This is the information page about the shipwreck Fram (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 42.734 N,2 13.465 W (57.721166666667, -1.986)

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: FRAM (STERN SECTION)

Length 96 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2760 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-russ. built in 1897 by sir raylton dixon & co, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by angf a/b 'kjell'. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 233nhp, single shaft. passage stockholm for hartlepool. torpedoed while at anchor by u-13. broke in two. bow sank immediately and stern section drifted for 25 minutes before sinking. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1986

Details measurements/cartography: H0206/40 2.4.40 POSN GIVEN AS 574100N, 021100W OR 2.3 MILES 259 DEG FROM PITSLIGO FLAGSTAFF. (C IN C ROSYTH). PRESUMABLY ANCHORING POSN. - PFNM 832/40. H0206/40 26.6.40 INS AS DWPA.

- NM 1638/40. H1309/76/381 4.1.77 WK IN 574145N, 021440W IS KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE FRAM. STANDS 5 FATHOMS HIGH IN 26 FATHOMS. SINGLE 4 BLADED CAST IRON SCREW ABOUT 10FT ACROSS. LIES UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED WITH A 10 OR 15 DEG LIST. THE HULL APPEARS TO BE INTACT UP TO THE MIDSHIPS FROM THE STERN. THE FORWARD AREA IS SMASHED UP AND THE BOW SECTION APPEARS TO BE MISSING. THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS SMASHED UP AND THE WHOLE WRECK IS COVERED WITH NETS AND TRAWL DOORS. (R DAY, 4.11.76). H1310/81/28 22.10.81 REPD TO LIE IN POSN 574200N, 021400, APPROX, IN 160FT OF WATER, AND TO BE STILL FAIRLY INTACT, WITH NO SIGNS OF NETS OR ROPES. (R THOMSON, GRAMPIAN SAC, OCT 81). NCA YET. COULD POSSIBLY BE A DIFFERENT WK. 26.5.82 REPD TO LIE VIRTUALLY ON EVEN KEEL AND STAND 9MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL V). AMEND TO WK PA 30MTRS. BR STD. H2336/84 22.7.86 WK REPD IN 574247N, 021318W BY LOCAL FISHING SKIPPER. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). NCA YET. H2336/84 30.7.86 LOCATED IN 574245N, 021322W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 34MTRS. SONAR HT 9MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD 17.7.86).

- NM 2295/86. H2336/84 16.1.87 EXAM'D 3.7.86 IN 574246N, 021322W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 7.4MTRS. LYING 160/340 DEG. LENGTH 47.7MTRS, BEAM 13.9MTRS. HIGH POINT AT EITHER END - THE NORTHERN BEING THE SHOALEST. OPEN HOLD WITH HATCH COVERS MISSING. FEATHERLY E/S RETURNS AT 15MTRS ABOVE SEABED THOUGHT TO BE EITHER FOULED NETS OR, MORE LIKELY, FISH. CHART AS SW 34MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 42.734 N,2 13.465 W

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