This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms james fennel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.776 N,2 27.491 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Alex van opstal
4. Amy
5. Apache
6. Athen
7. Binnendijk
8. Black hawk (aft section)
9. Black hawk (fwd section)
10. Britannia (possibly)
11. British inventor (bow section)
12. Countess of erne
13. Earl of abergavenny
14. Elena r
15. Elmcrest
16. Enecuri
17. Ethel (probably)
18. Evertsen
19. Forester (& pontoon)
20. Franziska
21. Frogner ?
22. Grane
23. Gripfast
24. Hartlepool (part of)
25. Hartlepool (part of)
26. Himalaya
27. Hms arfon
28. Hms boadicea
29. Hms buccaneer
30. Hms fisgard ii
31. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
32. Hms james fennel
33. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
34. Hms landrail (probably)
35. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
36. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
37. Hms remindo (possibly)
38. Hms warrior ii
39. Hmsm a3
40. Hmsm l24
41. Hmsm m2
42. Hmsm p555
43. Hmsm sidon
44. Inisinver
45. Juvenile delinquent
46. Longsand
47. Lst 507 (bow section)
48. Lst 507 (stern section)
49. Lst 531
50. Mallard (possibly)
51. Marie therese
52. Martha
53. Merchant royal
54. Minerva (probably)
55. Neree (possibly)
56. Neree (probably)
57. Onward (probably)
58. Orne (possibly)
59. Pas (c.182)
60. Pitchipoy (possibly)
61. Pomeranian
62. Romsdalen (probably)
63. Rowella
64. Royal adelaide
65. Salsette ii
66. Saratoga
67. Scaldis
68. Spiral (possibly)
69. St dunstan
70. Stancrest
71. Sudon (possibly)
72. Terrapin
73. Thera (possibly)
74. Tracy
75. Trito
76. U 322 (possibly)
77. Ub 74
78. Ull (probably)
79. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: HMS JAMES FENNEL

Length 35.2 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 215 ton

Cause: built in 1918 by fullerton & co, paisley. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 75nhp, single shaft. machiney by plenty & sons, newbury. passage gibraltar for portsmouth. drove ashore on tarr rocks in dense fog and heavy seas. no lives lost. a few days later an attempt was made to tow her off stern first, but she immediately sank. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1920

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1920, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H2179/20 24.3.20 WK IN 503245N, 022725W APPROX. (KHM PORTLAND). BR STD. H7198/22 20.11.22 DW PA IN 503245N, 022725W. (AUTHORITY UNKNOWN). BR STD. 11.2.69 WK OF 'JAMES FENNEL' LOCATED IN 503230N, 022745W. (T SIMS, BATTERSEA BRANCH BSAC). AWAIT CONFIRMATION. NCA. H2923/83 3.1.85 TOO CLOSE INSHORE TO INVESTIGATE SAFELY. LOCAL DIVERS REPORT WK LIES 30YDS OFF BEACH IN CHARTED POSN. WELL BROKEN-UP, LYING N/S WITH HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED APPROX 20 TO 30FT. NO MAST, HIGHEST POINT PROBABLY BOILERS. LENGTH 80FT. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). NCA. 24.5.90 WK OF 'JAMES FENNELL' LIES IN 503239N, 022718W, 50YDS FROM BEACH BENEATH SOUTHERN OF TWO STONE STACKS ON BLACKNOR POINT IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. STERN IS COMPLETE & STANDS APPROX 6MTRS OFF SEABED, FORWARD SECTION IS SEPARATE & WELL BROKEN UP. (J & V HINCHCLIFFE, DIVE DORSET). NCA. H091/242/01 / SEP 2009/000159377 21.10.09 EXAM'D 9.2008 IN 5032.7764N, 0227.4911W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.02 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 7MTRS, WIDTH 3MTRS, HT 3MTRS. LIES ADJACENT TO A VERY ROCKY AREA. APPEARS AS A SINGLE LARGE CONTACT, POSSIBLY THE BOW, WITH A NUMBER OF SMALLER CONTACTS WITHIN 25MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1242). ?BOILER. AMEND TO WK 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 6624/09.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SINGLE MAIN CONTACT, ?BOILER

Position: 50 32.776 N,2 27.491 W

 

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