This is the information page about the shipwreck War firth (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 23.397 N,5 10.222 W (49.38995, -5.1703666666667)

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: WAR FIRTH (PROBABLY)

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3112 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1918 by j l thompson & sons, with triple expansion engine of 298nhp for 10 knots. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller (j chadwick & sons). passage bilboa for the clyde. torpedoed by german submarine u 53. 11 men lost. (ll ww1, ww1sl, der krieg zur see & dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 97 meter, Height above seabed: 11 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: TORPEDOED BETWEEN USHANT & THE LIZARD. (BOT WR 9/234, DOCKET M42253). 6.9.18 6.9.18 SUNK SW OF PENZANCE IN 492500N, 050500W. (REPORT BY MASTER BILBAO/GLASGOW, DOCKET M42043). 9.9.18 9.9.18 SUNK SW OF PENZANCE IN 492500N, 050500W. (REPORT OF ESCORTING TRAWLER 1227 YOKOHAMA, DOCKET M023521). NCA. POSN FOR FILING ONLY. H3110/72 28.11.73 H3110/72 28.11.73 NOTHING FOUND AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCHING. (HMS HECATE, 1973). 4.1.78 4.1.78 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708] OR IN FRENCH WRECKS RECORDS 18.10.76. HH091/059/01 25.11.05 HH091/059/01 25.11.05 EXAM'D 9.5.05 IN 4923.397N, 0510.222W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 90.7 IN GEN DEPTH 97.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 113MTRS, WIDTH 51MTRS, HT 6.8MTRS. LIES 011/191DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INTACT, ?BOWS N. INS AS WK 90MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL DEGRADED

Position: 49 23.397 N,5 10.222 W

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