This is the information page about the shipwreck Franziska, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.179 N,2 27.622 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Alex van opstal
4. Amy
5. Apache
6. Athen
7. Binnendijk
8. Black hawk (aft section)
9. Black hawk (fwd section)
10. Britannia (possibly)
11. British inventor (bow section)
12. Centurion
13. Countess of erne
14. Earl of abergavenny
15. Elena r
16. Elmcrest
17. Enecuri
18. Ethel (probably)
19. Evertsen
20. Finn
21. Forester (& pontoon)
22. Franziska
23. Frigga
24. Frogner ?
25. Girnigoe
26. Grane
27. Gripfast
28. Hartlepool (part of)
29. Hartlepool (part of)
30. Himalaya
31. Hms arfon
32. Hms blackwood
33. Hms boadicea
34. Hms buccaneer
35. Hms delight
36. Hms fisgard ii
37. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
38. Hms james fennel
39. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
40. Hms landrail (probably)
41. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
42. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
43. Hms remindo (possibly)
44. Hms warrior ii
45. Hmsm a3
46. Hmsm l24
47. Hmsm m2
48. Hmsm p555
49. Hmsm sidon
50. Inisinver
51. Juvenile delinquent
52. K m b (possibly)
53. Longsand
54. Lst 507 (bow section)
55. Lst 507 (stern section)
56. Lst 531
57. Mallard (possibly)
58. Marie therese
59. Martha
60. Meknes
61. Memnon
62. Merchant royal
63. Minerva (probably)
64. Neree (possibly)
65. Neree (probably)
66. Netley abbey (possibly)
67. Onward (probably)
68. Orne (possibly)
69. Pas (c.182)
70. Pitchipoy (possibly)
71. Pomeranian
72. Romsdalen (probably)
73. Rowella
74. Royal adelaide
75. Salsette ii
76. Saratoga
77. Scaldis
78. Spiral (possibly)
79. St dunstan
80. Stancrest
81. Sudon (possibly)
82. Terrapin
83. Thera (possibly)
84. Tracy
85. Trito
86. U 322 (possibly)
87. Ub 74
88. Ull (probably)
89. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: FRANZISKA

Length 62.5 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 669 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built 1882, owned by august sartori. sank after collision with the barque 'honor'.

Year of registration: 1985

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 29 cm

Known since: 1985, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H2923/83 4.1.85 WK EXAM'D 23.7.84 IN 502809N, 022733W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 56MTRS. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 50MTRS, BEAM ABOUT 7MTRS. LYING 010/190DEGS, UPRIGHT AND INTACT, WITH BOWS S. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). CHART AS WK 42MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/10 8.9.95 THIS IS THE WRECK OF THE SS 'FRANCISKA', IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL. UPRIGHT IN 58MTRS AND STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. (A DUNSTER). NCA. HH091/154/01 & SEP 2010/000005843 29.12.09 LOCATED 28.2.09 IN 5028.179N, 0227.622W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.07 IN GEN DEPTH 55.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 7.85MTRS. LIES 029/209 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). INTACT. AMEND WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 10.11.14 NAMED AS FRANZISKA IN BOT CASUALTY RETURNS FOR 1889 AND IN THE TIMES DTD 26.2.1889. (S CANT, ENGLISH HERITAGE, EMAIL DTD 7.11.14). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND INTACT

Position: 50 28.179 N,2 27.622 W

 

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