This is the information page about the shipwreck Laconia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 5.89 N,0 2.04 W (54.0981667, -0.034)

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.

Name: LACONIA (POSSIBLY)

Length 34.7 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 195 ton

Cause: Built of iron in 1900 by cook, welton & gemmel ltd, beverly. owned at time of loss by great grimsby & east coast fishing co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 55 nhp, single shaft. machinery by amos smith and co, hull. passage grimsby for fishing and return. badly holed in port bow in collision with ss loch lomond in dense fog. (c racey, sibi & grimsby loss list).

Year of registration: 1911

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter

Known since: 1911, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: 4.8.72 SANK ABOUT 3M ENE OF SCARBOROUGH HEAD. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST). NCA. 15.8.72 POSN GIVEN PA 540805N, 002400E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. SEP 2010/000028141 16.2.10 LACONIA REPORTED BY LOCAL FISHERMAN TO HAVE BEEN LOST 1.5M SE OF FLAMBOROUGH, A QUANTITY OF OIL SEEN RISING TO THE SURFACE AND FISHING GEAR FOUND IN BRIDLINGTON BAY. LOCATED BY FLAMBOROUGH FISHERMAN IN APPROX 5405.890N, 0002.040W [WGD]. (C RACEY, EMAIL DTD 15.2.10) INS AS NDWPA. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 5.89 N,0 2.04 W

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