This is the information page about the shipwreck Francis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 40.555 N,0 6.561 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Amenity
3. Arcona champion
4. Audacity
5. Avalon
6. B o borjesson
7. Beaconsfield
8. Bellerophon
9. Box hill
10. Boys own
11. Breitenburg
12. British councillor
13. Briton (possibly)
14. Cadmus
15. Canada
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. City of birmingham
18. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
19. Coastal fort no-1
20. Corinth (possibly)
21. Cramlington (possibly)
22. Cyclope
23. Dana (possibly)
24. Daphne ii
25. Dayrian
26. Deerpool (after section)
27. Deerpool (for'd section)
28. Diana
29. Dido
30. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
31. Dunsany
32. Empress (probably)
33. Ethel (possibly)
34. Exmoor
35. Faunus
36. Femke
37. Fermo
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Fowberry tower (part)
40. Francis
41. Georgie
42. Georgios
43. Gerhardt (possibly)
44. Girl kitty (possibly)
45. Giuseppe
46. Gladeto
47. Gothic
48. Harlech
49. Harnis (probably)
50. Helmsman (probably)
51. Hms benvolio
52. Hms calverton
53. Hms corfield
54. Hms cortina
55. Hms dervish
56. Hms egret
57. Hms fairy
58. Hms lormont
59. Hms mistletoe
60. Hms othello
61. Hms princess victoria
62. Hms remillo
63. Hms st cyrus
64. Hms strathborve (part)
65. Hms susarion
66. Hms yorkshire belle
67. Horsted
68. Hugh taylor
69. Hvitveis
70. Ida
71. Ionic (probably)
72. J b paddon
73. John and thomas
74. John mowlem
75. John rettig (probably)
76. Kalo (probably)
77. Kernoozer
78. Kimberley (possibly)
79. Kingston cameo
80. Kyma
81. Ladas (possibly)
82. Lady anstruther (probably)
83. Lady dinah
84. Lifeguard (possibly)
85. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
86. Longbenton (probably)
87. Lord haig (possibly)
88. Lord haig (possibly)
89. Lord selborne
90. Lottie (possibly)
91. Lucerne
92. Lutha
93. Lyra (bow section)
94. Magdalyn ann
95. Magnolia (probably)
96. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
97. Marian francis
98. Markersdall (probably)
99. Marshall (probably)
100. Modig
101. Modiva (possibly)
102. Monimia (possibly)
103. Nadod (possibly)
104. Nimrod
105. Odessa
106. Onward (possibly)
107. Ophir ii (possibly)
108. Orsa
109. Otis tetrax
110. Paraciers
111. Peebles (possibly)
112. Peggotty
113. Portia
114. Ravonia (part)
115. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
116. Rayford
117. Realf
118. Reculver
119. Retriever
120. Revi
121. Rhuys
122. Rievaulx abbey
123. Rivaulx
124. River don (part of)(probably)
125. River witham
126. Sagacity
127. Salacon
128. Salmondby
129. Saltoun
130. Sandra glen
131. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
132. Sna iii
133. Sota eduardo
134. Teano
135. Thessaly
136. Thomas deas
137. Togston (possibly)
138. Triton
139. Uc 39
140. Uc 75
141. Umbe
142. Upminster (possibly)
143. Varangmalm (possibly)
144. Venture (possibly)
145. Wayside flower (possibly)
146. Whitemantle (possibly)
147. William hanson
148. Windsor (part of)
149. Windsor (part of)
150. Winga
151. Xavier
152. Xavier
153. Zeemermin

 

Name: FRANCIS

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 56 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 20200514

Details measurements/cartography: H2610/25 17.4.25 STRUCK BY TORWOOD ON 11.4.1925. POSN REPD AS 534030N, 000645E [OGB], OR OFF DIMLINGTON HEIGHT. (CG WITHERNSEA). H2610/25 13.7.25 TORWOOD SANK IN 534034N, 000645E, OR 174.5DEGS [T], 1.55M FROM EASINGTON CH. (TH, 13.7.25). INS AS DW. BR STD. SEP 2011/000192813 7.10.11 LOCATED IN 5340.557N, 0006.561E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH DRIES 0.33MTR. (NETSURVEY, HI 1358). AREA OF DEBRIS LYING APPROX 160/340 DEGS. AMEND WK DRIES 0.4MTR IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2021/000067871 18.5.20 EXAM'D 18.5.20 IN 5340.555N, 0006.561E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.16MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS, LENGTH 60.33MTRS, WIDTH 21.60MTRS, HEIGHT 3.50MTRS, ORIENTATION 056 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 26MTRS, ALONG WRECK TOWARDS 180 DEGS. BROKEN DOWN, DEBRIS FIELD. DEBRIS MEASURED AND INCLUDED IN DIMENSIONS ABOVE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF SCOUR. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1683). AMEND DW 0.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 1603/21

Position: 53 40.555 N,0 6.561 E

 

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