This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms lutine, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 21.498 N,5 3.704 E (53.33925, 5.1656)
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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: HMS LUTINE
Length 43.9 meter, width: 11.9 meter, tonnage 932 ton
Cause: Ex-french vessel. handed over by royalists at toulon in 1793. was wrecked off vlieland, netherlands. (ships of royal navy).
Year of registration: 1793
Water depth above wreck: 2 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: NO DATE 'LUTINE' SHOWN IN 532136N, 050354E ON DUTCH 205 [1918 EDN]. INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BA 2593. H2274/24 29.3.24 NOT SHOWN ON DUTCH 205 [RECEIVED NOV '23]. DELETE. NE 2593. H5733/24 22.8.24 WK 'LUTINE' REPD TO BE A DW. (HAGUE NM 190/1924). BR STD. H5733/24 HISTORY OF THE WK & ILLUSTRATIONS OF SALVAGE WORK. (LLOYDS). H5733/24 SALVAGE OPERATIONS TO BE RESUMED. (LLOYDS). H2542/26 20.4.26 TWO GREEN WK BUOYS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NOT CHARTED. NCA. H4035/27 23.6.27 NO LONGER CHARTED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). DELETE. BR STD. H6267/34 19.9.34 TOWER HAS BEEN PLACED IN CONNECTION WITH SALVAGE. (HAGUE NM 205/2307). NCA. H11477/40 19.6.40 DW SHOWN IN 532142N, 050342E ON W GERMAN 84. NE 2593. 5.4.57 SHOWN IN 532132N, 050349E ON NETHERLANDS 205. NC 112. H1289/76/350 21.10.76 SINCE THE 1924 SALVAGE ATTEMPTS DUTCH SOURCES HAVE HAD A LARGER DREDGER WORKING OVER THE WHOLE AREA. UNFORTUNATELY THIS PROCESS TORE UP THE BOTTOM & SMASHED WHAT REMAINED OF THE 'LUTINE' INTO SMALL PIECES & DISPERSED THEM IRRETRIEVABLY. LOCAL DUTCH SOURCES SAY THAT THE 'LUTINE HAS THEREFORE CEASED TO EXIST AS A WRECK'. (C A HIRE, LTR DTD 9.10.76). H1289/76/350 10.1.77 RELIABLE & WELL DOCUMENTED BOOK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED TITLED 'THE LUTINE TREASURE' BY S J VAN DER BROLEN, TRANSLATED BY J.BROCKWAY, PUBLISHED BY ADLARD COLES LTD., LONDON. THE POSN OF THE POOP IS GIVEN AS 532133.974N, 050343.778E, CALCULATED 1874 ON DUTCH NATIONAL TRIG. THIS CONVERTS TO 532132.604N, 050347.094E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS HYDRO LETTER, UNDATED). 20.1.78 STILL SHOWN AS DW ON NETHERLANDS 1456 [1977 EDN]. H3968/76 28.2.80 AUSTRALIAN SALVAGE SYNDICATE, BASED IN NEW ZEALAND, PLANS TO TRY TO SALVAGE GOLD & SILVER TREASURE, ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH 30 MILLION POUNDS. WK PROBABLY SERIOUSLY DESTROYED BY TIN-DREDGER 'KARIMATA' & IS NOW SILTED UP. (LL, 21.2.80 & 29.5.80). POSN GIVEN AS 582134N, 050353E. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS). 20.9.89 'LUTINE', DW IN 532132.6N, 050347.09E. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, JAN '88 EDN, NO. M10 800). 01.12.03 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SOURCE UNKNOWN HELD IN PRESS ARTICLES BRANCH FOLDER. 21.2.08 SHOWN AS DW IN 5321.498N, 0503.705E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1456 [AUG '06 EDN]. NE 112. 19.5.09 LUTINE, DW IN 5321.5N, 0503.7E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, 2009, NO. M10 800)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 21.498 N,5 3.704 E