This is the information page about the shipwreck Royal fusilier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 6.398 N,2 35.372 W (56.3829, -2.4623833333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: ROYAL FUSILIER

Length 88.4 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2187 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,grain

Cause: bombed by german aircraft while on passage london to leith. (ww2sl) capsized and sank while under tow, following attack by german aircraft. (w. murney) vessel was built in 1924 by caledon of dundee. (diver magazine feb'99)

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 195 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20200713

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 560648N, 023500W APPROX. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES) H2073/41 15.8.41 NDW IN 560648N, 023500W. (ADMIRALTY)

- NM 1930/41. H2618/60 29.7.60 NOT LOCATED. (SCOTT 1959) - NCA. H2618/60 26.4.72 AREA 1M SQUARE AROUND POSN 560648N, 023500W SEARCHED WITHOUT SUCCESS. A LARGE WK LYING N/S ABOUT 400FT LONG FOUND IN 560633N, 023517W. DEPTH BY E/S 127FT [REDUCED]. STANDS ABOUT 18FT HIGH. (BRONINGTON, 28.3.72)

- NM863/72. H2534/74 9.4.75 DECCA CO-ORDS GIVEN. (KINGFISHER OBSTN REPORT NO.106) - PLOTS ABOUT 2C NW OF BRONNINGTON'S POSN - NCA. H1310/84/34 19.9.84 DIVED ON IN DECCA CO-ORDS GIVEN. INTACT WK, LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE, AND MORE THAN HALF BURIED IN MUD SEABED. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH AT LW OF 42MTRS. (W. MURNEY, 1.9.84) - PLOTS IN 560626N, 023527W - NCA. H1310/87/36 DIVED ON ABOUT 3-4M NE OF BASS ROCK. LIES ON PORT SIDE, HALF BURIED IN SILT, IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. STANDS ABOUT 3MTRS HIGH AND IS APPARENTLY INTACT. (G. HIDE) - NCA. HH090/605/01 25.1.94 EXAM'D 19.8.93 IN 560625.1N, 023517.9E USING MICROFIX [3 LOPS]. OGB & DECCA CO-ORDS GIVEN. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.3, FOUL AT 37.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.8 IN GEN DEPTH 39.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 41.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, BREADTH 12MTRS. INTACT, WELL-DEFINED WK LYING 010/190DEGS, ON ITS SIDE. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 605) - CHART AS SW 37MTRS

- NM 559/94. 3.2.99 WELL PRESERVED, STRUCTURE VERY STRONG. VISIBILITY 5-10MTRS. REMAINS OF DERRICK CRANE AT STERN. PART OF COMPANIONWAY COVERED BY A TRAWL NET. DEBRIS SCATTERED ON SEABED. LARGE CRANE AT LOWER DECK LEVEL AND REMAINS OF MAST LYING ON SEABED. PORT HOLES STILL IN PLACE. (DIVER MAGAZINE FEB'99 - ARTICLE WITH PHOTOS) SEP 2021/000134234 17.6.21 EXAM'D 13.7.20 IN 5606.398N, 0235.371W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS, LENGTH 91MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 195/015 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 150MMTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 195DEGS. WK INTACT, HALF BURIED ON SIDE.(CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1682-H525-2913). AMEND TO NDW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 6.398 N,2 35.372 W

 

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