This is the information page about the shipwreck Fulmar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 32.027 N,1 40.215 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: FULMAR
Length 77.7 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1270 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1902 by wigham-richardson & co, newcastle. owned at time of loss by the cork ss co ltd. two boilers. triple expansion engine of 195hp, single shaft. passage rotterdam for dunkirk. general cargo. struck a mine laid by uc-7. only the master lost.
Year of registration: 1970
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1970, last detected: 20170403
Details measurements/cartography: H4667/70 19.10.70 WK 17.5MTRS LOCATED IN 513200N, 014022E. (HMS ENTERPRISE, SIGNAL DTD 16.9.70). INS AS WK 9FMS 4FT.
- NM 2078/70. H5197/70 9.12.70 EXAM'D IN 513200N, 014020E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.5 IN GEN DEPTH 27.2MTRS. SCOUR 28MTRS. ONLY FAIR SONAR RESPONSE FROM SW. LIES NE/SW. LENGTH 80MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 27.11.70). H5197/70 & H4988/71 10.8.71 EXAM'D IN 513200N, 014019E [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR 13.5MRS. (HMS FAWN, HN). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 2FT IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 1285/71. H5197/70 & H4988/71 4.1.72 EXAM'D IN 513200N, 014019E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 13.5, FOUL 13.7MTRS. LEASE E/S DEPTH 14.8 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR 42MTRS. LIES 040/220DEGS. ABOUT 260FT LONG. (HMS FAWN). 23.5.73 AMEND TO SW 13.5MTRS. NC 2051. 11.11.76 OBSTN SHOWN IN 513202N, 014015E [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART KE 151-2 [JULY 1968 EDN]. HH090/667/01 5.1.96 EXAM'D 28.7.95 IN 513201.51N, 014012.51E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.2, FOUL 17.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.3 IN GEN DEPTH 27.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.0MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 045/225DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. ALL UPPERDECK GEAR, FUNNELS, DERRICKS ARE STILL VISIBLE. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NOT FULLY SWEPT, RETAIN SW 13.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/17 9.7.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. BELL BEARING: 'FULMAR 1902' RECOVERED. (G DOWD). NCA. SEP 2017/000123580 21.9.17 EXAM'D 3.4.17; IN 5132.027N, 0140.215E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 77.1MTRS, WIDTH 11.7MTRS, HEIGHT 8.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 105MTRS, 2.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 209 DEGS. WRECK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND DW 18.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 32.027 N,1 40.215 E