This is the information page about the shipwreck Friesland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 3.641 N,1 34.175 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Algarve
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Angele-erika
9. Aquarius (possibly)
10. Artemisia
11. Asteria
12. Barrhill
13. Bertha
14. Birtley
15. Boulderpool (fwd part)
16. British triumph
17. Camilla weston
18. Cantabria (probably)
19. Cardanel
20. Chevington
21. Clan morrison
22. Clansman (possibly)
23. Continental (possibly)
24. Corchester
25. Cordene
26. Corduff
27. Courier (probably)
28. Duncarron
29. Efos
30. Eikhaug
31. Empress
32. Ems
33. Ethel
34. Friesland
35. Fulgens
36. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
37. Gardenia
38. Georgia (for'd part)
39. Georgia (stern section)
40. Glen derry (probably)
41. Granta
42. Hauxley (possibly)
43. Hector gannet
44. Hms agate
45. Hms arley
46. Hms caroline moller
47. Hms cloughton wyke
48. Hms dungeness
49. Hms force
50. Hms francolin
51. Hms vortigern
52. Hms william stephen
53. Hmsm c 11
54. Homefire
55. I t l anna b
56. Ilse
57. Jessie maersk
58. Jevington court
59. Kenton
60. Keymun
61. King egbert
62. La perouse (possibly)
63. Lanterna (probably)
64. Leelite
65. Londoner (probably)
66. Marden
67. Marsworth
68. Minorca
69. Montferland
70. Norman queen
71. Oakgrove
72. Ole bull
73. Otter
74. Oxshott (possibly)
75. Pacific (possibly)
76. Pacific (possibly)
77. Pegrix
78. Rimac
79. Roine
80. Rose marie
81. Roy
82. Salvus ii
83. Seagull
84. Seaham
85. Sheaf water
86. St mark
87. St thomas (possibly)
88. Teddington
89. Thursonian
90. Traviata (possibly)
91. Trelissick
92. Tyneford
93. Upminster
94. Varoy
95. Walkure
96. Welholme (possibly)
97. Western mist (possibly)
98. Westland
99. Whintown (possibly)
100. Willowpool
101. Winhill or whinhill
102. Xanthe

 

Name: FRIESLAND

Length 89.9 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2662 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1930 by cowpen drydock & sb co, blyth. owned at time of loss by scheepswaart-en steenkolen maats nv. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 270hp, single shaft. machinery aft by ne marine eng co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. passage london for blyth. in ballast. bombed and sunk by german aircraft while in convoy. 13 men lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H03754/41 20.8.42 INS AS NDW IN 530343N, 013414E. H03754/41 12.9.42 LOCATED IN 530342N, 013412E IN 17FMS. HAS DEPTH OF LESS THAN 25FT AT LW. (FOIC YARMOUTH). AMEND POSN.

- NM 1972/42. H03754/41 14.11.51 SWEPT CLEAR AT 79, FOUL AT 81FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84 IN GEN DEPTH 109FT. STANDS 30FT HIGH. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1951). AMEND TO WK 13FMS.

- NM ACTION. H332/62 4.2.63 H4729/62 EXAM'D IN 530334N, 013418E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68 IN GEN DEPTH 105FT. (HMS SCOTT, 13.11.62). NCA YET. H332/62 4.2.64 SWEPT CLEAR AT 67, FOUL AT 72FT IN 530339N, 013416E. GEN DEPTH 105FT. (HMS SCOTT, 1963). AMEND TO WK 11FMS. BR STD. 11.5.72 AMEND SW 20.1MTRS. NC 106. HH090/524/01 8.1.92 EXAM'D 20.7.91 IN 530337.3N, 013412.5E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.1, FOUL AT 20.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.2 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS. LIES 012/192 DEG AND IS APPARENTLY STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. (LAND & MARINE, HI 531). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2018/000212985 13.9.18 EXAM'D 31.3.18 IN 5303.641N, 0134.175E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 24.46MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS, LENGTH 97.6MTRS, WIDTH 18.4MTRS, HEIGHT 7.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 090/270 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 30.4MTRS, 1.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 052 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 3.641 N,1 34.175 E

 

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