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