This is the information page about the shipwreck Fulgens, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 49.092 N,1 36.373 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)
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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: FULGENS
Length 93.1 meter, width: 12.9 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2512 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1912 by wood skinner & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the gas light & coke co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 272hp, single shaft. passage hartlepool for london. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk by ub-10.
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 1982
Details measurements/cartography: REPD 1M OFF PALLING, NORFOLK & 2.35M 093DEGS FROM HAISBOROUGH LTHO. INS AS WK (1915) 6.5FMS. - FNM 280/15 & FNM 294/15. H3161/56 9.5.56 H3161/56 9.5.56 SWEPT DEPTH OVER WK 37FT. POSN 524906N, 013626E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER 1950). AMEND TO WK 6FMS. BR STD. 23.6.69 23.6.69 AMEND TO SW 6FMS 1FT. BR STD. 14.3.73 14.3.73 AMEND TO SW 11.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 106. H1952/80 20.1.83 H1952/80 20.1.83 EXAM'D 17.6.82 IN 524904N, 013629E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.8 IN GEN DEPTH 14.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LYING 005/185 DEGS AND APPARENTLY BROKEN UP. (SOISS, HI 22). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP
Position: 52 49.092 N,1 36.373 E