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 33.92 N,0 20.94 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. Chloris (possibly)
19. City of birmingham
20. Corinth (possibly)
21. Corland
22. Cramlington (possibly)
23. Dana (possibly)
24. Daphne ii
25. Dayrian
26. Deerpool (after section)
27. Deerpool (for'd section)
28. Deodata
29. Diana
30. Dido
31. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
32. Dunsany
33. Egret
34. Empress (probably)
35. Ethel (possibly)
36. Exmoor
37. Fane
38. Faunus
39. Femke
40. Fermo
41. Flourish
42. Fowberry tower (part)
43. Fowberry tower (part)
44. Francis
45. Freidig (possibly)
46. Fryken
47. Georgie
48. Georgios
49. Gerhardt (possibly)
50. Girl kitty (possibly)
51. Giuseppe
52. Gladeto
53. Gluckauf (possibly)
54. Gothic
55. Grangemouth
56. Harlech
57. Heimland
58. Hms benvolio
59. Hms botanic
60. Hms calverton
61. Hms corfield
62. Hms cortina
63. Hms dervish
64. Hms egret
65. Hms kos xvi (probably)
66. Hms lormont
67. Hms mistletoe
68. Hms othello
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. Lifeguard (possibly)
92. Lightship no 83
93. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
94. Lindy sue
95. Lord haig (possibly)
96. Lord haig (possibly)
97. Lord selborne
98. Lottie (possibly)
99. Lucerne
100. Lutha
101. Lyra (bow section)
102. Maggie
103. Magnolia
104. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
105. Marian francis
106. Marie dawn
107. Marshall (probably)
108. Matanuska (probably)
109. Merchiston
110. Modig
111. Modiva (possibly)
112. Monimia (possibly)
113. Nautilus
114. Nimrod
115. Odessa
116. Onesta
117. Ophir ii (possibly)
118. Orsa
119. Otis tetrax
120. Paraciers
121. Polzella (possibly)
122. Portia
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 121.9 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 engine of 426hp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine engine co ltd, newcastle. passage hull for the usa. in ballast. bombed and sunk by german aircraft. later dispersed.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H01798/41 21.5.42 H01798/41 21.5.42 SUNK IN 533357N, 002100E ON HEADING 138 DEG. FUNNEL, TWO MASTS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE SHOWING. (FO HUMBER, 12.5.42). INS AS DW MARKED BY G CON BUOY.

- NM 1071/41 H01798/41 14.11.42 H01798/41 14.11.42 G CON LT BUOY, GPFL(3) G 10S, ESTABLISHED NEAR WK. (TH). AMEND BUOY.

- NM 2493/42. H01798/41 13.3.43 H01798/41 13.3.43 WK BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS AT ABOUT BREAK OF FO'C'SLE. ONE PART NOW LIES 158 DEG, 1.25C FROM CHARTED POSN. FUNNEL AND MASTS NO LONGER VISIBLE. OROPESA SWEEP CARRIED OUT IN VICINITY OF FOREPART BUT NO OBSTN FOUND. EXTENSIVE DEMOLITION OPS HAVE SCATTERED WRECKAGE OVER AN AREA 1 CABLE RADIUS. ENTIRE AREA SWEPT CLEAR AT 32, FOUL AT 34FT [MLWS] IN 533349N, 002105E. (FO HUMBER, 27.2.42; CAPT M/S, 2.3.43). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT. AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT.

- NM 527/43. H4984/47 13.10.47 H4984/47 13.10.47 WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 4FMS 2FT. (HMS SCOTT).

- NM 2660/47. H1902/49 7.5.49 H1902/49 7.5.49 BUOY NOW G CAN, GPFL(2) G 10S, LAID 030 DEG, 200YDS FROM WK. (TH NM 54/49). AMEND BUOY.

- NM 938/48. H01798/41 10.11.49 H01798/41 10.11.49 WK EXAM'D FOLLOWING FURTHER DISPERSAL. MAIN PART LOCATED IN 533350N, 002108E SWEPT CLEAR AT 37, FOUL AT 38FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 42FT. SEPARATE DETACHED PIECE OF WRECKAGE, LYING ABOUT 900FT S OF MAIN PART IN 533343N, 002118E SWEPT CLEAR AT 30, FOUL AT 31FT [MLWS]. AN UNKNOWN WK, PRESUMED TO BE PART OF FOWBERRY TOWER LOCATED IN 533337N, 002138E WITH LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 47FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 8.11.49). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 1FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2307/49. 1.2.74 1.2.74 AMEND TO WK 10.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 109. 19.6.75 19.6.75 AMEND TO SW 10.6 MTRS. NC 107. HH090/593/01 13.7.93 HH090/593/01 5.1 93 EXAM'D 13.7.93 IN 533353.2N, 002103.7E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.9 IN GEN DEPTH 12.7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.3MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BREADTH 70MTRS. BROKEN WRECKAGE, LYING 150/330 DEG, WITHIN SCOUR. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. 3.9.13 3.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5333.920N, 0020.940E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.83 IN GEN DEPTH 14.1MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 75MTRS, HT 3.27MTRS. A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED DEBRIS LYING WITHIN A SCOUR. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). AMEND WK 10.8MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN WRECKAGE LYING IN A SCOUR

Position: 53 33.92 N,0 20.94 E

 

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