This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms forward iii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 58.354 N,1 47.471 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Atlanticos
6. Balgownie (probably)
7. Batavier 5
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Clan monroe
17. Coalgas
18. Corcrest
19. Cormorant
20. Cormount (probably)
21. Coureur des mers
22. Cressdene (possibly)
23. Cresta
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denewood
26. Denise germaine (possibly)
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Duke of york (bows)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Dynamo
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. Ellewoutsdijk
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Firth
43. Flores (probably)
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gena
50. Gerhard
51. Gipsy (possibly)
52. Golconda (possibly)
53. Grantleyhall (possibly)
54. Grenadier (probably)
55. Groeswen (probably)
56. Harlington (probably)
57. Harlyn (probably)
58. Harriet
59. Hebe
60. Hendon hall
61. Highwave (probably)
62. Hillglen
63. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
65. Hms coquette
66. Hms donna nook
67. Hms duchess of hamilton
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms forward iii
70. Hms franc tireur
71. Hms hastfen
72. Hms hirose (probably)
73. Hms holdene
74. Hms japan
75. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
76. Hms leandros
77. Hms lord airedale
78. Hms ludlow
79. Hms marconi
80. Hms monarch
81. Hms moravia (possibly)
82. Hms nadine
83. Hms new comet (possibly)
84. Hms resono (possibly)
85. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms sisters melville
89. Hms tervani
90. Hms velia (possibly)
91. Hms waveflower
92. Hms whooper
93. Hms william wesney
94. Hmsm e6
95. Hmtb 10
96. Hnlms 227
97. Hornchurch
98. Ignis (possibly)
99. Ingi
100. Ionian (possibly)
101. J c dalble
102. Jamesina
103. Janny
104. Jim
105. Kankakee
106. Khartoum (possibly)
107. Knarsdale
108. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
109. Koningen emma (possibly)
110. Kwasind
111. La flandre (possibly)
112. Lady salisbury
113. Lapwing
114. Lincairn (possibly)
115. Lisette
116. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
117. Lonhelen (possibly)
118. Lord bute
119. Lowland
120. Magdapur
121. Mangara
122. Marie leonhardt (probably)
123. Mascotte
124. Mecklenburg
125. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
126. Mexico
127. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
128. Moidart
129. Morar
130. Nereus
131. Newhaven (possibly)
132. Nico
133. Nicolaos piangos
134. Norhauk
135. Norwich trader
136. Ocean pride
137. Old charlton
138. Ostprussen (possibly)
139. Palembang (probably)
140. Paullette
141. Peik
142. Persistant whisper
143. Pescado
144. Petshenga (possibly)
145. Phryne
146. Plawsworth (possibly)
147. Polgarth
148. Profit
149. Protinus (possibly)
150. Ravenscraig (possibly)
151. Rhenas (possibly)
152. Salerno (possibly)
153. Salerno (possibly)
154. Savona (probably)
155. Scimitar
156. Second chance (possibly)
157. Shardana
158. Simon bolivar
159. Storm
160. Sunk head tower
161. Tergestea
162. Terukuni maru
163. Thornaby (possibly)
164. Thyra
165. Torchbearer
166. Uc 11 (possibly)
167. Uc 72 (possibly)
168. Vae victis
169. Vancouver
170. Victorious
171. Volscian (possibly)
172. Walsingham
173. Warrenpoint
174. Wearside
175. Wychwood (possibly)
176. Wyetown
177. Yarmouth
178. Yewkyle (possibly)
179. Ypapanti

 

Name: HMS FORWARD III

Length 25.9 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 89 ton

Cause: Mined.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 221 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20190701

Details measurements/cartography: H1960/17 POSN 515820N, 014730E. NO LONGER DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. - FNM 208/17. 1923 AMEND TO NDW. NE 102. H0722/40 15.5.44 DELETE FROM ALL CHARTS.

- NM 1029/44. H4139/76 11.1.77 NOT FOUND DURING CLOSE AREA DCS3 SEARCH (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). HH090/667/01 13.12.95 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. (OCEANICS, HI 667). AMENDED TO DEAD. NCA. SEP 2019/000272653 25.11.19 EXAM'D 01.07.19; IN 5158.354N, 0147.471E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 23.7MTRS, WIDTH 7.74MTRS, HEIGHT 0.79MTRS, ORIENTATION 221/041 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 4.5MTRS, WIDTH 37.54MTRS, 0.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 221 DEGS. PART OF WRECK FOUND DEGRADED AND BURIED. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). INS DW 26.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 58.354 N,1 47.471 E

 

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