This is the information page about the shipwreck Freidig (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 16.998 N,0 39.372 E (53.030633333333, 0.9186)

 

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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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7. Bogatyr
8. Box hill
9. Capitaine edmond laborie
10. Clavis
11. Dalemoor
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13. Dromore castle
14. Dusty miller
15. Egret
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18. Flashlight (probably)
19. Fowberry tower (part)
20. Fowberry tower (part)
21. Freidig (possibly)
22. Fryken
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24. Hms cape spartel (probably)
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28. Hms susarion
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32. Kyma
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56. Shepherd lad
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58. Strumpet
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63. Tunis
64. Victoria
65. Vina
66. William balls (probably)
67. Wimbledon

 

Name: FREIDIG (POSSIBLY)

Length 59.3 meter, width: 9.2 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 726 ton
Load: animals (land & sea) and birds,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: ex-osiria, ex-la hneck. built of iron in 1882. owned at time of loss by j jens salvensens, rederi akties. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 65hp, single shaft. passage middlesbrough for rouen. cargo cast iron pigs/ingots. collided with ss ariadne alexandra while in convoy and later sank.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 206 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: M016333 9.11.18 SANK IN 531430N, 003930E, APPROX. (VAEC CONVOY REPORT). H332/62 4.2.63 WK LOCATED IN 531655N, 003929E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68 IN GEN DEPTH 75FT. (HMS SCOTT, 19.9.62). INS AS WK 11FMS.

- NM 162/64. H4729/62 4.6.64 LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 67FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 28.5.63). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 3FT. BR STD. 26.11.74 AMEND TO WK 15.2MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH090/593/01 7.1.94 EXAM'D 21.6.93 IN 531658.5N, 003928.2E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.9, FOUL AT 13.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.8 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. PARTIALLY BURIED WK, WITH SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE DISCERNIBLE ON SONAR TRACE. SNAGGED BY NETS. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593).

- NM 640/94. SEP 2010/000102033 1.7.10 LOCATED IN 5317.004N, 0039.372E [WGD] USING KGPS. LENGTH 55MTRS, HT 8MTRS. (GARDLINE ENVIRONMENTAL, LICENCE AREA 481 PRE-DREDGE SURVEY DTD 1.2009). RETAIN SW 12.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2020/0000180469 5.8.20 EXAM'D 27.2.20 IN 5316.998N, 0039.372E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.98 MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 21 MTRS, LENGTH 52.1 MTRS, WIDTH 9.7 MTRS, HEIGHT 9.2 MTRS, ORIENTATION 206 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 65 MTRS, WIDTH 35 MTRS, HEIGHT 3.1 MTRS, ORIENTATION 345 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1675). RETAIN SW DW 12.9 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED, SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE

Position: 53 16.998 N,0 39.372 E

 

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