This is the information page about the shipwreck Fylgia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 22.966 N,2 16.763 W (56.633333333333, -16)

 

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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. Alida gorthon
2. Ampleforth
3. Ardgour ii
4. Asta (probably)
5. Astra ii
6. Aurora
7. Avondale park (possibly)
8. Ballochbuie (possibly)
9. Bay fisher
10. Boyne castle (possibly)
11. Clara gwynne
12. Dalblair
13. Daydawn
14. Einar jarl (probably)
15. Empire claire
16. Empire miniver
17. Empire moose
18. Fellside
19. Fylgia
20. Grenmar (possibly)
21. Hansa
22. Har zion
23. Harley (part of)(possibly)
24. Herrington
25. Hms braconburn (possibly)
26. Hms columba (probably)
27. Hms embley
28. Hms northumbria
29. Hms pathfinder
30. Hmsm k17
31. Hmsm k4
32. Island magee
33. Janus
34. Jonkoping ii (probably)
35. Kotka
36. Maggie smith (possibly)
37. Mallard
38. Margaret rae
39. Northards
40. Oropesa
41. Port gisborne
42. Primrose
43. Ptarmigan
44. Sambre
45. Sneland 1
46. Storjen
47. Sylvafield
48. Thiara
49. U 532
50. Uganda
51. Ugie (possibly)
52. Valhallah
53. Victoria
54. Vogtland
55. Whitford point

 

Name: FYLGIA

Length 81.1 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1741 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: ex-talavera. built in 1889 by w dobson & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by angf akt kullen. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 176nhp, single shaft. passage gothenburg for rouen. torpedoed by uc-49. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: M6032 1918 POSN ABOUT 10MILES SE OF BELL ROCK. (562300N, 021500W). M4821 1918 POSN 562000N, 021600W. H2501/19  24 3 19 POSN 562300N, 021500W. (SNO GRANTON). H4087/26 24 6 26 ERASED WRECK FROM 2182B, 2397A. INS NDW 1918 PD IN 562300N, 021500W. BR STD. H2905/62 14 8 62 NO WRECK FOUND IN THIS POSN. (HMS SCOTT 1962). H4818/75 26.8.77 PROMINENT WK LOCATED 21.7.76 IN 562258N, 021638W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.4 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH ABOUT 65MTRS. LYING 085/265DEG. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT. (HMS SHIPHAM, HI 42/76). BR STD. HH091/152/01 - SEP 2008/000080688 20.6.08 EXAM'D 13.12.07 IN 5622.966N, 0216.736W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.4 IN GEN DEPTH 50.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 76MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 7.5MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, DEGRADED WITH COLLAPSED BOW AND STERN. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1152). AMEND WK 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, DEGRADED, COLLAPSED AT BOW AND STERN

Position: 56 22.966 N,2 16.763 W

 

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