This is the information page about the shipwreck Ignis (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 9.903 N,1 40.414 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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Angelus
8. Astrologer
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Batavier 5
11. Bob read (probably)
12. British captain
13. British fortune (probably)
14. Brixton
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Cairnside
18. Carica milica
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. Churston
22. Clan monroe
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Coalgas
25. Corcrest
26. Cormorant
27. Cormount (probably)
28. Cressdene (possibly)
29. Cresta
30. Dagmar (probably)
31. Denewood
32. Disa (possibly)
33. Dronning maud (possibly)
34. Dulwich
35. Dunwich bank wk
36. Edernian
37. El argentino
38. Empire bridge
39. Erna boldt (probably)
40. Estrella (possibly)
41. European gateway (part of)
42. Eva witte
43. Excelsior
44. F stobart (probably)
45. Faithful star
46. Farmatyr
47. Firth
48. Fort massac
49. Forth
50. Friargate (possibly)
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Frumenton
53. Gannet (possibly)
54. Gasfire
55. Gena
56. Gerhard
57. Gipsy (possibly)
58. Golconda (possibly)
59. Grantleyhall (possibly)
60. Grenadier (probably)
61. Grisdeale
62. Groeswen (probably)
63. Gulf breaker
64. H h petersen
65. Harlington (probably)
66. Harlyn (probably)
67. Harriet
68. Hebe
69. Heworth
70. Hillglen
71. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
72. Hms adonis (possibly)
73. Hms arethusa
74. Hms christopher (possibly)
75. Hms condor (probably)
76. Hms donna nook
77. Hms donside (possibly)
78. Hms dundalk
79. Hms eros (possibly)
80. Hms forward iii
81. Hms franc tireur
82. Hms harvest gleaner
83. Hms hirose (probably)
84. Hms holdene
85. Hms japan
86. Hms jessie nutten
87. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
88. Hms lord airedale
89. Hms ludlow
90. Hms marconi
91. Hms monarch
92. Hms moravia (possibly)
93. Hms nadine
94. Hms new comet (possibly)
95. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
96. Hms orthos (probably)
97. Hms river clyde (possibly)
98. Hms river clyde (possibly)
99. Hms sisapon
100. Hms sisters melville
101. Hms st seiriol
102. Hms tervani
103. Hms tugela
104. Hms tunisian
105. Hms waveflower
106. Hms whooper
107. Hms william wesney
108. Hmtb 10
109. Hnlms 227
110. Hornchurch
111. Ignis (possibly)
112. Ionian (possibly)
113. J c dalble
114. Jim
115. Kenneth hawksfield
116. Khartoum (possibly)
117. Knarsdale
118. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
119. Koningen emma (possibly)
120. Kwasind
121. Lady salisbury
122. Lincairn (possibly)
123. Lisette
124. Little world
125. Lonhelen (possibly)
126. Magdapur
127. Mangara
128. Maria rosa
129. Marianne (probably)
130. Mascotte
131. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
132. Mercurius
133. Mexico
134. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
135. Moidart
136. Mudo
137. Nereus
138. Newhaven (possibly)
139. Nicolaos piangos
140. Nominoe
141. Norwich trader
142. Novocastrian
143. Ocean pride
144. Old charlton
145. Ostprussen (possibly)
146. Pescado
147. Petshenga (possibly)
148. Phryne
149. Plawsworth (possibly)
150. Polgarth
151. Protinus (possibly)
152. Ravenscraig (possibly)
153. Ren
154. Rhenas (possibly)
155. Rhineland
156. Robin iv
157. Rochester city
158. Savona (probably)
159. Scimitar
160. Sea king
161. Sea rhine
162. Sheaf field
163. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
164. Skodsburg (possibly)
165. Southford
166. St patrick
167. Storm
168. Sunbeam
169. Sunniside (probably)
170. Taber park
171. Tergestea
172. Thornaby (possibly)
173. Thyra
174. Tidal (possibly)
175. Torchbearer
176. Tunisiana
177. Uc 11 (possibly)
178. Ui-001
179. Vae victis
180. Vancouver
181. Warrenpoint
182. White ghost
183. White lady
184. Wychwood (possibly)
185. Wyetown
186. Yewkyle (possibly)
187. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: IGNIS (POSSIBLY)

Length 86 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2042 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-dorothea. built in 1903 by bonn & mees, rotterdam. owned at time of loss by the gas light & coke co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 220hp, single shaft. machinery by maats. de schelde, flushing. passage the tyne for london. cargo coal. struck a mine laid by uc-7.

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 119 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20161211

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 5.5 MILES NE FROM ALDEBURGH. (WW1SL). POSN 520930N, 013950 (APPROX). (MONTHLY LIST). H5067/26 WRECK LOCATED IN 520950N, 014024E. LEAST DEPTH 46FT. (TH). INS AS WK 46FT (1915). H7019/30 23.10.30 SWEPT OVER AT 48FT. LEAST DEPTH 52FT. (HMS FITZROY, MAY 1930 [E3163]). AMEND TO WK 52FT. H909/60 18.5.66 SWEPT CLEAR 47FT, FOUL 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51FT IN 69-79 FT. SCOUR 98FT. GOOD CONTACT AT 1000 YDS. LARGE WK LYING N/S. OVER 300FT IN LENGTH. (HMS MYRMIDON 5.10.65). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 4FT.

- NM ACTION. 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 14MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H2917/83 1.4.85 EXAM'D 11.10.84 IN 520952N, 014032E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.9 IN GEN DEPTH 21 TO 24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 23 TO 28MTRS. DCS3 HT 7 TO 10MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 120MTRS, BEAM ABOUT 20MTRS. LYING 300/120 DEG. RETAIN CHARTED SWEPT DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 196). AMEND POSN ONLY. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 31.08.17 EXAM'D 11.12.16; IN 5209.903N, 0140.414E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 16.42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 94MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HEIGHT 3.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 119/299 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 115.43MTRS, 7.88MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 119 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 16.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 9.903 N,1 40.414 E

 

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