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 (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Annie
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Blackhill
10. Bonnington court
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Clan monroe
19. Coalgas
20. Corcrest
21. Cormorant
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Denise germaine (possibly)
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Duke of york (bows)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Dynamo
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Ellewoutsdijk
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Firth
45. Flores (probably)
46. Fort massac
47. Forth
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Groeswen (probably)
58. Harlington (probably)
59. Harlyn (probably)
60. Harriet
61. Hebe
62. Hendon hall
63. Heworth
64. Highwave (probably)
65. Hillglen
66. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms coquette
69. Hms donna nook
70. Hms duchess of hamilton
71. Hms eros (possibly)
72. Hms forward iii
73. Hms franc tireur
74. Hms hastfen
75. Hms hirose (probably)
76. Hms holdene
77. Hms japan
78. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
79. Hms leandros
80. Hms lord airedale
81. Hms ludlow
82. Hms marconi
83. Hms monarch
84. Hms moravia (possibly)
85. Hms nadine
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms resono (possibly)
88. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
89. Hms river clyde (possibly)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms sisters melville
92. Hms st seiriol
93. Hms tervani
94. Hms velia (possibly)
95. Hms waveflower
96. Hms whooper
97. Hms william wesney
98. Hmsm e6
99. Hmtb 10
100. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
101. Hnlms 227
102. Hornchurch
103. Ignis (possibly)
104. Ingi
105. Ionian (possibly)
106. Iris (possibly)
107. J c dalble
108. Jamesina
109. Janny
110. Jim
111. Kankakee
112. Khartoum (possibly)
113. Knarsdale
114. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
115. Koningen emma (possibly)
116. Kwasind
117. La flandre (possibly)
118. Lady salisbury
119. Lapwing
120. Lapwing (possibly)
121. Lincairn (possibly)
122. Lisette
123. Little world
124. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
125. Lonhelen (possibly)
126. Lord bute
127. Lowland
128. Magdapur
129. Mangara
130. Marie leonhardt (probably)
131. Mascotte
132. Mecklenburg
133. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
134. Mexico
135. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
136. Moidart
137. Morar
138. Nereus
139. Newhaven (possibly)
140. Nico
141. Nicolaos piangos
142. Norhauk
143. Norwich trader
144. Ocean pride
145. Old charlton
146. Ostprussen (possibly)
147. Palembang (probably)
148. Paullette
149. Peik
150. Persistant whisper
151. Pescado
152. Petshenga (possibly)
153. Phryne
154. Plawsworth (possibly)
155. Polgarth
156. Profit
157. Protinus (possibly)
158. Ravenscraig (possibly)
159. Rhenas (possibly)
160. Rumania
161. Salerno (possibly)
162. Salerno (possibly)
163. Savona (probably)
164. Scimitar
165. Sea king
166. Second chance (possibly)
167. Shardana
168. Simon bolivar
169. Storm
170. Sunk head tower
171. Tergestea
172. Terukuni maru
173. Thornaby (possibly)
174. Thyra
175. Torchbearer
176. Uc 11 (possibly)
177. Uc 72 (possibly)
178. Vae victis
179. Vancouver
180. Victorious
181. Volscian (possibly)
182. Walsingham
183. Warrenpoint
184. Wearside
185. Wychwood (possibly)
186. Wyetown
187. Yarmouth
188. Yewkyle (possibly)
189. 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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