11. Box hill
12. Breitenburg
13. British councillor
14. British prince
15. Cadmus
16. Canada
17. Capitaine edmond laborie
18. Cecil (possibly)
19. Chloris (possibly)
20. City of birmingham
21. Corinth (possibly)
22. Corland
23. Cramlington (possibly)
24. Dana (possibly)
25. Daphne ii
26. Dayrian
27. Deerpool (after section)
28. Deerpool (for'd section)
29. Deodata
30. Diana
31. Dido
32. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
33. Dunsany
34. Egret
35. Empress (probably)
36. Ethel (possibly)
37. Exmoor
38. Fane
39. Faunus
40. Femke
41. Fermo
42. Flourish
43. Fowberry tower (part)
44. Fowberry tower (part)
45. Francis
46. Freidig (possibly)
47. Fryken
48. Georgie
49. Georgios
50. Gerhardt (possibly)
51. Girl kitty (possibly)
52. Giuseppe
53. Gladeto
54. Gluckauf (possibly)
55. Gothic
56. Grangemouth
57. Harlech
58. Heimland
59. Hms benvolio
60. Hms botanic
61. Hms calverton
62. Hms corfield
63. Hms cortina
64. Hms dervish
65. Hms egret
66. Hms kos xvi (probably)
67. Hms lormont
68. Hms mistletoe
69. Hms princess victoria
70. Hms remillo
71. Hms st cyrus
72. Hms strathborve (part)
73. Hms susarion
74. Hms warland (possibly)
75. Homer
76. Ightham (possibly)
77. Ionic (probably)
78. Jane (possibly)
79. Janet helen (possibly)
80. Jersey (probably)
81. John and thomas
82. John mowlem
83. Kalo (probably)
84. Katina bulgari
85. Kimberley (possibly)
86. Konstantinos hadjipateras
87. Kyma
88. Ladas (possibly)
89. Lancaster (possibly)
90. Laurel (possibly)
91. Lightship no 83
92. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
93. Lindy sue
94. Lord haig (possibly)
95. Lord haig (possibly)
96. Lord selborne
97. Lottie (possibly)
98. Lucerne
99. Lutha
100. Lyra (bow section)
101. Maggie
102. Magnolia
103. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
104. Marian francis
105. Marie dawn
106. Marshall (probably)
107. Matanuska (probably)
108. Merchiston
109. Modig
110. Modiva (possibly)
111. Monimia (possibly)
112. Nautilus
113. Nimrod
114. Odessa
115. Onesta
116. Ophir ii (possibly)
117. Orsa
118. Otis tetrax
119. Paraciers
120. Polzella (possibly)
121. Portia
122. Rado (possibly)
123. Ravonia (part)
124. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
125. Rayford
126. Reculver
127. Retriever
128. Revello
129. Revi
130. Revigo (possibly)
131. Rhuys
132. Rievaulx abbey
133. Rivaulx
134. River don (part of)(probably)
135. River witham
136. Rivergate
137. Rosebud (possibly)
138. Royston
139. Sagacity
140. Salacon
141. Salmondby
142. Saltoun
143. Sandra glen
144. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
145. Schieland (possibly)
146. Sea pearl
147. Sota eduardo
148. Stylianos chandris
149. Thessaly
150. Triton
151. Umbe
152. Upminster (possibly)
153. Vechstroom
154. Venture (possibly)
155. Whitemantle (possibly)
156. William hanson
157. Windsor (part of)
158. Windsor (part of)
159. Winga
160. Xavier
161. Xavier
162. Zeemermin

 

Name: FOWBERRY TOWER (PART)

Length 122.1 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4484 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1929 by hawthorn leslie & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by milburn line ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engineof 426hp, single shaft. passage hull for the usa. in ballast. bombed and sunk by german aircraft. later dispersed.

Year of registration: 1949

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 138 cm

Known since: 1949, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H01798/41 22.11.49 H01798/41 22.11.49 UNKNOWN WK, PRESUMED PART OF FOWBERRY TOWER, LOCATED IN 533337N, 002138E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 47FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 8.11.49). H01798/41 19.11.50 H01798/41 19.11.50 EXAM'D IN 533337N, 002138E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 32, FOUL AT 33FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 42-47FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 28.10.50). INS AS WK 5FMS 2FT.

- NM 2218/50. H01798/41 19.11.50 H01798/41 19.11.50 WK DISPERSED TO WITHIN 2FT OF SEABED. (C IN C NORE). H01798/41 19.12.50 H01798/41 19.12.50 EXAM'D IN 533337N, 002138E. DRIFT SWEPT AFTER DISPERSAL. CLEAR AT 37, FOUL AT 38FT. GEN DEPTH 42-47FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 15.11.50). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 1FT. NC 1190. H01798/41 1.3.51 H01798/41 1.3.51 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 1FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 387/51. 1.2.74 1.2.74 AMEND TO SW 10.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 109. HH090/593/01 5.1.93 HH090/593/01 5.1.93 EXAM'D 13.7.92 IN 533340N, 002133.4E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.1 IN GEN DEPTH 13.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.3MTR, LENGTH 80MTRS, BREADTH 8MTRS. AREA OF MINOR DEBRIS LYING IN SCOUR. CHART AS FOUL. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. 3.9.13 3.9.13 [WGD] POSN: 5333.685N, 0021.453E. 3.9.13 3.9.13 NOT LOCATED 19.5.13 USING M/B. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). ?MINOR ITEMS CLOSE W OF CIRCULAR DEPRESSION. RETAIN FOUL.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?MINOR DEBRIS CLOSE W OF CIRCULAR DEPRESSION

Position: 53 33.685 N,0 21.453 E

 

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