This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms lord airedale, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 52.523 N,1 38.208 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Cerne
16. Churston
17. Clan monroe
18. Coalgas
19. Corcrest
20. Cormount (probably)
21. Coureur des mers
22. Cressdene (possibly)
23. Dagmar (probably)
24. Denise germaine (possibly)
25. Disa (possibly)
26. Dulwich
27. Dynamo
28. Empire bridge
29. Erna boldt (probably)
30. Estrella (possibly)
31. European gateway (part of)
32. F stobart (probably)
33. Faithful star
34. Flores (probably)
35. Fort massac
36. Forth
37. Franz fischer (possibly)
38. Friargate (possibly)
39. Friargate (possibly)
40. Gannet (possibly)
41. Gerhard
42. Golconda (possibly)
43. Grantleyhall (possibly)
44. Grenadier (probably)
45. Grisdeale
46. Groeswen (probably)
47. Hardingham (probably)
48. Harlington (probably)
49. Harlyn (probably)
50. Harriet
51. Hebe
52. Hendon hall
53. Highwave (probably)
54. Hillglen
55. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
56. Hm torpedo boat no.12
57. Hmml 127 (possibly)
58. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
59. Hms adonis (possibly)
60. Hms arethusa
61. Hms coquette
62. Hms donna nook
63. Hms duchess of hamilton
64. Hms eros (possibly)
65. Hms forward iii
66. Hms franc tireur
67. Hms hastfen
68. Hms hirose (probably)
69. Hms holdene
70. Hms japan
71. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
72. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
73. Hms leandros
74. Hms lord airedale
75. Hms ludlow
76. Hms marconi
77. Hms monarch
78. Hms moravia (possibly)
79. Hms nadine
80. Hms new comet (possibly)
81. Hms resono (possibly)
82. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms sisapon
86. Hms sisters melville
87. Hms tervani
88. Hms tunisian
89. Hms velia (possibly)
90. Hms waveflower
91. Hms william wesney
92. Hmsm e6
93. Hmtb 10
94. Hnlms 227
95. Ignis (possibly)
96. Ingi
97. Ionian (possibly)
98. J c dalble
99. Janny
100. Josefina thorden (after part)
101. Kankakee
102. Khartoum (possibly)
103. Knarsdale
104. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
105. Koningen emma (possibly)
106. Kwasind
107. Lady salisbury
108. Lincairn (possibly)
109. Lindfar
110. Lisette
111. Lonhelen (possibly)
112. Lowland
113. Mac 5 (possibly)
114. Mahseer
115. Marie leonhardt (probably)
116. Mecklenburg
117. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
118. Mexico
119. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
120. Moidart
121. Morar
122. Nereus
123. Nico
124. Nicolaos piangos
125. Niore
126. Norhauk
127. Norwich trader
128. Old charlton
129. Ostprussen (possibly)
130. Paullette
131. Peik
132. Persistant whisper
133. Pescado
134. Peter hamre
135. Petshenga (possibly)
136. Phryne
137. Plawsworth (possibly)
138. Polgarth
139. Port dalhousie (possibly)
140. Prince igor (probably)
141. Princess juliana
142. Profit
143. Protinus (possibly)
144. Quickstep
145. Ravenscraig (possibly)
146. Rhenas (possibly)
147. Salerno (possibly)
148. Salerno (possibly)
149. Savona (probably)
150. Scimitar
151. Second chance (possibly)
152. Simon bolivar
153. Stad maastricht
154. Storm
155. Sunbeam
156. Sunk beacon (remains)
157. Sunk head tower
158. Sweep ii
159. Telegraaf xviii
160. Tergestea
161. Terukuni maru
162. The sultan
163. Thornaby (possibly)
164. Thyra
165. Torchbearer
166. Uc 11 (possibly)
167. Uc 72 (possibly)
168. Vae victis
169. Vancouver
170. Volscian (possibly)
171. Walsingham
172. Warrenpoint
173. Wearside
174. White ghost
175. Wychwood (possibly)
176. Yewkyle (possibly)
177. Ypapanti

 

Name: HMS LORD AIREDALE

Length 35.7 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 215 ton

Cause: Built in 1911 by smith's dock co ltd, middlesborough. owned at time of loss by the admiralty. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 75hp, single shaft. one x 12pdr gun. mined and sank.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: H1906/17 POSN 515220N, 013750E. NO LONGER CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. - FNM 217/17. H6391/19 NOT SHOWN ON CHARTS. 10.10.23 INS DW PA (1917). (ACTION NOT NOTED). H3085/26 CONFIRMS LOSS & GIVES DATE OF SINKING. H4606/28 12.2.29 AMEND TO NDW (1917).

- NM ACTION. H4606/28 15.4.59 SURVEY MADE OF WK BUT NO OBSTN FOUND. POSN WAS SWEPT JUST CLEAR OF THE GROUND. (TH 29.9.28). H2134/70 25.2.70 EXAM'D IN 515210N, 013739E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.3 IN GEN DEPTH 19.0MTRS. SEABED LEVEL. NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A WK. (HMS EGERIA, HI 1/69). NCA. H2134/70 25.2.70 EXAM'D 12.8.69 IN 515230N, 013820E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 13.7MTRS FOUL 14.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.4MTRS. SEABED SLOPING. PROBABLY LORD AIREDALE. (HMS EGERIA, HI 1/69). INS AS SW 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 454/70. 25.2.73 AMEND TO SW 13.7MTRS. NC 2051. H4358/74 20.11.74 EXAM'D IN 515234N, 013818E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. SCOUR 21.0MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 19/74). NCA H4139/76 12.1.77 EXAM'D 6.8.76 IN 515231.2N 013817.4E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.2 MTRS. FOUL AT 14.4 MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19.6MTRS. SCOUR 20.0MTRS. SMALL WK, APPROX 40MTRS X 15MTRS. LYING NE/SW. SCOUR TO NE. (HMS BEAGLE. HI 31/76). AMEND TO SW 14.2MTRS. BR STD. HH090/667/01 18.12.95 EXAM'D 30.7.95 IN 515231.27N, 013812.22E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 13.5, FOUL 13.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.6 IN GEN DEPTH 20.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC SIGNATURE. PARTIALLY BURIED. (OCEONICS, HI 667).

- NM 1567/96. HH090/851/01 9.7.99 LOCATED 5.6.99 IN 5152.518N, 0138.195E [WGD] USING DGPS AT THE REQUEST OF TH. NOT EXAMINED. GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE. NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 851). NCA. HH091023/01 2.6.03 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. DCS3 HT 3.6MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 1023). NCA. SEP 2015/000083463 15.7.16 EXAM'D 22.2.16 IN 5152.523N, 0138.208E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 9.8MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 035/215. SCOUR LENGTH 100MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 215DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS ENTIRELY DETERIORATED, SITS WITH A LIST TO STARBOARD, AFT OF SHIP ALMOST ENTIRELY DEGRADED. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND TO DW 14.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk degraded

Position: 51 52.523 N,1 38.208 E

 

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