Wreck: Franz fischer (possibly) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Franz fischer (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 37.071 N,1 40.177 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: FRANZ FISCHER (POSSIBLY)

Length 68.3 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 970 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-rockland. a former german vessel captured as a prize. built in 1881 by irvine & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by the admiralty. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 105hp, single shaft. passage hartlepool for cowes. cargo coal. bombed and sunk by german zeppelin. (ww1sl, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm

Known since: 1938, last detected: 20170406

Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 CONFIRMS LOSS, GIVES TONNAGE ETC. H6345/26 4.11.26 NDW PA (1916) IN 513720N, 014100W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 1975. H8004/37 3.3.38 POSN 513706N, 014014E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 56FT, FOUL AT 57FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56FT. (HMS KELLETT, SWEEP REPORT 1937). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 2FT. BR STD. 12.6.69 AMEND TO WK 9FMS 1FT [LAT]. NE 1975. H2132/70 23.1.70 EXAM'D IN 513703N, 014015E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.7 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 25.5MTRS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM SE & SW; POOR FROM N. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 407/70). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 2FT. BR STD. H4988/71 5.1.72 LOCATED IN 513706N, 014015E [EUR] USING HIFIX. POSN BY DCS3. SONAR HT 19.5FT. (HMS FAWN). NCA. 23.5.73 AMEND TO SW 16.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 2051. H6340/87 27.2.89 EXAM'D 20.9.88 IN 513701N, 014017E [OGB] USING COMPOUND HYPERFIX/TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.6, FOUL AT 16.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 65MTRS. INTACT. LYING 020/200 DEG. (NP 1016, HI 423). BR STD. HH090/698/01 22.8.96 EXAM'D 18.7.96 IN 513704.4N, 014011.2E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.3, FOUL 17.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.2 IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE BROKEN IN TWO WITH SHOALEST PT AT THE N END. (NP 1016, HI 698). INS AS SW 17.2MTRS. BR STD. HH090/693/01 26.11.97 EXAM'D 25.10.97 IN 513701.8N, 014016.0E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 16.8, FOUL 17.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.4 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 010/290 DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 693). BR STD. 12.10.06 EUT POSN: 5137.066N, 0140.160E. NE 1183. SEP 2017/000123580 21.9.17 EXAM'D 6.4.17; IN 5137.071N, 0140.177E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.35MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 14.4MTRS, HEIGHT 6MTRS, ORIENTATION 005/185 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 97MTRS, 1.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 223 DEGS. WRECK IS UPRIGHT, BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND DW 17.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 37.071 N,1 40.177 E

 

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