This is the information page about the shipwreck Friargate (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 5.102 N,1 43.564 E (52.1500167, 1.8159667)
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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: FRIARGATE (POSSIBLY)
Length 38.4 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 264 ton
Load: minerals
Cause: Built in 1910 by crabtree & co, gt yarmouth. owned at time of loss by a chester, middlesbrough. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 45hp, single shaft. passage london for middlesbrough. cargo 225 tons loam. mined. two men lost.
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm
Known since: 1976, last detected: 20161212
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 4 MILES E OF ORFORDNESS. (WWISL). H4139/76 21.12.76 EXAM'D 28.9.76 IN 520506N, 014337.2E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 22.9, FOUL 23.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.9 IN GEN DEPTH MTRS. SCOUR 26.4MTRS. A VERY SMALL WRECK, 40MTRS X 20MTRS APPROX. LYING NE/SW. SCOUR ON SOUTHERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN SIDES. NO BREAK UP. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). INS AS SW 22.9MTRS. BR STD. H5363/81 27.11.81 LOCATED IN 520507N, 014337E [EUR]. LENGTH 50MTRS, SONAR HT 1.5MTRS. LYING 110/280 DEGS. (BT TELECOM CABLE ROUTE SURVEY, SEPT 81). NCA. H2917/83 28.3.85 EXAM'D 11.12.84 IN 520505N, 014342E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.3 IN GEN DEPTH 25 TO 27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26.5MTRS. A SMALL WK. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. SEP 2012/000212161 14.1.12 WK LOCATED IN 5205.102N, 0143.550E [WGD]. HT 2.9MTRS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EAST ANGLIA OFFSHORE WIND LTD, REPORT BY EMU LTD DTD 12.6.12). NOT VISIBLE IN DIGITAL DATA. RETAIN SW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/000091759 23.8.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16; IN 5205.102N, 0143.564E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 31.9MTRS, WIDTH 7.9MTRS, HEIGHT 3.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 115/295 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 71.5MTRS, 2.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 026 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 5.102 N,1 43.564 E