This is the information page about the shipwreck Frumenton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 21.622 N,1 58.775 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Atle
9. Avonwood
10. Axminster (probably)
11. Barkis
12. Begona no 5
13. Bob read (probably)
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Bovey tracy
16. Boy karl
17. British captain
18. Brixton
19. Burtonia (possibly)
20. Bygdo (possibly)
21. Carica milica
22. Castle galleon
23. Cd 14 (probably)
24. Cedarwood (possibly)
25. City of kobe
26. Claudia (possibly)
27. Cormead
28. Crichtoun
29. Cross sand ltv
30. Dagmar (probably)
31. Daisy (possibly)
32. David b summers
33. Db 8 (possibly)
34. Denewood
35. Disa (possibly)
36. Django
37. Dolfijn (probably)
38. Dronning maud (possibly)
39. Dulwich
40. Edernian
41. El argentino
42. El dorado
43. Elnet
44. Ethel radcliffe
45. Eva witte
46. F stobart (probably)
47. Farmatyr
48. Fidelio
49. Firth
50. Friargate (possibly)
51. Frumenton
52. G and e (possibly)
53. Gannet (possibly)
54. Gasfire
55. Gena
56. Geneva
57. George fisher
58. Gerhard
59. Gipsy (possibly)
60. Glen tilt (possibly)
61. Glynn
62. Golconda (possibly)
63. Grantleyhall (possibly)
64. Grenadier (probably)
65. Groenlo
66. Gulf breaker
67. H h petersen
68. Helena
69. Hms adonis (possibly)
70. Hms christopher (possibly)
71. Hms condor (probably)
72. Hms donside (possibly)
73. Hms eros (possibly)
74. Hms evesham (possibly)
75. Hms exmoor
76. Hms fontenoy
77. Hms glen prosen
78. Hms harvest gleaner
79. Hms hirose (probably)
80. Hms irvana (part of)
81. Hms jessie nutten
82. Hms kaphreda
83. Hms m a west (probably)
84. Hms monarch
85. Hms moravia (possibly)
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
88. Hms orthos (probably)
89. Hms pelton (probably)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms sisters melville
93. Hms speeton (possibly)
94. Hms spider
95. Hms tettenhall
96. Hms tonbridge
97. Hms tugela
98. Hms waveflower
99. Hms whooper
100. Hmsm d5
101. Hornchurch
102. Ignis (possibly)
103. Impulsion
104. Jamesina
105. Kenneth hawksfield
106. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
107. Knitsley (possibly)
108. Kwasind
109. Lapwing
110. Lapwing (possibly)
111. Lincairn (possibly)
112. Lindisfarne (probably)
113. Lingfield
114. Lisette
115. Magdapur
116. Mangara
117. Mardyke
118. Maria rosa
119. Marianne (probably)
120. Mascota (possibly)
121. Mascotte
122. Memento (possibly)
123. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
124. Mercurius
125. Mirella
126. Mudo
127. Murdoch (probably)
128. Nadir
129. Newhaven (possibly)
130. Nominoe
131. Nordborg (possibly)
132. Novocastrian
133. Oil trader
134. Otis tarda
135. Pescado
136. Petshenga (possibly)
137. Phryne
138. Plawsworth (possibly)
139. Pluton
140. Polaris
141. Prima
142. Regain
143. Ren
144. Reward (possibly)
145. Rhenas (possibly)
146. Rhineland
147. Robin iv
148. Rochester city
149. Rogate
150. Roxanna
151. Scimitar
152. Scotia
153. Sea rhine
154. Silksworth hall (probably).
155. Sir william stephenson
156. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
157. Skodsburg (possibly)
158. Southford
159. St patrick
160. Stad alkmaar
161. Stanmount
162. Sunniside (probably)
163. Taber park
164. Tergestea
165. Thomas m (possibly)
166. Thornaby (possibly)
167. Tidal (possibly)
168. Torchbearer
169. Tregantle (possibly)
170. Tunisiana
171. U 13 (probably)
172. Uc 62 (possibly)
173. Ui-001
174. Vae victis
175. Viola (possibly)
176. War mehtar
177. War valley
178. White swan
179. White swan (possibly)
180. Wyetown
181. Yewkyle (possibly)
182. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: FRUMENTON

Length 132.9 meter, width: 18.3 meter, tonnage 6675 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built in 1930 by shorts bros ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by carlton & cambay ss co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 451hp, single shaft. machinery by j dickinson & son ltd. passage st johns for london. cargo 10393 tons of wheat. mined.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 122 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20161210

Details measurements/cartography: H01026/42 9.4.42 LYING IN 18.5FMS. SWEEP SET TO 22FT & FOULED. POSN 2.6M 003DEG FROM 54E BUOY. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 26.3.42). INS AS DW WITH G CONL LTBUOY GP FL(3)G 10SEC CLOSE EAST.

- NM 738/42. H01026/42 20.3.43 SURVEYED AFTER DISPERSAL. CLEAR 42FT. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 5.5.43). AMEND TO WK 7FMS.

- NM 1091/43. H5371/51 4.1.61 EXAM'D 29.5.51 IN 522136N, 015851E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 50FT, FOUL 52FT. LEAST E/S 78FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 54FT. SEABED 104FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 31.8.51). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 2FT.

- NM 1999/48. H4629/71 22.12.71 WRECK IDENTIFIED AS FRUMENTON BY SHIPS BELL. UPRIGHT, HULL INTACT EXCEPT FOR ONE HOLE 10 FT WIDE GUNWALE TO BILGE KEEL 20-30FT FROM BOW ON PORT SIDE. HOLDS SILTED, OTHERWISE UNSILTED & SURPRISINGLY WK HAS NOT TOPPLED. SUPERSTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING. (E GILES 25.11.71). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 14.9MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 23.8.82 EXAM'D 17.2.82 IN 522135N, 015855E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.1 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 6.82MTRS, LENGTH 136.3MTRS, BEAM 25.5MTRS. APPEARS STILL TO BE GOOD CONDITION. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11).

- NM 2403/82. SEP 2016/000091758 18.7.17 EXAM'D 10.12.16 IN 5221.622N, 0158.775E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.23MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 137.1MTRS, WIDTH 30.7MTRS, HEIGHT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 122/302 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 21.622 N,1 58.775 E

 

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