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 (52.4370167, 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. 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. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Coalgas
24. Corcrest
25. Cormorant
26. Cormount (probably)
27. Cressdene (possibly)
28. Cresta
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. Denewood
31. Disa (possibly)
32. Dronning maud (possibly)
33. Dulwich
34. Dunwich bank wk
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. European gateway (part of)
41. Eva witte
42. F stobart (probably)
43. Faithful star
44. Farmatyr
45. Firth
46. Fort massac
47. Forth
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Frumenton
51. Gannet (possibly)
52. Gasfire
53. Gena
54. Gerhard
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Golconda (possibly)
57. Grantleyhall (possibly)
58. Grenadier (probably)
59. Grisdeale
60. Groeswen (probably)
61. Gulf breaker
62. H h petersen
63. Harlington (probably)
64. Harlyn (probably)
65. Harriet
66. Hebe
67. Hillglen
68. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
69. Hms adonis (possibly)
70. Hms arethusa
71. Hms christopher (possibly)
72. Hms condor (probably)
73. Hms donna nook
74. Hms donside (possibly)
75. Hms eros (possibly)
76. Hms forward iii
77. Hms franc tireur
78. Hms hirose (probably)
79. Hms holdene
80. Hms japan
81. Hms jessie nutten
82. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
83. Hms lord airedale
84. Hms ludlow
85. Hms marconi
86. Hms monarch
87. Hms moravia (possibly)
88. Hms nadine
89. Hms new comet (possibly)
90. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
91. Hms orthos (probably)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms river clyde (possibly)
94. Hms sisapon
95. Hms sisters melville
96. Hms tervani
97. Hms tugela
98. Hms tunisian
99. Hms waveflower
100. Hms whooper
101. Hms william wesney
102. Hmtb 10
103. Hnlms 227
104. Hornchurch
105. Ignis (possibly)
106. Ionian (possibly)
107. J c dalble
108. Jim
109. Kenneth hawksfield
110. Khartoum (possibly)
111. Knarsdale
112. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
113. Koningen emma (possibly)
114. Kwasind
115. Lady salisbury
116. Lincairn (possibly)
117. Lisette
118. Lonhelen (possibly)
119. Magdapur
120. Mangara
121. Maria rosa
122. Marianne (probably)
123. Mascotte
124. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
125. Mercurius
126. Mexico
127. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
128. Moidart
129. Mudo
130. Nereus
131. Newhaven (possibly)
132. Nicolaos piangos
133. Nominoe
134. Norwich trader
135. Novocastrian
136. Ocean pride
137. Old charlton
138. Ostprussen (possibly)
139. Pescado
140. Petshenga (possibly)
141. Phryne
142. Plawsworth (possibly)
143. Polgarth
144. Protinus (possibly)
145. Ravenscraig (possibly)
146. Ren
147. Rhenas (possibly)
148. Rhineland
149. Robin iv
150. Rochester city
151. Savona (probably)
152. Scimitar
153. Sea rhine
154. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
155. Skodsburg (possibly)
156. Southford
157. St patrick
158. Storm
159. Sunbeam
160. Sunniside (probably)
161. Taber park
162. Tergestea
163. Thornaby (possibly)
164. Thyra
165. Tidal (possibly)
166. Torchbearer
167. Uc 11 (possibly)
168. Ui-001
169. Vae victis
170. Vancouver
171. Warrenpoint
172. White ghost
173. White lady
174. Wychwood (possibly)
175. Wyetown
176. Yewkyle (possibly)
177. 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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