This is the information page about the shipwreck Sir francis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 22.592 N,0 23.964 W (54.376533, -0.399400)

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.

Name: SIR FRANCIS

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1991 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1910 by s p austin & son, sunderland, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engines of 208 nhp, 2 boilers, single shaft. machinery by g clark ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cory colliers. passage london for the tyne. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 21. 10 of 22 crew lost. (ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 314 cm

Known since: 1926, last detected: 20160219

Details measurements/cartography: H3752/26 11.6.26 INS NDW PA (1918) [POSN NOT GIVEN]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).ON 1191. 21.6.72 AMEND TO NDW PA. NC 129. 29.11.74 AMEND TO WK USC PA 20MTRS. NC 129. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 WK DIVED IN 542227N, 002348W. POSN BY RADAR. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). AMEND TO WK PA 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/06 24.2.93 WK, KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'PUNCH UP', LOCATED IN 542235.5N, 002351W USING GPS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). PRESUMABLY THIS WK. AMEND TO WK 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 NOT SURVEYED. LIES INSIDE FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. 31.3.09 IDENTIFIED AS SIR FRANCIS BY BUILDERS MAKERS PLATE, OWNERS NAME ON NAVIGATION LAMPS, CORY CROCKERY, MACHINERY AND LENGTH. (CARL RACEY, E-MAIL 27.3.09) NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 13.06.16 EXAM'D 19.02.16 IN 5422.592N, 0023.964W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 89.8MTRS, WIDTH 19.2MTRS, HT 7.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 300/120. SCOUR LENGTH 29.7MTRS, 1.4MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 300 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, NOT INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 31MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck partially buried

Position: 54 22.592 N,0 23.964 W

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