This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms laurentic, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 18.241 N,7 35.515 W (55.5414, -7.4795333333333)

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: HMS LAURENTIC

Length 167.6 meter, width: 20.4 meter, draught: 12.5, tonnage 14892 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built in 1908 by harland & wolff, belfast for the white star line. hired by the admiralty in 10.1914 and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. two triple expansion engine and turbines of 11000 nhp, twin shaft. machinery by j brown & co, glasgow. passage from liverpool for lough swilly and halifax, ns. while at liverpool embarked ú5 million in gold ingots. struck two mines laid by u-80. salvage operations by 1924 had recovered 3186 gold bars from the total of 3211. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H638/17 30.1.17 POSN 552000N, 074100W, ABOUT 4M N OF FANAD PT LT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] PA (1917).

- NM 129/17. H900/17 10.2.17 POSN NOW 551800N, 073530W, OR 040DEG, 2M FROM FANAD PT LT. LEAST DEPTH 10FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 197/17. H5150/19 7.7.19 FOUR MOORING BUOYS ESTAB'D OVER WK DURING SALVAGE OPS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TNM ACTION. H2153/22 MOORING BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TNM ACTION. H2744/23 16.4.23 MOORING BUOYS RE-ESTAB'D. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TNM ACTION. H1946/24 18.3.24 BUOYS MOVED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TNM ACTION. H3912/25 15.6.25 POSN OF WK NOW 551812N, 073518W. LEAST DEPTH NOW 17FMS. (CP 16406/25). BR STD. H403/31 13.8.31 SALVAGE IN PROGRESS. CONTRACT TO BE EXTENDED TO SEP '32. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TNM ACTION. H403/31 10.12.31 BLACK CAN BUOY LAID CLOSE N OF WK. (CP 25969/25).

- NM ACTION. H403/31 25.12.32 SALVAGE RESUMED. TO BE CONTINUED TO 31.12.32. (CP 20605/32). - TNM ACTION. H2056/33 28.12.33 SALVAGE TO BE CONTINUED IN 1934. LETTER WRITTEN TO MALET SYNDICATE. H1568/34 7.3.34 NOW CHARTED AS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2811. H2056/33 16.6.38 NO SALVAGE WORK LIKELY THIS YEAR. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1186/39 16.3.39 SALVAGE TO PROCEED. (MALET SALVAGE). H5957/50 10.11.50 B CAN BUOY CLOSE N OF WK WITHDRAWN. NOW CHARTED AS WK 17FMS. (HMS ROMOLA, HN).

- NM 2192/50. H5957/50 30.7.52 SALVAGE OPS TAKING PLACE. (RISDON BEAZLEY). - TNM ACTION. H5957/50 16.10.52 SALVAGE OPS SUSPENDED. ALL BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (RISDON BEAZLEY). - TNM ACTION. H1450/66 24.5.66 WK EXAM'D IN 551813N, 073527W [OSI], FIXED BY HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 98 IN GEN DEPTH 120FT. SCOUR DEPTH 123FT. WIRE SWEEP CLEAR AT 14FMS. (HMS DALRYMPLE, H525 DTD 13.7.65). NE 2811. OWNERSHIP OF WK STILL RESTS WITH ADMIRALTY. (MR ROWDEN, M OF TRANSPORT, WAR RISK OFFICE). H3112/68 7.10.68 HIGHEST PART OF WK IS NOW THE BOILERS. THEY LIE AT AN ANGLE AMONG THE WRECKAGE WHICH NOW LOOKS LIKE A SCRAPYARD. (E COSSUM, 29.9.68). NCA. H3091/65 4.7.84 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS FROM 21.6.84. (DUBLIN NM 12/84). NCA. H4086/84 15.8.84 SALVAGE COMPLETED. (DUBLIN NM 20/84). NCA. H4086/84 20.5.86 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS FROM 1.5.86. FOUR POINT MOORING SYSTEM ESTABLISHED AROUND AND WITHIN 500MTR RADIUS OF WK. ATTENDANT VESSEL MFV 'FAIRMORN'. (DUBLIN NM 13/86). NCA. H4086/84 25.11.86 SALVAGE OPS COMPLETED. MOORINGS RECOVERED. (DUBLIN NM 29/86). NCA. 2.2.00 LIES IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. WELL BROKEN, STEEL PLATES LITTER SEABED. 3 HUGE BOILERS REMAIN. (DIVER MAGAZINE FEB 2000). 23.4.05 SHOWN AS WK SW 25.5MTRS IN 5518.217N, 0735.500W [EUT]. NE 2697. HH091/241/01 17.10.08 LOCATED BY M/B. A ROCK OUTCROP. (MARINE INSTITUTE OF IRELAND, JOINT IRISH BATHYMETRIC SURVEY PROJECT). NCA. SEP 2008/000086143 & 2008/000086897 23.10.08 LOCATED WITH LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.0MTRS IN 5518.2411N, 0735.5158W [WGD] USING DGPS. INITIALLY APPEARS TO BE ROCK OUTCROP BUT THERE ARE SOME SMALL FEATURES OVERLYING IT WHICH LOOK TOO LINEAR TO BE NATURAL. THEY HAVE A HEIGHT OF 2-3MTRS. ONLY COVERED BY ONE SURVEY LINE WITH NO INVESTIGATION. (SDC DIGITAL BATHY, EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA FROM MARINE INSTITUTE OF IRELAND, JOINT IRISH BATHY SURVEY PROJECT). APPEARS TO BE 4 BOILERS/ENGINE & TURBINE UNITS IN VERTICAL VIEW. AMEND WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 30.04MTRS. (GSI). NCA. 7.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, 4 BOILERS ARE HIGHEST PARTS

Position: 55 18.241 N,7 35.515 W

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