This is the information page about the shipwreck Hillfern (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 57.745 N,2 9.797 W (57.721166666667, -1.986)

 

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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. Almeda star
2. Aurelia
3. Bassano
4. Be ready
5. Crown arun
6. Elle
7. Empire fal
8. Eva
9. Fleetwood mac
10. Fram (stern section)
11. Frank c
12. Graigwen
13. Heinkel 111
14. Hillfern (possibly)
15. Hms astronomer (possibly)
16. Hms jasper (probably)
17. Hms sphinx (possibly)
18. Jenny jensen (possibly)
19. Kenordoc
20. Kyno
21. Lady helen
22. Lloyd george
23. Lotos
24. Makalla (probably)
25. Ocean dawn
26. Osmed
27. Remuera
28. Sovereign
29. St malo
30. Svarton (probably)
31. Titan
32. Trsat (probably)
33. U 309
34. U 77
35. Zannes gounaris
36. Zenith

 

Name: HILLFERN (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 90 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 35 MILES NNW OF BUCHANESS. (LL WW2). 3.3.45 3.3.45 WK IN 575736N, 021000W. (EG 17). H2336/84 20.6.86 H2336/84 20.6.86 EXAM'D 26.2.86 IN 575745N, 020942W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 83 IN GEN DEPTH 91MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH HT 9.3MTRS. LIES IN 2 SEPARATE PARTS. N SECTION LIES E/W, BUT S SECTION IS MASS OF WRECKAGE WITH NO SPECIAL ORIENTATION. N SECTION IS 36.4MTRS LONG, 11MTRS WIDE & HAS THE MAX HT. ON SEABED SLOPING DOWN TO THE S. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). INS AS WK 82MTRS. BR STD. HH091/155/01 18.1.10 HH091/155/01 & SEP 2010/000027978 18.1.10 EXAM'D 23.5.09 IN 5757.745N, 0209.797W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 83.87 IN GEN DEPTH 90.3MTRS. SCOUR 1.85MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 2.7MTRS TOWARDS 090 DEGS. IN TWO PARTS: N PART LENGTH 26MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. S PART LIES 32MTR S. APPEARS TO BE DEBRIS WITH LENGTH 21.5MTRS, LYING 075 DEGS. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). AMEND WK 83MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS

Position: 57 57.745 N,2 9.797 W

 

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