This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms fitzroy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 38.702 N,2 46.392 E (52.70045, 2.53695)

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.

Name: HMS FITZROY

Length 70.4 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 710 ton

Cause: Built 1919. was sunk by mine off great yarmouth.

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 1995

Details measurements/cartography: H02032/42 7.1.43 MINED IN 523900N, 024600E. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 27.5.42) H02032/42 7.1.43 SIDMOUTH FOULED OBSTN 300DEGS 3M FROM SIGNALLED POSN OF FITZROY. (SIDMOUTH SWEEP, 4.6.42). H8169/68 8.1.69 EXAM'D IN 523845N, 024625E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 121FT IN GEN DEPTH 135FT. SCOUR DEPTH 145FT. SEABED SAND. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 469/68). INS AS WK 20FMS.

- NM 249/69. H8196/68 29.4.69 SWEPT CLEAR 96.5FT. LEAST E/S 105FT. (HMS BULLDOG, 23.3.69). AMEND TO SW 17FMS. BR STD. 21.11.72 SHOWN IN 523820N, 024618E [EUR] ON NETH FISHERIES 1954 [REC'D 7.11.72]. 28.8.73 AMEND TO SW 31MTRS. NC 2182A. HH090/673/01 7.8.95 EXAM'D 1.6.95 IN 523842.1N, 024623.5E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 36.8, FOUL 37.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.2 IN GEN DEPTH 40.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.6MTRS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. PARTIALLY BURIED BY SANDWAVE AND PARTIALLY BROKEN UP. INTACT PORTION TO THE W. (NP 1008, HI 673). 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: PARTIALLY BURIED AND PARTIALLY BROKEN UP

Position: 52 38.702 N,2 46.392 E

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