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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Boy karl
16. British captain
17. Brixton
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Bygdo (possibly)
20. Carica milica
21. Castle galleon
22. Cd 14 (probably)
23. Cedarwood (possibly)
24. City of kobe
25. Claudia (possibly)
26. Cormead
27. Crichtoun
28. Cross sand ltv
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. David b summers
31. Denewood
32. Disa (possibly)
33. Django
34. Dolfijn (probably)
35. Dronning maud (possibly)
36. Dulwich
37. Edernian
38. El argentino
39. El dorado
40. Ethel radcliffe
41. Eva witte
42. F stobart (probably)
43. Farmatyr
44. Fidelio
45. Firth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Frumenton
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Geneva
52. George fisher
53. Gerhard
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Glen tilt (possibly)
56. Glynn
57. Golconda (possibly)
58. Grantleyhall (possibly)
59. Grenadier (probably)
60. Groenlo
61. Gulf breaker
62. H h petersen
63. Helena
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
65. Hms christopher (possibly)
66. Hms condor (probably)
67. Hms donside (possibly)
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms evesham (possibly)
70. Hms exmoor
71. Hms fontenoy
72. Hms glen prosen
73. Hms hirose (probably)
74. Hms irvana (part of)
75. Hms jessie nutten
76. Hms kaphreda
77. Hms m a west (probably)
78. Hms monarch
79. Hms moravia (possibly)
80. Hms new comet (possibly)
81. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
82. Hms orthos (probably)
83. Hms pelton (probably)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms sisters melville
87. Hms speeton (possibly)
88. Hms spider
89. Hms tettenhall
90. Hms tonbridge
91. Hms tugela
92. Hms waveflower
93. Hms whooper
94. Hmsm d5
95. Hornchurch
96. Ignis (possibly)
97. Impulsion
98. Jamesina
99. Kenneth hawksfield
100. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
101. Knitsley (possibly)
102. Kwasind
103. Lapwing
104. Lincairn (possibly)
105. Lindisfarne (probably)
106. Lingfield
107. Lisette
108. Magdapur
109. Mangara
110. Mardyke
111. Maria rosa
112. Marianne (probably)
113. Mascota (possibly)
114. Mascotte
115. Memento (possibly)
116. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
117. Mercurius
118. Mirella
119. Mudo
120. Murdoch (probably)
121. Nadir
122. Newhaven (possibly)
123. Nominoe
124. Nordborg (possibly)
125. Novocastrian
126. Oil trader
127. Otis tarda
128. Pescado
129. Petshenga (possibly)
130. Phryne
131. Plawsworth (possibly)
132. Pluton
133. Polaris
134. Prima
135. Regain
136. Ren
137. Reward (possibly)
138. Rhenas (possibly)
139. Rhineland
140. Robin iv
141. Rochester city
142. Rogate
143. Roxanna
144. Scimitar
145. Scotia
146. Sea rhine
147. Silksworth hall (probably).
148. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
149. Skodsburg (possibly)
150. Southford
151. St patrick
152. Stad alkmaar
153. Stanmount
154. Sunniside (probably)
155. Taber park
156. Tergestea
157. Thomas m (possibly)
158. Thornaby (possibly)
159. Tidal (possibly)
160. Torchbearer
161. Tregantle (possibly)
162. U 13 (probably)
163. Ui-001
164. Vae victis
165. Viola (possibly)
166. War mehtar
167. War valley
168. White swan
169. White swan (possibly)
170. Wyetown
171. Yewkyle (possibly)
172. 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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