This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms landrail (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.759 N,2 37.553 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Ailsa craig (probably)
4. Aleyna
5. Algarve
6. Amy
7. Apache
8. Athen
9. Avalanche
10. Baygitano
11. Binnendijk
12. Black hawk (aft section)
13. Borgund i (possibly)
14. Britannia (possibly)
15. Broomhill (probably)
16. Countess of erne
17. Earl of abergavenny
18. Elena r
19. Elmcrest
20. Enecuri
21. Ethel (probably)
22. Forester (& pontoon)
23. Franziska
24. Frogner ?
25. Gibel-hamam
26. Gorizia
27. Grane
28. Gripfast
29. Hartlepool (part of)
30. Hartlepool (part of)
31. Heroine (probably)
32. Himalaya
33. Hms boadicea
34. Hms buccaneer
35. Hms fisgard ii
36. Hms hickory
37. Hms james fennel
38. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
39. Hms landrail (probably)
40. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
41. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
42. Hms remindo (possibly)
43. Hmsm l24
44. Hmsm m2
45. Hmsm p555
46. Hmsm sidon
47. Inisinver
48. Juvenile delinquent
49. L h carl
50. Longsand
51. Lst 507 (bow section)
52. Lst 507 (stern section)
53. Lst 531
54. Lucinda (possibly)
55. Mallard (possibly)
56. Marie therese
57. Martha
58. Merchant royal
59. Minerva (probably)
60. Moidart
61. Nyasaland
62. Onward (probably)
63. Orne (possibly)
64. Pas (c.182)
65. Pomeranian
66. Romsdalen (probably)
67. Royal adelaide
68. Salsette ii
69. Saratoga
70. Scaldis
71. St dunstan
72. Stancrest
73. Sudon (possibly)
74. Terrapin
75. Thera (possibly)
76. Tracy
77. Trito
78. U 322 (possibly)
79. Ub 74
80. Ull (probably)
81. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: HMS LANDRAIL (PROBABLY)

Length 59.4 meter, width: 8.5 meter, tonnage 950 ton

Cause: built in 1886 by devonport dockyard. had been towed from sheerness to portland for use as a target. was moored and struck by 2 x 12 inch shells. sank while under tow back to portland. (ships of the royal navy & sibi).

Year of registration: 1932

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1932, last detected: 20150314

Details measurements/cartography: H820/32 29.4.32 OLD WK LOCATED 297DEGS, 7M FROM PORTLAND BILL LT. LEAST DEPTH 15FMS. (RA, GOSPORT, 26.4.32). CHART AS WK 15FMS.

- NM 750/32. H3971/52 3.7.52 WK IN 503343N, 023728W USING HSA. WIRE DRIFT SWEEP 5.6.52, CLEAR AT 13, FOUL AT 14FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 80FT IN GEN DEPTH 16-17FMS. VERY GOOD A/S TARGET. LIES NW/SE. LENGTH 350FT. SHOALEST PART AT ITS CENTRE. (HMS SCOTT/SCES, 5.6.52, SURVEY [E9419]). AMEND TO WK 13FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 23MTRS. NC 3315. H1285/76 16.5.76 LOCATED IN 503347N, 023725W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH 28 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS [DIVER]. LIES APPROX N/S WITH 30DEGS LIST TO STBD & IS IN TWO MAJOR PARTS. BOW SECTION, APPROX 30MTS LONG, HEADING DUE S & STERN SECTION, APPROX 65MTRS LONG, FACES N IN LINE WITH BOWS. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE EVIDENT. WOODEN DECKS ALMOST COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED. PORTHOLE RECOVERED WITH BROAD ARROW MARKING. MAY HAVE BEEN AN RN WW1 LOSS. DIVED 6.5.75. (D CARR, BSAC, 16.5.76). NCA. H1286/76/223 29.6.76 CONFIRMED AS WK OF HMS BITTERN IN 503341.4N, 023730W [OGB] USING DECCA. (P CORNISH, WHO HAS APPLIED TO PURCHASE THIS WK). NCA. 5.8.76 MR P CORNISH'S APPLICATION TO PURCHASE HMS BITTERN REFUSED. (N/S[C]70233/72, DNC(S), 30.7.76). NCA. H5982/82 3.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 503345N, 023721W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982 EDN]). NCA. H2923/83 3.1.85 EXAM'D 29.7.84 IN 503343N, 023727W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.2, FOUL AT 25.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.2 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 1-2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LYING 150/330DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.5.89 KINGSTON & TAUNTON SAC CONVINCED THIS WK IS NOT HMS BITTERN. THE FORMER CLUB ARE CONVINCED IT IS HMS LANDRAIL & THE LATTER REFER TO IT AS HMS HAZARD [SEE 19121]. (M SKELSEY, MARINE SCIENCE BRANCH). NCA. HH100351/01 10.7.89 DIVED ON 17.6.89. IDENTIFIED AS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE WK OF HMS LANDRAIL BY FOLLOWING FEATURES: BOW TORPEDO TUBE; QUARTER & STERN GALLERY WINDOWS; HAWESPIPE AT BOWS. NONE OF WHICH WERE FEATURES ON HMS BITTERN. (C DAVIES, 19.6.89). NCA. HH100/351/16 13.10.00 LOCATED BY E/S IN 5033.771N, 0237.565W [WGD] USING DGPS. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH. (T JOHNSON. LTR DTD 10.10.00). NCA. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 14.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.59MTRS IN 5033.759N, 0237.553W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 30MTRS. LENGTH 66.9MTRS, WIDTH 11.9MTRS, HEIGHT 4.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 140/320 DEGS. PARTIALLY INTACT, LISTING TO STB. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT, LISTING TO STB.

Position: 50 33.759 N,2 37.553 W

 

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