This is the information page about the shipwreck Harry luckenbach, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 43.972 N,4 26.974 W (47.499, -4.5013333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: HARRY LUCKENBACH
Length 91.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 2798 ton
Cause: built 1881 by w gray & co. owned at the time of loss by e f luckenbach. torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u 93 in the bay of biscay while on passage from penarth. (dods, ll ww1, der krieg zur see).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 72 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H1691/19 11.7.19 NDW PD IN 474400N, 042700W. (PARIS NM). BR STD. H4737/63 19.12.63 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 6377. DELETE. BR STD. 17.5.79 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH CHARTS. NE 2351. 23.5.84 NDW PD IN 474402N, 042653W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). NC 2351. 20.1.87 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FRENCH 6989 [1986 EDN]. NC 2643. 24.5.88 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH 7067 [1987 EDN]. NCA. 25.5.88 WK, CLEARANCE UNKNOWN BUT OVER 20MTRS, IN 474402N, 042652.5W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 1M. GEN DEPTH 80MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14574037). HH353/351/01 9.2.89 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 45MTRS ON FRENCH 7146 [1988 EDN]. BR STD. 8.8.01 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 45MTRS IN 4744.033N, 0426.883W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7146 [1993 EDN]. SHOWN ON BA 2820 [2000 EDN]. 29.10.09 SHOWN IN 4743.972N, 0426.974W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7146 [3RD EDN 2009, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2820.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 47 43.972 N,4 26.974 W