This is the information page about the shipwreck Freesia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 9.469 N,3 10.449 W (58.865633333333, -3.1976833333333)

 

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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.

 

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35. Hmd lustring
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40. Hms loch garry
41. Hms pheasant
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44. Ilsenstein
45. Inconnu
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71. Reinfield
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73. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
74. Rosewood
75. Rotherfield
76. S 36 (bow section)
77. Scandinavic
78. Seydlitz
79. Siherite
80. Strathelliot
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82. Tbf fn899
83. Teeswood
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87. V 78 (part of)
88. V83

 

Name: FREESIA

Length 40.2 meter, width: 6.9 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 285 ton
Load: fish

Cause: built of steel in 1911 by cook, welton & gemmel ltd, beverly. owned at time of loss by ne steam fishing co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 80 nhp, single shaft. single boiler. machinery by charles d holmes co ltd, hull. passage grimsby for fishing and return. struck costa head, mainland. is reported to have refloated, drifted off and sank in deep water. two recovered, nine lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1922

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 156 cm

Known since: 1922, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/14 18.2.99 DIVED 6.1998 IN 5909.45N, 0310.53W [OGB] USING GPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. (REDUCE BY 2MTRS FOR APPROX LAT). IN TWO PIECES OF APPROX 20MTRS EACH. HT OF BOILER ABOVE BOTTOM 2MTRS. SEABED HARD ROCK & SAND. VERY BROKEN AND SCATTERED OVER A WIDE AREA. BOILER/ENGINE & BOW STAND PROUD. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (K HEATH). INS AS WK USC 36MTRS. BR STD. 17.8.01 WK DIVED. MAKER'S PLATE BEARING NAME 'CHARLES D HOLMES, HULL, 1911' FOUND. (TIM WADE/G FURSE TELECON 17.8.01). HH091/218/01 & SEP 2008/000020244 25.2.08 EXAM'D 12.8.07 IN 5909.4686N, 0310.4494W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.8 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 156/336 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. DEBRIS EXTENDS 96MTRS SE. WELL BROKEN UP. (NETSURVEY, HI 1218). AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/218/01 & SEP 2008/000068445 17.7.08 LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.8 IN GEN DEPTH 37.2MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1218, REVISED ROS). BR STD. 31.3.09 CINC REMOVED. MORE THAN 5 YEARS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN 2 PARTS, 20MTRS EACH. BOILER & BOW STAND PROUD

Position: 59 9.469 N,3 10.449 W

 

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