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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Bovey tracy
13. British captain
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. City of kobe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Cormead
21. Cresta
22. Crichtoun
23. Cross sand ltv
24. David b summers
25. Denewood
26. Dronning maud (possibly)
27. Dunwich bank wk
28. Edernian
29. El argentino
30. El dorado
31. Ethel radcliffe
32. Eva witte
33. Excellenz mehnert
34. Farmatyr
35. Fidelio
36. Firth
37. Frumenton
38. Gasfire
39. Gena
40. Geneva
41. George fisher
42. Gipsy (possibly)
43. Glen tilt (possibly)
44. Glynn
45. Groenlo
46. Gulf breaker
47. H h petersen
48. Helena
49. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
50. Hms christopher (possibly)
51. Hms condor (probably)
52. Hms dhoon (probably)
53. Hms donside (possibly)
54. Hms evesham (possibly)
55. Hms exmoor
56. Hms fontenoy
57. Hms glen prosen
58. Hms irvana (part of)
59. Hms jessie nutten
60. Hms kaphreda
61. Hms m a west (probably)
62. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
63. Hms orthos (probably)
64. Hms pelton (probably)
65. Hms speeton (possibly)
66. Hms spider
67. Hms tettenhall
68. Hms tonbridge
69. Hms tugela
70. Hms washington (probably)
71. Hms whooper
72. Hmsm d5
73. Hornchurch
74. Impulsion
75. Kenneth hawksfield
76. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
77. Knitsley (possibly)
78. La perouse (possibly)
79. Langeli (possibly)
80. Lapwing
81. Liliane (possibly)
82. Lindisfarne (probably)
83. Lingfield
84. Magdapur
85. Mangara
86. Mardyke
87. Maria rosa
88. Marianne (probably)
89. Marsworth
90. Mascota (possibly)
91. Mascotte
92. Memento (possibly)
93. Mercurius
94. Mirella
95. Montferland
96. Mudo
97. Murdoch (probably)
98. Nadir
99. Navarra (possibly)
100. Nereus
101. Newhaven (possibly)
102. Newland (possibly)
103. Nominoe
104. Nordborg (possibly)
105. Novocastrian
106. Oil trader
107. Osprey
108. Otis tarda
109. Philipp m
110. Pluton
111. Polaris
112. Prima
113. Regain
114. Ren
115. Reward (possibly)
116. Rhineland
117. Robin iv
118. Robrix
119. Rochester city
120. Rogate
121. Roxanna
122. Rye
123. Scotia
124. Sea rhine
125. Seagull
126. Silksworth hall (probably).
127. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
128. Skodsburg (possibly)
129. Southford
130. St patrick
131. Stad alkmaar
132. Stanmount
133. Sunniside (probably)
134. Taber park
135. Thomas m (possibly)
136. Tidal (possibly)
137. Tregantle (possibly)
138. Trevethoe
139. U 13 (probably)
140. Ui-001
141. Vanguard
142. Viola (possibly)
143. Virgilia
144. War mehtar
145. War valley
146. White lady
147. White swan
148. White swan (possibly)
149. Wyetown
150. Xanthe
151. Yewvalley (possibly)
152. 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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