This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms fisgard ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.266 N,2 29.508 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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.

 

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9. Binnendijk
10. Black hawk (aft section)
11. Black hawk (fwd section)
12. Britannia (possibly)
13. British inventor (bow section)
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15. Countess of erne
16. Earl of abergavenny
17. Elena r
18. Elmcrest
19. Enecuri
20. Ethel (probably)
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22. Finn
23. Forester (& pontoon)
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25. Frigga
26. Frogner ?
27. Girnigoe
28. Gorizia
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38. Hms fisgard ii
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50. Hmsm p555
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58. Lst 507 (stern section)
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64. Memnon
65. Merchant royal
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69. Neree (probably)
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93. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: HMS FISGARD II

Length 85.3 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 6010 ton

Cause: ex-'ironclad' hms invinicible, ex-hms erebus 1904-1906. training ship from 1904-1914. passage while under tow from portsmouth to scapa flow by tugs 'danube' & 'southampton'. water entered through the hawse pipes during heavy weather. tugs were unable to get fisgard ii into portland. turned on her side and sank. steering gear and props removed whilst being used as a training ship. of crew of 64, 21 men lost. (a dunster).

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: REPD SUNK IN 502812N, 022836W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHARTED AS WK 25FMS (1914). H3971/52 3.7.52 EXAM'S 23.6.52 IN 502813N, 022928W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 26FMS, FOUL AT 27FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 159FT IN GEN DEPTH 30FMS. LIES IN A WELL DEFINED ROCKY DEEP IN A NNW/SSE DIRN, LENGTH 450FT. STRONG A/S RESPONSE ORIGINALLY LOCATED AT A RANGE OF 2700YDS. (HMS SCOTT/SCES, 23.6.52, SURVEY [E9419]). AMEND TO WK 26FMS IN REVISED POSN. NOTE. H3564/61 20.7.61 ECHO MUCH CONFUSED BY BEING SURROUNDED BY TIDE RIP OVER PORTLAND LEDGE BUT GAVE QUITE GOOD RANGE RECORDER TRACE ON SECOND RUN, LYING 140/320DEGS. FIXED BY RADAR TYPE 978 WITH VISUAL BEARINGS ON PORTLAND BILL LT. (CAPTAIN (F), SECOND FRIGATE SQN, PORTLAND). NCA. H3950/70 24.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 47MTRS. [LAT -0.4MTRS]. NC 3315. H5982/82 3.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502807N, 022928W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982]. NCA. H2923/83 21.12.84 EXAM'D 29.7.84 IN 502813N, 022925W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.9 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. SCOUR 1-2 MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS APPROX. LIES N/S IN AMONGST ROCKS IN A DEPRESSION. GOOD SONAR RECORDS WERE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). RETAIN SW 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN. HH100/351/10 8.9.95 WRECK IS THE 'FISGARD II'. WK IS UPSIDE DOWN IN 67MTRS AND STANDS 12 TO 13MTRS HIGH. RUDDER STILL IN POSN. THE 2 PROPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED (PROBABLY WHEN SHE WAS A TRAINING SHIP). SITS ON A ROCK BASE. STERN WINDOWS SMASHED. THE STUMPS OF THE MASTS ARE LYING TO ONE SIDE, MOST OF THE TEAK FRAMEWORK HAS GONE. (A DUNSTER). NCA. HH091/154/01 / SEP 2010/000005843 29.12.09 LOCATED 28.2.09 IN 5028.266N, 0229.508W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.0 IN GEN DEPTH 63.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 94MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HT 10.8MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). INTACT, INVERTED. AMEND WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.(STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1110/12). 6.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED

Position: 50 28.266 N,2 29.508 W

 

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