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 (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aircraft
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Angelus
7. Annie
8. Atlanticos
9. Balgownie (probably)
10. Batavier 5
11. Bella donna
12. Blackhill
13. Bonnington court
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Brixton
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Cerne
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Coalgas
23. Corcrest
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Coureur des mers
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denise germaine (possibly)
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dynamo
32. Empire bridge
33. Erna boldt (probably)
34. Estrella (possibly)
35. European gateway (part of)
36. Excelsior
37. F stobart (probably)
38. Faithful star
39. Flores (probably)
40. Fort massac
41. Forth
42. Franz fischer (possibly)
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Gannet (possibly)
46. Gerhard
47. Golconda (possibly)
48. Grantleyhall (possibly)
49. Grenadier (probably)
50. Grisdeale
51. Groeswen (probably)
52. Hardingham (probably)
53. Harlington (probably)
54. Harlyn (probably)
55. Harriet
56. Hebe
57. Hendon hall
58. Heworth
59. Highwave (probably)
60. Hillglen
61. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
62. Hm torpedo boat no.12
63. Hmml 127 (possibly)
64. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
65. Hms adonis (possibly)
66. Hms arethusa
67. Hms coquette
68. Hms donna nook
69. Hms duchess of hamilton
70. Hms dundalk
71. Hms eros (possibly)
72. Hms forward iii
73. Hms franc tireur
74. Hms hastfen
75. Hms hirose (probably)
76. Hms holdene
77. Hms japan
78. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
79. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
80. Hms leandros
81. Hms lord airedale
82. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
83. Hms ludlow
84. Hms marconi
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms resono (possibly)
90. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms sisapon
94. Hms sisters melville
95. Hms st seiriol
96. Hms tervani
97. Hms tunisian
98. Hms velia (possibly)
99. Hms waveflower
100. Hms william wesney
101. Hmsm e6
102. Hmtb 10
103. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
104. Hnlms 227
105. Ignis (possibly)
106. Ingi
107. Ionian (possibly)
108. Iris (possibly)
109. J c dalble
110. Janny
111. Josefina thorden (after part)
112. Kankakee
113. Khartoum (possibly)
114. Knarsdale
115. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
116. Koningen emma (possibly)
117. Kwasind
118. Lady salisbury
119. Lincairn (possibly)
120. Lindfar
121. Lisette
122. Little world
123. Lonhelen (possibly)
124. Lowland
125. Mac 5 (possibly)
126. Mahseer
127. Marie leonhardt (probably)
128. Mecklenburg
129. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
130. Mexico
131. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
132. Moidart
133. Morar
134. Nereus
135. Nico
136. Nicolaos piangos
137. Niore
138. Norhauk
139. Norwich trader
140. Ocean lassie
141. Old charlton
142. Ostprussen (possibly)
143. Paullette
144. Peik
145. Persistant whisper
146. Pescado
147. Peter hamre
148. Petshenga (possibly)
149. Phryne
150. Plawsworth (possibly)
151. Polgarth
152. Port dalhousie (possibly)
153. Prince igor (probably)
154. Princess juliana
155. Profit
156. Protinus (possibly)
157. Quickstep
158. Ravenscraig (possibly)
159. Rhenas (possibly)
160. Rumania
161. Salerno (possibly)
162. Salerno (possibly)
163. Savona (probably)
164. Scimitar
165. Second chance (possibly)
166. Sheaf field
167. Simon bolivar
168. Stad maastricht
169. Storm
170. Sunbeam
171. Sunk beacon (remains)
172. Sunk head tower
173. Sweep ii
174. Telegraaf xviii
175. Tergestea
176. Terukuni maru
177. The sultan
178. Thornaby (possibly)
179. Thyra
180. Torchbearer
181. Uc 11 (possibly)
182. Uc 72 (possibly)
183. Vae victis
184. Vancouver
185. Volante (possibly)
186. Volscian (possibly)
187. Walsingham
188. Warrenpoint
189. Wearside
190. White ghost
191. Wychwood (possibly)
192. Yampa (part of)
193. Yampa (part of)
194. Yampa (part of)
195. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
196. Yewkyle (possibly)
197. 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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