This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire lough (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 5.538 N,1 14.662 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Africa
3. Agen
4. Alcantara
5. Alice
6. Amplegarth
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Avoca
10. Blanc nez
11. Bobby
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Cabo espartel
15. Charente
16. Christianssund
17. City of dresden (possibly)
18. Colbert
19. Constanzia
20. Corhaven
21. Correct
22. De fontaine
23. Dinard
24. Efford
25. Eidsiva (probably)
26. Electra
27. Eleonora
28. Emma
29. Emma (possibly)
30. Empire lough (probably)
31. Empress of fort william (probably)
32. En avant
33. Eustratios (probably)
34. Excellence pleske
35. Falcon (probably)
36. Fearless
37. Flachsee
38. Flandres
39. Francesco ciampa
40. Frons olivae (probably)
41. G-asad
42. Gad 23
43. Gladys
44. Grit (probably)
45. Grosser kurfurst
46. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
47. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
48. Halcyon
49. Harcalo
50. Henry moon
51. Heron
52. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
53. Hmhs anglia
54. Hms aragonite (part of)
55. Hms aries (possibly)
56. Hms artic trapper
57. Hms blackwater
58. Hms brazen
59. Hms carilon
60. Hms carlton
61. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
62. Hms city of dundee
63. Hms cleon
64. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
65. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
66. Hms fauvette
67. Hms glen boyne
68. Hms kingston galena
69. Hms lydian
70. Hms marcella
71. Hms myrmidon
72. Hms napia
73. Hms niger (possibly)
74. Hms northumberland (probably)
75. Hms othello ii
76. Hms peridot
77. Hms restoration (possibly)
78. Hms rodino
79. Hms stirling castle (probably)
80. Hms torbay ii (probably)
81. Hms tourmaline
82. Hms tranquil
83. Hms war sepoy
84. Hms weigelia
85. Hmsm b2
86. Hmt gullfoss
87. Holland
88. Hundvaag
89. Hydaspes (possibly)
90. Ilaro
91. Ira (possibly)
92. Jacob luckenbach
93. James harrod
94. Jokai
95. Josephine willis
96. Kabinda
97. Kadru
98. Katharina kolkmann
99. Kielce
100. Kirsten skou
101. Koenigshaven
102. L'armandeche
103. La fleche
104. Lady stella
105. Latona
106. Le tregor
107. Leicester
108. Leila najia
109. Leo
110. Lizzonia
111. Loanda
112. Luray victory
113. Lusitania
114. Mahratta
115. Mahratta ii
116. Maloja 1
117. Malta (probably)
118. Merel (part of)(possibly)
119. Mersey
120. Milbanke (probably)
121. Moise
122. Monarch
123. Mrav
124. Murillo
125. Nancy moran
126. Naranco
127. Negrier
128. Newcastle
129. Niki
130. Norman
131. North eastern victory
132. Northfleet
133. Nunima
134. Opal
135. Ousel (probably)
136. Phoenix
137. Polgrange
138. Portslade (possibly)
139. Preussen
140. Pulborough
141. River levan
142. Rochester castle (possibly)
143. Roode zee (possibly)
144. Roseburn
145. Rydal force
146. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
147. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
148. Sabac
149. Saint ronan (possibly)
150. Saint ronan (possibly)
151. Salbya (possibly)
152. Samida
153. Santagata
154. Santagata (?part of)
155. Sea serpent
156. Seine
157. Shenandoah
158. Sierra bravia
159. Sir russell
160. St cecilia
161. Strathclyde
162. Surrey
163. T s webb
164. Teeswood
165. Texaco caribbean (after section)
166. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
167. The queen
168. Tokufuku maru
169. Toward
170. Traquair (probably)
171. Trooper
172. U 11 (possibly)
173. U 16 (possibly)
174. U 48
175. U 8
176. Ub 103 (possibly)
177. Ub 108 (possibly)
178. Ub 109
179. Ub 31 ?
180. Ub 38
181. Ub 55 (probably)
182. Ub 56 (possibly)
183. Ub 58 (possibly)
184. Ub 78
185. Ub-33 (probably)
186. Uc 46 (possibly)
187. Uc 63
188. Uc 77 (possibly)
189. Uc 78 or uc 79
190. Unity
191. Vittoria claudia
192. W a scholten
193. Welsh belle
194. Wheatman (possibly)
195. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: EMPIRE LOUGH (PROBABLY)

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN, IN 510600N, 011600E. (WW2SL). BEACHED IN 510500N, 011512E. (LL WW2). H1284/76/139 27.4.76 WK REPORTED IN 510542N, 011433E. HEIGHT 18FT. THERE IS 18FT OF WATER OVER IT AT LW. (M J COKER, DYMCHURCH, 26.4.76). H4199/78 9.8.78 NOT LOCATED, NOT SEARCHED FOR. CONSIDERED PROBABLY EXISTS CLOSE TO ABOVE POSN. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/78). H1310/83/20 18.4.83 MASS OF TANGLED WRECKAGE COVERS LARGE AREA IN 510538N, 011440E [OGB]. KNOWN LOCALLY THE 'BRANDY BOAT'. PROBABLY SS EMPIRE LOUGH. (P G WEATHERLEY, 12.4.83). INS AS WK 5MTRS. BR STD. HH090/685/01 25.10.96 EXAM'D 24.9.96 IN 510531.7N, 011439.9E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 12.2, FOUL NOT OBTAINED DUE TO SHELVING BOTTOM. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.5 IN GEN DEPTH 13.9 MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.5MTRS. COVERS AREA 10MTRS BY 10MTRS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ONE SMALL PIECE WITH SMALL AREA OF DEBRIS ADJACENT TO THE E. (NP 1016, HI 685). AMEND TO SW 12.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.1.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5105.538N, 0114.662E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.88MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. MAY BE THE AREA OF WRECKAGE NOW COVERED WITH SEDIMENT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1341). AMEND WK 11.8MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF TANGLED DEBRIS

Position: 51 5.538 N,1 14.662 E

 

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