This is the information page about the shipwreck L h carl, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 23.956 N,2 46.483 W (50.46995, -3.0108833333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Ailsa craig (probably)
4. Aleyna
5. Algarve
6. Amy
7. Avalanche
8. Bamse (probably)
9. Baygitano
10. Bayonne
11. Berar
12. Bokn (possibly)
13. Borgund i (possibly)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Chateau yqem
16. Chorley
17. Conch
18. Einar jarl
19. Frogner ?
20. Gibel-hamam
21. Gorizia
22. Grane
23. Greta c
24. Gripfast
25. Gudrun
26. Heroine (probably)
27. Hms amazon
28. Hms bittern
29. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
30. Hms boadicea
31. Hms buccaneer
32. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
33. Hms fisgard ii
34. Hms formidable
35. Hms harstad
36. Hms hickory
37. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
38. Hms landrail (probably)
39. Hms lord hailsham
40. Hms manor
41. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
42. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
43. Hms remindo (possibly)
44. Hmsm l24
45. Hmsm m2
46. Hmsm p555
47. Hmsm sidon
48. Inisinver
49. Isbjorn
50. K m b (possibly)
51. Kongshaug (probably)
52. L h carl
53. Lct 381
54. Lst 507 (bow section)
55. Lst 507 (stern section)
56. Lst 531
57. Lucinda (possibly)
58. Majorca
59. Marguerite (possibly)
60. Marie therese
61. Martha
62. Memnon
63. Merchant royal
64. Minerva (probably)
65. Modavia
66. Moel tryvan
67. Moidart
68. Motano (probably)
69. Netley abbey (possibly)
70. Nil desperandum (probably)
71. Nyasaland
72. Ocean vagabond
73. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
74. Pas (c.182)
75. Pergo
76. Pomella
77. Pomeranian
78. Radaas (probably)
79. Reggestroom (probably)
80. Romsdalen (probably)
81. Rosten (possibly)
82. Rotorua
83. Royal adelaide
84. Salsette ii
85. Scaldis
86. Siren
87. Sparkling foam (possibly)
88. St dunstan
89. Stancrest
90. Tandil (probably)
91. Thera (possibly)
92. Tracy
93. Trito
94. Ub 19 (probably)
95. Ub 74
96. Ull (probably)
97. Ursa (probably)

 

Name: L H CARL

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1916 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1898 by w gray & co, west hartlepoll. owned at time of loss by lambert bros ltd. two boiler, triple expansion engine of 196nhp, single shaft. machinery by central marine engineering works, west hartelpool. passage barry for rouen. torpedoed by ub-40. (ww1sl, ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 124 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 14M W 0.5 S FROM PORTLAND BILL. (WW1SL). H4616/55 16.9.55 H4616/55 16.9.55 INS WK 20FMS IN 502357N, 024622W. (HMS SCOTT). LC 2454 & LC 3315. 7.7.70 7.7.70 REP'D TO BE A SMALL SS. LENGTH 250FT, BEAM 39FT. NAME NOT KNOWN. (FO SEA TRAINING, HM PORTLAND, LTR DTD 30.6.70 TO LLOYDS). H3950/70 24.5.71 H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO WK 36MTRS NC 3315. H4551/76 10.1.77 H4551/76 10.1.77 SMALL CARGO VESSEL, HEADING 300DEGS, IN 502357N, 024622W. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 20.12.76). NCA. 4.9.81 4.9.81 IDENTIFIED BY BELL AS L H CARL. LIES ON PORT SIDE. WELL BROKEN UP. (P STREATON). 26.7.87 26.7.87 CONFIRMED AS WK OF L H CARL. (M SKELSEY). HH090/961/01 5.12.03 HH090/961/01 5.12.03 EXAM'D 15.7.03 IN 5023.956N, 0246.483W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.0 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.4MTRS. LIES 124/304 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 304 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 12MTRS N AND 8MTRS NW. BROKEN INTO TWO MAIN SECTIONS. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 41MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT SIDE, IN TWO PARTS, BOWS NW

Position: 50 23.956 N,2 46.483 W

 

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