This is the information page about the shipwreck Jacob luckenbach, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 13.211 N,1 26.426 E (51.4688667, 1.5197833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Advent
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Algeria
7. Amplegarth
8. Andaman
9. Angelus (possibly)
10. Archon
11. Ashley
12. Atlantic (possibly)
13. Avoca
14. Avon
15. Balakani
16. Brandenburg
17. Bravore
18. Camisard
19. Carmen
20. Cathay (part of)
21. Cedrington court
22. Christianssund
23. City of dresden (possibly)
24. Colbert
25. Constanzia
26. Corhaven
27. Correct
28. D'artagnan
29. Dalryan
30. Dartmore
31. Diana
32. Dinard
33. Dixie
34. Dolcoath (part)
35. Dolcoath (part)
36. Dunbar castle
37. E goodwin ltv
38. Efford
39. Eidsiva (probably)
40. Eleonora
41. Embla (possibly)
42. Emile deschamps
43. Emma
44. Emma (possibly)
45. Empire lough (probably)
46. Empress of fort william (probably)
47. Empress of midland (possibly)
48. En avant
49. Falcon (probably)
50. Fearless
51. Filleigh
52. Flachsee
53. Flandres
54. Francesco ciampa
55. Fred everard
56. Frons olivae (probably)
57. G 85 (possibly)
58. G-42 (possibly)
59. Gad 23
60. Genimar
61. Grazia (possibly)
62. Grosser kurfurst
63. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
64. Halcyon
65. Harcalo
66. Henry moon
67. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
68. Hmhs anglia
69. Hms alert ?
70. Hms aragonite (part of)
71. Hms aries (possibly)
72. Hms artic trapper
73. Hms brazen
74. Hms carilon
75. Hms carlton
76. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
77. Hms chestnut (probably)
78. Hms city of dundee
79. Hms cleon
80. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
81. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
82. Hms fauvette
83. Hms flirt
84. Hms glen boyne
85. Hms gracie (probably)
86. Hms guardsman
87. Hms kingston galena
88. Hms lydian
89. Hms marcella
90. Hms mastiff (possibly)
91. Hms myrtle
92. Hms napia
93. Hms niger (possibly)
94. Hms northumberland (probably)
95. Hms othello ii
96. Hms peridot
97. Hms pyrope
98. Hms ray of hope
99. Hms restoration (possibly)
100. Hms rodino
101. Hms stella orion
102. Hms stirling castle (probably)
103. Hms tamarisk
104. Hms torbay ii (probably)
105. Hms tourmaline
106. Hms tranquil
107. Hms venetia
108. Hms war sepoy
109. Hms weigelia
110. Hmsm b2
111. Hundvaag
112. Ilaro
113. Ira (possibly)
114. Irene
115. Jacob luckenbach
116. James harrod
117. Josephine willis
118. Kabinda
119. Kadru
120. Karmt
121. Katharina kolkmann
122. Kielce
123. Kirsten skou
124. Koenigshaven
125. L'armandeche
126. Lady stella
127. Latona
128. Laurl coin
129. Lbv (m)396
130. Le pelerin de la mer
131. Leicester
132. Leila najia
133. Leo
134. Lisbeth m
135. Lizzonia
136. Loanda
137. Lord hamilton (possibly)
138. Luray victory
139. Lusitania
140. Mahratta
141. Mahratta ii
142. Maloja 1
143. Malta (probably)
144. Mariner moon
145. Menapier
146. Merel (part of)(possibly)
147. Mersey
148. Monarch
149. Mrav
150. Mudlark
151. Munificent
152. Murillo
153. Nancy moran
154. Naranco
155. Newcastle
156. Newlands
157. Niki
158. Norman
159. Norman
160. North eastern victory
161. Notre dame des trois epis
162. Nunima
163. Opal
164. Ousel (probably)
165. Pallieter
166. Paros isle
167. Polgrange
168. Ponzano
169. Portslade (possibly)
170. Preussen
171. Pulborough
172. Quentovic
173. Rio parana
174. River levan
175. Rubislaw
176. Rydal force
177. Rynanna
178. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
179. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
180. Sabac
181. Saidieh
182. Saint michael veillez sur nous
183. Saint ronan (possibly)
184. Saint ronan (possibly)
185. Sambut
186. Santagata
187. Santagata (?part of)
188. Sea serpent
189. Selma (possibly)
190. Shenandoah
191. Sir russell
192. Slesvig
193. Smarapaan
194. St cecilia
195. Strathclyde
196. Surrey
197. Teeswood
198. Texaco caribbean (after section)
199. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
200. The queen
201. Tina primo
202. Tongue sand tower (remains)
203. Toward
204. Traquair (probably)
205. Treport
206. U 11 (possibly)
207. U 16 (possibly)
208. U 48
209. U 8
210. Uama
211. Ub 108 (possibly)
212. Ub 109
213. Ub 31 ?
214. Ub 38
215. Ub 55 (probably)
216. Ub 56 (possibly)
217. Ub 58 (possibly)
218. Ub 78
219. Ub-33 (probably)
220. Uc 21 (possibly)
221. Uc 26
222. Uc 46
223. Uc 46 (possibly)
224. Uc 77 (possibly)
225. Uc 78 or uc 79
226. Unity
227. Virginie
228. W a scholten
229. Westerley star
230. Wheatman (possibly)
231. Will and maggie (probably)
232. Woodtown (possibly)

