This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms fontenoy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 29.904 N,1 56.306 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Astrologer
6. Atle
7. Avonwood
8. Axminster (probably)
9. Barkis
10. Begona no 5
11. Bob read (probably)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. British captain
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Cormead
22. Cresta
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Daisy (possibly)
26. David b summers
27. Db 8 (possibly)
28. Denewood
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. El dorado
34. Elnet
35. Ethel radcliffe
36. Eva witte
37. Excellenz mehnert
38. Farmatyr
39. Fidelio
40. Firth
41. Frumenton
42. G and e (possibly)
43. Gasfire
44. Gena
45. Geneva
46. George fisher
47. Gipsy (possibly)
48. Glen tilt (possibly)
49. Glynn
50. Groenlo
51. Gulf breaker
52. H h petersen
53. Helena
54. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
55. Hms cantatrice
56. Hms christopher (possibly)
57. Hms condor (probably)
58. Hms dhoon (probably)
59. Hms donside (possibly)
60. Hms evesham (possibly)
61. Hms exmoor
62. Hms fontenoy
63. Hms glen prosen
64. Hms harvest gleaner
65. Hms irvana (part of)
66. Hms jessie nutten
67. Hms kaphreda
68. Hms m a west (probably)
69. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
70. Hms orthos (probably)
71. Hms pelton (probably)
72. Hms speeton (possibly)
73. Hms spider
74. Hms tettenhall
75. Hms tonbridge
76. Hms tugela
77. Hms washington (probably)
78. Hms whooper
79. Hmsm d5
80. Hornchurch
81. Impulsion
82. Kenneth hawksfield
83. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
84. Knitsley (possibly)
85. La perouse (possibly)
86. Langeli (possibly)
87. Lapwing
88. Lapwing (possibly)
89. Liliane (possibly)
90. Lindisfarne (probably)
91. Lingfield
92. Magdapur
93. Mangara
94. Mardyke
95. Maria rosa
96. Marianne (probably)
97. Marsworth
98. Mascota (possibly)
99. Mascotte
100. Memento (possibly)
101. Mercurius
102. Mirella
103. Montferland
104. Mudo
105. Murdoch (probably)
106. Nadir
107. Navarra (possibly)
108. Nereus
109. Newhaven (possibly)
110. Newland (possibly)
111. Nominoe
112. Nordborg (possibly)
113. Novocastrian
114. Oil trader
115. Osprey
116. Otis tarda
117. Philipp m
118. Pluton
119. Polaris
120. Prima
121. Regain
122. Ren
123. Reward (possibly)
124. Rhineland
125. Robin iv
126. Robrix
127. Rochester city
128. Rogate
129. Roxanna
130. Rye
131. Scotia
132. Sea king
133. Sea rhine
134. Seagull
135. Silksworth hall (probably).
136. Sir william stephenson
137. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
138. Skodsburg (possibly)
139. Southford
140. St patrick
141. Stad alkmaar
142. Stanmount
143. Sunniside (probably)
144. Taber park
145. Thomas m (possibly)
146. Tidal (possibly)
147. Tregantle (possibly)
148. Trevethoe
149. Tunisiana
150. U 13 (probably)
151. Uc 62 (possibly)
152. Ui-001
153. Vanguard
154. Vigo
155. Viola (possibly)
156. Virgilia
157. War mehtar
158. War valley
159. White lady
160. White swan
161. White swan (possibly)
162. Wyetown
163. Xanthe
164. Yewvalley (possibly)
165. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS FONTENOY

Length 38.3 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 276 ton

Cause: ex-eduard anseele '38, ex-sian duffy. built in 1918 by bownic lachlan & co ltd, paisley for the rhondda fishing co ltd, grimsby. hired in 2.40. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 87hp, single shaft. machinery by fraser & chalmers, blyth. attacked by german aircraft and sunk.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: H01058/40 19.11.40 BOMBED & SANK IN 523115N, 015500E. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 19.11.40). H01058/40 28.11.40 LEAST DEPTH 37FT. POSN 522951N, 015622E. (HMS FRANKLIN, 28.11.40). - PFNM 2846/40 & NM 3033/40. H01058/40 5.10.48 EXAM'D IN 522947N, 015605E USING HSA. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 51FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71FT IN GEN DEPTH 91FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). AMEND TO WK 51FT.

- NM 2057/48. H01058/40 27.8.51 EXAM'D 5.7.51 IN 522953N, 015626E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 66FT, FOUL AT 68FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 36FT. GEN DEPTH 102FT. LIES 050/230 DEGS. LENGTH 120FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). AMEND TO WK 11FMS. BR STD. H4167/59 31.5.60 AMEND TO SW 11FMS. NC 1543. H6285/69 27.1.70 FOUND BY KH ON SIDE SCAN SONAR IN PIPE TOWING SURVEY. (K 5733/2). 30.7.74 AMEND TO SW 19.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 2.9.82 EXAM'D 27.2.82 IN 522952N, 015626E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.2 IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 8.7MTRS, LENGTH 41.38MTRS, BEAM 6.8MTRS. LYING N/S, BOWS S. UPRIGHT & INTACT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11).

- NM 2874/82. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5229.904N, 0156.306E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.75MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 40.9MTRS, WIDTH 10.9MTRS, HEIGHT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 240MTRS, 0.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 005 DEGS. WRECK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 29.904 N,1 56.306 E

 

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