This is the information page about the shipwreck Fremona, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 54.94 N,4 11.09 W (48.915666666667, -4.3681666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: FREMONA
Length 100 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 3028 ton
Cause: built in 1887 by gourlay bros. owned at the time of loss by cairn line. torpedoed without warning by a german submarine 10m nw of ile de bas. 11 of the crew were killed. (dods).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 86 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H1690/19 16.7.19 SHOWN AS WK IN 485500N, 041100W ON FRENCH 10102. INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BR STD. H1291/28 28.6.28 AMEND TO NDW (1917). BR STD. H1128/63 12.3.63 INS AS NDW. NC 2644. 26.8.77 WK OF SS 'FREMONA' IN APPROX 485500N, 041100W [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 90MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976). 2.9.77 SHOWN AS NDW IN 485500N, 041100W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6680 [1977 EDN]. 20.11.78 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH 6031. NE 2644. 12.10.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 70MTRS ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. ALSO LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14584007. BR STD. 26.2.09 SHOWN IN 4854.940N, 0411.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, 2ND SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 54.94 N,4 11.09 W