 

Name: JACOB LUCKENBACH

Length 98.1 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2793 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Sank following a collision with british ss 'eddystone'.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 124 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20190503

Details measurements/cartography: H3211/17 26.5.17 WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 511311N, 012627E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3161/17 7.6.17 DISPERSED TO 40FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK (1916). - FNM 346/17. H6345/26 4.11.26 NOW CHARTED AS WK 40FT [6.25FMS]. H4899/36 24.7.36 WK, LEAST DEPTH 34FT, IN POSN 100DEGS, 1.16M FROM DEAL PIER LT. (HMS KELLETT, 24.7.36). H4899/36 3.11.36 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 39FT IN 511310N, 012630E. (TH 1295/36). AMENDED TO WK 6FMS 3FT.

- NM 2214/36. H998/37 WK IN 511309N, 012631E. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 33FT FOUL AT 35FT. (HMS KELLETT, 1936). H998/37 8.10.37 WK IN 511309N, 012631E. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 36FT FOUL AT 37FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36FT. (HMS KELLETT, 15.7.37). AMENDED TO WK 6FMS IN 511309N, 012631E. BR STD. H998/37 1.10.59 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEEP WK NOW IN TWO PARTS AND HAS MOVED AND PROBABLY ACCOUNTS FOR 3FT REDUCTION IN DEPTH OVER IT. CLEAR AT 33FT AND 39FT, FOUL AT 34FT AND 40FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42FT IN GEN DEPTH 45FT. SCOUR 47FT. FIXED BY HSA. (ECES, 8.7.59). AMEND TO SW 5FMS 3FT.

- NM 727/60. H2421/62 24.8.62 WK IN TWO PARTS. FIXED BY HSA. ONLY MAIN PART, 300FT WNW OF THE OTHER, SWEPT, BUT BOTH PASSED OVER. CLEAR AT 30FT, FOUL AT 31FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34 & 42FT IN GEN DEPTH 46FT. SCOUR 48FT AND 47FT. (HMS ECHO, 9.5.62). AMEND TO SW 5FMS. LC 1828 & LC 1895. 3.10.68 NOW CHARTED AS WK 4FMS 4FT. [-2FT ON LAT DATUM]. NC 1406. H2234/71 2.2.71 WESTERN PORTION IN 511313.5N, 012630E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14MTRS. FLAT SEABED. WESTERN SECTION OF WK IS MAJOR PART LYING NW/SE BUT WAS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE. AREA IN VICINITY CLOSELY INVESTIGATED. (HMS EGERIA, HI 5/70). NCA. H2234/71 2.2.71 EASTERN PORTION IN 511312N, 012632E USING HSA. (HMS EGERIA, H525 NO 31/70). 13.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 9.1MTRS. NC 1828. H2100/74 8.8.74 FOUND DURING SURVEY WITH SSS. GOOD CONTACT FROM ALL DIRECTIONS OF SMALL EXTENT. LIES APPROX NW/SE WITH SLIGHT SCOUR ON NE. FROM SSS TRACE APPEARS TO BE BREAKING UP. DISPERSED OVER FAIRLY LARGE AREA. (HMS ECHO H525 NO 16/74). NCA H4453/72 18.4.79 EXAM'D 8.3.77 IN 511310.7N, 012629.7E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.2 IN GEN DEPTH 13.2MTRS. SCOUR 0.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.9MTRS. FOUND WITH DIFFICULTY USING E/S. SONAR SHOWS 2 DISTINCT CONTACTS. NEEDS SWEEPING. (HMS ENTERPRISE HI 53/77). NCA. H1938/78 23.3.81 EXAM'D 10/11.11.80 IN 511310N, 012633E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.3, FOUL AT 9.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.5 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.7MTRS [AT S END], LENGTH 95MTRS, BEAM 25MTRS. LYING 120/300DEGS. FROM DIMENSIONS,CONSIDER THIS TO BE COMPLETE WK OF 'JACOB LUCKENBACH' AND WK CLOSE NW TO BE SEPARATE 'UNKNOWN' WK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). AMEND TO SW 9.3MTRS IN 511310N, 012633E. R/P. H1310/84/23 12.9.84 WELL BROKEN UP. HIGHEST PART IS CONDENSER UNIT. (EAST KENT MARITIME TRUST). H2331/85 11.11.86 LOCATED DURING AREA SEARCH. LIES JUST OUTSIDE AREA SURVEYED. NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI 298). HH090/647/01 1.2.96 EXAM'D 12.9.95 IN 511310.2N, 012631.6E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.6 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 100/280DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. FULLY BROKEN UP. NOW SWEPT DUE TO FISHING FLOATS. (NP 1016, HI 647). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN 511310N, 012631.5E. BR STD. SEP 2019/000022679 27.6.19 EXAM'D 3.5.19; IN 5113.211N, 0126.426E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13.80MTRS, LENGTH 103.77MTRS, WIDTH 31.86MTRS, HT 3.06MTRS, ORIENTATION 124 DEGS. WK HEAVILY DEGRADED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1585). AMEND DW 11.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FULLY BROKEN UP

Position: 51 13.211 N,1 26.426 E

 

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